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# 52015PC0156

**Proposal for a DECISION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on the mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF/2015/000 TA 2015 - Technical assistance at the initiative of the Commission) /* COM/2015/0156 final */**

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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM

The rules applicable to financial
contributions from the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF) are laid
down in Regulation (EU) No 1309/2013 of the European Parliament and of the
Council of 17 December 2013 on the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund
(2014-2020) and repealing Regulation (EC) 1927/2006[1] (the ‘EGF Regulation’).

SUMMARY OF THE APPLICATION AND ANALYSIS

Key data:

EGF Reference no.                                                                                             EGF/2015/000

European Commission                                                                                Technical
assistance

Administrative expenditure: budget in EUR                                                                 630 000

% administrative expenditure
(ceiling: 0,5 %)                                                                 0,39 %

In accordance with Article 11(1) of
the EGF Regulation, a maximum of 0,5 % of the annual maximum amount of the
EGF may be made available each year for technical assistance at the initiative
of the Commission.

Technical assistance to be funded and
breakdown of its estimated costs

1.           The contribution will be
used for expenditure mentioned in Article 11(1) and (4) as well as
Article 12(2), (3) and (4) of the EGF Regulation, as detailed hereunder.

2.           Monitoring and data
gathering: The Commission will collect data on applications received, paid
and wound up, and measures proposed and implemented. This data will be made
available on the web site and compiled in appropriate form for the Biennial
Report of 2017. Building on the work of recent years, costs for this activity
will be EUR 20 000.

3.           Information: The
web site on the EGF[2],
which the Commission has set up within its Employment, Social Affairs and
Inclusion area, and which it is maintaining as required under
Article 12(2) of the EGF Regulation, will be regularly updated and
expanded, with each new element also being translated into all EU languages.
General awareness of the EGF and its visibility will be encouraged. A small print
run of the EGF ex-post evaluation will be made available together with an
online publication. The EGF will be covered in various Commission publications
and audio-visual activities as provided for in Article 11(4) of the EGF
Regulation. Costs of all these items are estimated at EUR 20 000 in
2015.

4.           Creation of a knowledge
base / application interface: The Commission is continuing its work setting
up standardised procedures for EGF applications and management, using the
functionalities of SFC 2014, into which it is being integrated. This allows
applications under the EGF Regulation to be simplified, their processing to be
speeded up and reports to be more easily extracted for varying needs.
Integration of final reports will follow, with the objective of easing the
administrative burden for the Member States. The cost of these items is
estimated at EUR 100 000, as the EGF contribution to the development
of SFC and its regular maintenance.

5.           Administrative and
technical support: The Expert Group of Contact Persons of the EGF, with one
member from each Member State, will be holding two meetings (end of 2015 /
first half of 2016), together estimated at EUR 70 000.

6.           In addition, the
Commission will be organising networking among the Member States, with two
seminars of EGF implementing bodies from the Member States around the same
dates, focusing on issues arising with the practical implementation of the EGF
Regulation at grassroots level. The cost of these items is estimated at
EUR 120 000.

7.           Evaluation: As
public procurement for the mid-term evaluation will be launched in 2015, with a
view to concluding the evaluation by 30 June 2017 (as required by
Article 20(1)(a) of the EGF Regulation, EUR 300 000 will be
needed for this purpose.

Items || Estimated number || Estimated cost per item (in EUR) || Total costs (in EUR)

Monitoring and data gathering || Various || Various || 20 000

Information activities || Various || Various || 20 000

Creation of a knowledge base / application interface || Various || Various || 100 000

Administrative and technical support: Meetings of the Expert Group of Contact Persons of the EGF || 2 || 35 000 || 70 000

Administrative and technical support: Networking seminars on the implementation of the EGF || 2 || 60 000 || 120 000

Evaluation || 1 || 300 000 || 300 000

Total estimated costs || || 630 000

Financing

8.           The maximum annual budget
available for the EGF in 2015 is EUR 150 million (2011 prices), as
laid down in Article 12 of Council Regulation (EU, Euratom)
No 1311/2013 of 2 December 2013 laying down the multiannual financial
framework for the years 2014-2020[3].

9.           Article 11(1) of the
EGF Regulation states that 0,5 % of this amount (i.e.
EUR 811 825 in 2015) can be made available for technical assistance
at the initiative of the Commission. Currently, the entire amount for 2015
remains available; nothing has yet been allocated to technical assistance. The
proposed amount corresponds to about 0,39 % of the maximum annual budget
available for the EGF in 2015.

10.         The proposed decision to
mobilise the EGF will be taken jointly by the European Parliament and the
Council, as laid down in point 13 of the Interinstitutional Agreement of 2
December 2013 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission
on budgetary discipline, on cooperation in budgetary matters and on sound
financial management[4].

Related acts

11.         At the same time as it
presents this proposal for a decision to mobilise the EGF, the Commission will
present to the European Parliament and to the Council a proposal for a transfer
to the relevant budgetary line for the amount of EUR 630 000.

Source of payment appropriations

12.         Appropriations from the EGF
budget line will be used to cover the amount of EUR 630 000 needed
for technical assistance.

Proposal for a

DECISION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
AND OF THE COUNCIL

on the mobilisation of the European
Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF/2015/000 TA 2015 - Technical assistance at
the initiative of the Commission)

THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE
COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the
Functioning of the European Union,

Having regard to Regulation (EU)
No 1309/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December
2013 on the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (2014-2020) and repealing
Regulation (EC) 1927/2006[5],
and in particular Article 11(2) thereof,

Having regard to the Interinstitutional
Agreement of 2 December 2013 between the European Parliament, the Council and
the Commission on budgetary discipline, on cooperation in budgetary matters and
on sound financial management[6],
and in particular point 13 thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the
European Commission,

Whereas:

(1)       The European Globalisation
Adjustment Fund (EGF) was established to provide support for workers made
redundant and self-employed persons whose activities have ceased as a result of
major structural changes in world trade patterns due to globalisation, as a
result of a continuation of the global financial and economic crisis addressed
in Regulation (EC) No 546/2009[7],
or as a result of a new global financial and economic crisis, and to assist
them with their reintegration into the labour market.

(2)       The EGF shall not exceed a
maximum annual amount of EUR 150 million (2011 prices), as laid down
in Article 12 of Council Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 1311/2013.

(3)      Regulation (EU)
No 1309/2013 provides that a maximum of 0,5 % of the annual maximum
amount of the EGF may be used each year for technical assistance at the
initiative of the Commission. The Commission therefore proposes to mobilise an
amount of EUR 630 000.

(4)       The EGF should, therefore,
be mobilised in order to provide technical assistance at the initiative of the
Commission.

HAVE ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

For the general budget of the European
Union for the financial year 2015, the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund
(EGF) shall be mobilised to provide the sum of EUR 630 000 in commitment and payment appropriations.

Article 2

This Decision shall be published in the Official
Journal of the European Union.

Done at Brussels,

For the European Parliament                        For
the Council

The President                                                 The
President

[1]               OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 855.

[2]               http://ec.europa.eu/egf

[3]               OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 884.

[4]               OJ C 373, 20.12.2013, p. 1.

[5]               OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 855.

[6]               OJ C 373, 20.12.2013, p. 1.

[7]               OJ L 167, 29.6.2009, p. 26.