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REVISED DRAFTOFCOMMISSION DECISION
CONCERNING THECREATION OFSPECIAL TEMPORARY ALLOWANCES
TOASSISTWORKERSINTHEIRONANDSTEELINDUSTRY UNDER
THECOMMUNITY RESTRUCTURING PLAN
C0M(79)436final.

Revised DRAFT
Commission Decision concerning "thecreation ofspecial temporary allowances
.toassist workers inthe 'iron and steel industry under theCommunity
restructuring plan
THE COMMISSION OFTHE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,
Having regard totheTreaty establishing theEuropean Coal andSteel Community ,
and inparticular Articles 2,3and 95thereof ,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION :
Article 1
1.Special measures infavour ofworkers fwhoever the "beneficiaries
ofsuch measures may "be,iniron and steel firms and iron-ore mines in
theCommunity ,whose posts aredirectly orindirectly abolished or
threatened inconsequence ofarestructuring plan adopted byJfcjje .
undertaking ,thegroup ofundertakings orthepublic authorities in
accordance with "General Objectives –Steel ",shall "beeligible forthe
aidgranted bytheCommission forECSC readaption ,,
These measures shall take the form of:
–allowances forearly retirement ,
-other allowances foradjusting theconditions andduration ofwork .
2,Theallowances shall begranted oncondition that thesocial partners'
independence ofdecision-making isnotaffected andthat theadjustments
have apositive effect onemployment without immediately orsubsequently
adversely effecting thecompetitiveness ofundertakings 0
Article 2
xhegranting ofspecial allowances shall bedependent onthepayment by
theState concerned ofcontributions atleast equal totheamount of
allowances granted ,unless aderogation isauthorised bytheCouncil bya
two-thirds majority „
Article 3
1.Theallowance forearly retirement shall begranted with effect from a
certain age,which maydiffer among Member States andwhich cannot bele^s
than 55,toworkers referred toinArticle 1whocease their activity and

who are not yetentitled tothe Legal retirement pension when such workers
free apost which istaken "byaworker threatened with dismissal asa
result ofrestructuring orwhen theearly retirement ofsuch workers ic
likely tofacilitate theenhancement ofproductivity required byageneral
restructuring plan .
Ineither case ,theperiod during which theallowance isgranted may not
exceed three years .
Theminimum agemay "belowered forworkers inaparticularly arduous job ,
forhandicapped workers ,and forworkers who,for atleast ten years ,were
engaged inshiftwork .
2.Theallowance cannot exceed 50foofthedifference "between theincome
guaranteed totheworker whoretires early "byvirtue ofnational measures
andtheamount ofunemployment allowance towhich theworker would have
aright inthe case ofdismissal .The allowance shall not "beless than
aminimum amount to "beset for each Member State inaccordance with the
procedure setoutinArticle 6.
Article 4
Theallowance fortheadjustment oftheconditions andduration ofwork shall
"begranted to:
1.workers whose working time isreduced with aview toenabling
redundancies caused bypartial orcomplete closure ofanundertaking to
bespread over aperiod oftime .
Foreach hour notworked ,theallowance cannot exceed 25%ofthe
difference between thewage normally dueandthebenefits granted inthe
event ofareduction inworking timej
2.undertakings which adjust thecycle ofwork onbehalf oftheworkers
referred toinArticle 1.
Theallowance cannot exceed 25!foofthewage costs oftheworkers whose
employment ismaintained asadirect result ofthe introduction ofthe
adjustment .
Theallowance shall begranted foramaximum ofthree years .Theamount
shall bereduced tothree-quarters oftheinitial amount during the
second year andtohalf theamount during thethird year ;

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3.–workers affected "byareduction movertime whose incomes donot
reach theminimum corresponding tothe average wage (including
hours worked overtime )ofanunskilled worker .
■Theallowance cannot exceed 25%ofthedifference "between thewage paid
toworkers before the abolition ofovertime andthe wage paid after the
abolition .
Theallowance maynot exceed anamount equal tothat oftheallowance
calculated onthe "basis oftheaverage wage (including overtime )ofan
unskilled worker .
Theallowance shall begranted foramaximum ofthree years .Theamount
shall bereduced tothree –quarters oftheinitial amount during .the
second year andtohalf theamount inthethird year following theentry
into force ofthis Decision .
Article 5
Thewage referred toinArticle 4shall beunderstood tomean thegross wage
after deduction oftaxes andincluding thesocial security contributions of
the worker .
Article 6
Pursuant oothis Decision ,theCommission !having established that the
restructuring plan complies with the "General Objectives -Steel ",shall ,
with theMember State concerned ,agree thesocial measures tobeimplemented
onbehalf oftheworkers referred ,toinArticle 1,aswell astheways and
means ,more especially asregards : ' .
–themethod ofallocating costs ,.
–thedefinition ofthebases forcalculation ofeach ofthespecial
allowances , ...
thedesignation oftheorganisations charged withmaking thepayments ,*
–th£presentation ofrequests ,
–themethods ofpaying theallowances .
Article 7 v
– ---- «____The special allowances may begranted forsocial measures adopted since
tobetaken unti I .
This Decision shall enter into force onthe fifth dayfollowing itspublication
inthe Official Journal ofthe European Communities .
This Decision shall bebinding initsentirety anddirectly applicable inall
Member States .
FortheCommission ,