EN    EN  
 EUROPEAN  
COMMISSION 
Brussels, 23.2.2015  
COM(2015) 68 final 
  
Proposal for a 
DECISION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL 
on the mobilisation of the Europe an Globalisation Adjustment Fund 
(application EGF/2014/017 FR/Mory-Ducros) 
 
EN 2   EN EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM  
CONTEXT OF THE PROPOSAL 
1. The rules applicable to financial contri butions from the European Globalisation 
Adjustment Fund (EGF) are laid down in  Regulation (EU) No 1309/2013 of the 
European Parliament and of the C ouncil of 17 December 2013 on the European 
Globalisation Adjustment Fund (2014-2020)  and repealing Regulation (EC) 
No 1927/20061 (the 'EGF Regulation').  
2. The French authorities submitted app lication EGF/2014/017 FR/Mory-Ducros for a 
financial contribution from the EGF, fo llowing redundancies in Mory-Ducros SAS in 
France. 
3. Following its assessment of this applic ation, the Commission has concluded, in 
accordance with all applicable provisions of  the EGF Regulation, that the conditions 
for awarding a financial contribution from the EGF are met. 
SUMMARY OF THE APPLICATION 
EGF application EGF/2014/017 FR/Mory-Ducros 
Member State France 
Region(s) concerned (NUTS level 2) FR 10 (Ile de France) 
Date of submission of the application 6.10.2014 
Date of acknowledgement of receipt of the 
application 17.10.2014 
Date of request for additional information 17.10.2014 
Deadline for provision of the additional information 1.12.2014 
Deadline for the completion of the assessment 23.2.2015 
Intervention criterion Article 4(1)(a) of the EGF Regulation 
Primary enterprise Mory-Ducros SAS 
Sector(s) of economic activity (NACE Rev. 2 
division)2 Division 49 ('Land transport and transport 
via pipelines')  
Number of subsidiaries, suppliers and downstream producers 0 
Reference period (four months): 13 March 2014 - 13 July 2014 
Number of redundancies or cessations of activity 
during the reference period ( a) 2 395 
Number of redundancies or cessations of activity 
before or after the reference period ( b) 118 
Total number of redundancies ( a + b) 2 513 
Total estimated number of targeted beneficiaries 2 513 
                                                 
1 OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 855. 
2 Regulation (EC) No 1893/2006 of  the European Parliament and of  the Council of 20 December 2006 
establishing the statistical classification of econo mic activities NACE Revision 2 and amending Council 
Regulation (EEC) No 3037/90 as well as certain EC regulations on specific statistical domains (OJ L 
393, 30.12.2006, p. 1). 
EN 3   EN Number of targeted young persons not in 
employment, education or training (NEETs) 0 
Budget for personalised services (EUR) 10 052 000 
Budget for implementing EGF3 (EUR) 35 000 
Total budget (EUR) 10 087 000 
EGF contribution (60 %) (EUR) 6 052 200 
ASSESSMENT OF THE APPLICATION 
Procedure 
4. The French authorities submitted applic ation EGF/2014/017 FR/Mory-Ducros within 
12 weeks of the date on which the intervention criteria set out in paragraphs 6 to 8 below were met, on 6 October 2014 
4. The Commission acknowledged receipt of the 
application within two week s of the date of submissi on of the application, on 17 
October 2014, and requested additional info rmation from the French authorities 
before the expiry of the deadline on 20 October 2014.. Such additional information was provided within six weeks. The dead line of 12 weeks from the receipt of the 
complete application within which the Co mmission should finalise its assessment of 
the application's compliance with the conditions for providing a financial 
contribution expires on 23 February 2015. 
Eligibility of the application 
Enterprises and beneficiaries concerned
 
5. The application relates to 2 513 workers made redundant in Mory-Ducros SAS. This 
enterprise operated in the economic sector  classified under NACE Rev. 2 division 49 
('Land transport and transport via pipe lines'). The redundancies made by the 
enterprise concerned are lo cated throughout mainland France. The location with the 
highest number (257) is situated in the NUTS5 level 2 region of Ile de France 
(FR10). 
Intervention criteria  
6. The French authorities submitted the app lication under the intervention criteria of 
Article 4(1)(a) of the EGF Regulation, wh ich requires at least 500 workers being 
made redundant or self-employed persons' activity ceasing, over a reference period of four months in an en terprise in a Member State, including workers made 
redundant by suppliers and downstream pr oducers and / or self-employed persons 
whose activity has ceased. 
7. The reference period of four months runs from 13 March 2014 to 12 July 2014. 
                                                
 
3 In accordance with the fourth paragraph of  Article 7 of Regulation (EU) No 1309/2013. 
4 The 12-week period having expired on a Sunday (5  October), the Commission was prepared to accept 
the application arriving on the Monday immediately following that day. 
5 Commission Regulation (EU) No 1046/2012 of 8 November 2012 implementing Regulation (EC) 
No 1059/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the establishment of a common 
classification of territorial units for statistics (NUTS)  as regards the transmission of the time series for 
the new regional breakdown (OJ L 310, 9.11.2012, p. 34). 
EN 4   EN 8. The application relates to: 
– 2 395 workers made redundant6 in Mory-Ducros during the reference period of 
four months. 
Calculation of redundancies and of cessation of activity  
9. The redundancies have been calculated as follows: 
– 2 395 from the date of the employer's individual notice to lay off or to 
terminate the contract of employment of the worker. 
Eligible beneficiaries  
10. In addition to the 2 395 workers already refe rred to, the eligible beneficiaries include 
118 workers made redundant before or afte r the reference period of four months. 
These workers were all made redundant after the general announcement of the projected redundancies on 13 March 2014. A cl ear causal link can be established 
with the event which triggered the redundancies during the reference period. 
11. The total number of eligible beneficiaries is therefore 2 513.  
Link between the redundancies and the global financ ial and economic cr isis addressed in 
Regulation (EC) No 546/2009  
12. In order to establish the link between the redundancies and the global financial and 
economic crisis addressed in Regulati on (EC) No 546/2009, France argues that 
Mory-Ducros is active in the fields of courier services, freight transport and delivery, 
warehousing and rental of related materials,  and provides these se rvices both within 
France and abroad. At the time of the re dundancies, it was the second biggest 
operator in France for these services, mobilising some 4 500 vehicles each day. 
13. As a result of the global financial and ec onomic crisis, road haulage in vehicles 
weighing more than 3.5 tonnes declined by 13.7 % in the EU and by 21 % in France 
between 2007 and 2012 (Eurostat). This decline has been following the general decline of physical output in Europe. F aced with the reduction in volumes to be 
transported, a price war broke out within  the sector, which was not helped by the 
upward evolution in the various costs (petro l, wages, materials), thus leading to a 
steady deterioration in opera ting margins and a series of  losses for the sector in 
France since 2007. This has been followed by a wave of bankruptcies in the road haulage sector, estimated by the Bank of Fr ance to have increased by 35 % annually 
when comparing 2013 with 2007.  
14. To date, the 'Land transport and transport vi a pipelines' sector has been the subject of 
two EGF applications, this one and EGF/2011/001 AT/Nieder- und Oberoesterreich, 
which was also based on the globa l financial and economic crisis. 
Events giving rise to the re dundancies and cessation of activity 
 
15. The events giving rise to the redundanc ies in Mory-Ducros ar e the bankruptcy and 
closure of the company. Mory Ducros had arrived at a loss of almost EUR 80 million 
in 2012, with even higher losses forecast for the end of 2013 (just under EUR 82 million). On 25 November 2013, Mory-Ducros declared itself insolvent, and on the following day, the commercial court of Pont oise launched the relevant judicial 
proceedings and placed the enterprise unde r Administration. On 6 February 2014, a 
liquidator was appointed, tasked with closing the enterprise by 6 May 2014. 
                                                
 
6 Within the meaning of Article  3(a) of the EGF Regulation. 
EN 5   EN As part of the settlement, the newly cr eated MORY Global took over 50 agencies out 
of the total of 84 and re-employed 2 107 workers out of the total of 4 911. The 
remaining 2 804 workers were made redunda nt, 2 395 within the reference period 
and 118 afterwards (with the final dismissa l taking place at the end of September). 
These 2 513 workers opted to undertake th e activities proposed for EGF co-funding, 
while the remaining 291 workers either re tired or were otherwise unavailable. 
Expected impact of the redundancies as regards the local, regional or  national economy and 
employment  
16. The redundancies are spread across 84 sites in the whole of ma inland France, with 
job losses ranging from 2 (Chalons en Champagne and Saint Louis) to 257 
(Gonesse). The highest numbers of redundanc ies occurred in sites close to major 
cities, so that the impact on local em ployment and the local economy is limited.  
Targeted beneficiaries and proposed actions 
Targeted beneficiaries  
17. The estimated number of targeted workers ex pected to participate in the measures is 
2 513. The breakdown of these workers by sex, citizenship and age group is as 
follows: 
Category Number of  
targeted beneficiaries 
Sex: Men: 2 137 (85.04 %) 
 Women: 376 (14.96 %) 
Citizenship: EU citizens: 2 332 (92.80 %) 
 non-EU citizens: 181 (7.2 %) Age group: 15-24 years: 18 (0.72 %) 
 25-54 years: 2 054 (81.73 %) 
 55-64 years: 436 (17.35 %) 
 over 64 years: 5 (0.20 %) 
   
 
Eligibility of the proposed actions  
18. The personalised services to  be provided to the redunda nt workers consist of only 
one action : 
19. Advice and guidance to the redundant wo rkers provided by a team of expert 
consultants (Cellule de reclassement) : As the French State is funding a range of 
active measures (foremost among which being tr aining) to help the workers back into 
employment, France is requesting from th e EGF only the funding of the one stop 
shop (cellule de reclassement) providi ng advice and guidance to the redundant 
workers. 
20. The three contractors operating the Cellule  de reclassement were selected by the 
judicial Administrator following consulta tions with the representatives of the 
redundant workers, the objectiv e being to cover as much  as possible of mainland 
France and to ensure the reintegration of th e largest possible number of the targeted 
EN 6   EN workers. The three contractors are Sodi e, BPI Group and AFPA Transitions. Their 
task it is to assi st and guide the redundant worker s and help them find solutions 
enabling them to remain in the la bour market and embark on new jobs. 
21. The agencies are contracted to provide to  each participant (a) a personalised career 
path and (b) a sufficient number of job offe rs, they must (c) enable them to consult 
general experts and / or experts specialised in enterprise creation, who have excellent 
knowledge of the employment market in the region and are available and responsive. 
22. The agencies will provide training workshops for general competences (e.g. CV 
preparation, interview preparation, job-sear ch skills and business creation), training 
in the use of the internet, job fairs an d meetings with employers or sector 
representatives, and meetings  with training institutions. 
23. The activities of the agencies will be  monitored by a comm ittee and by means of 
regular written reports. The agencies will be paid for each participating worker (and 
upon the necessary proof), while the actua l measures themselves (e.g. the longer 
training courses as such) ar e not included in the budget pr esented to the EGF (some 
of this training will be co-funded by the ESF). Payment will be made by instalment and on the basis of results achieved. 
24. The proposed actions, here described, c onstitute active labour market measures 
within the eligible actions set out in Ar ticle 7 of the EGF Regulation. These actions 
do not substitute passive soci al protection measures.  
25. The French authorities have  provided the required info rmation on actions that are 
mandatory for the enterprise concerned by virtue of national law or pursuant to 
collective agreements. They have confirme d that a financial contribution from the 
EGF will not replace such actions. 
Estimated budget
 
26. The estimated total costs are EUR 10 087 000, comprising expenditure for 
personalised services of EUR 10 052 000 and expenditure for preparatory, 
management, information and publicit y, control and reporting activities of 
EUR 35 000. The entirety of this amount is to  be used for control and certification. 
No budget is planned for inform ation and publicity activities. 
27. The total financial contribution requested  from the EGF is EUR 6 052 200 (60 % of 
total costs). 
EN 7   EN  
Actions Estimated 
number of 
participants Estimated cost 
per participant 
(EUR)  Estimated total 
costs 
(EUR)  
Personalised services (Actions under Article 7(1)(a) and (c) of the EGF Regulation) 
Intermediate body providing advice and guidance 
for the redundant workers (cellule de reclassement) 2 513  4 000 10 052 000 
10 052 000  
Sub-total (a): – 
(100 %) 
Allowances and incentives (Actions under Ar ticle 7(1)(b) of the EGF Regulation) 
0  
Sub-total(b): – 
(0 %) 
Actions under Article 7(4) of the EGF Regulation 
1. Preparatory activities – 0 
2. Management – 0 
3. Information and publicity – 0 
4. Control and reporting – 35 000 
35 000  Sub-total (c): – 
(0.35 %) 
Total costs (a + b + c): – 10 087 000 
EGF contribution (60 % of total costs) – 6 052 200 
28. There are no costs identified  in the table above as actions  under Article 7(1)(b) of the 
EGF Regulation. 
Period of eligibility of expenditure  
29. The French authorities started providing the personalised servic es to the targeted 
beneficiaries on 24 February 2014. The expe nditure on the actions referred to in 
point 19 shall therefor e be eligible for a financial contribution from the EGF from 24 
February 2014 to 6 October 2016. 
30. The French authorities have  not yet started incurring th e administrative expenditure 
to implement the EGF on 6 October 2014. The expenditure for preparatory, management, information and publicity, co ntrol and reporting activities shall be 
eligible for a financial contribution from  the EGF from 6 October 2014 to 6 April 
2017.  
Complementarity with actions f unded by nationa l or Union funds
 
31. The source of national pre-financing or co -funding is the budget of the Ministry for 
Labour, Employment, Vocational Training a nd Social Dialogue using the budget line 
for the accompaniment of economic change and development of employment . 
EN 8   EN 32. The French authorities have confirmed th at the measures described above receiving a 
financial contribution from the EGF will not al so receive financial contributions from 
other Union financial instruments. 
Procedures for consulting the targeted benefici aries or their representatives or the social  
partners as well as local and regional authorities  
33. The French authorities have  indicated that the co-ordin ated package of personalised 
services has been drawn up in consultation with the representatives of the targeted 
beneficiaries and the social  partners. Numerous mee tings took place between 27 
December 2013 and 13 March 2014 (the date when the dismissal notices were sent 
out). These meetings concerned the entire  package of measures, of which the EGF 
aspect (the Cellule de re classement) is one part. 
Management and control systems 
34. The application contains a description of the management  and control system which 
specifies the responsibili ties of the bodies involve d. France has notified the 
Commission that the financial contribution will be managed by the Ministry of the 
Economy, Industry and Employment, where several units within the Délégation 
générale à l'emploi et à la formation professionnelle (DGEFP) will be involved. 
Payments will be made by the Département financement, dialogue et contrôle de gestion of DGEFP. Certification will be carried out by the Directorate General of Public Finances located in Nantes. The re gional branches of the Directorate General 
of Enterprise, Competition, Consumption, Labour and Employment in the regions concerned have been empowered to carry out audits. 
Commitments provided by the Member State concerned 
35. The French authorities have provided all necessary assurances regarding the 
following:  
– the principles of equality of treatment  and non-discrimination will be respected 
in the access to the proposed act ions and their implementation; 
– the requirements laid down in nati onal and EU legisl ation concerning 
collective redundancies have  been complied with; 
– the proposed actions will not receive fi nancial support from other Union funds 
or financial instruments and any double financing will be prevented; 
– the proposed actions will be complementary with actions funded by the 
Structural Funds;  
– the financial contribution from the EGF will comply with the procedural and 
material Union rules on State aid. 
BUDGETARY IMPLICATION 
Budgetary proposal 
36. 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 of 2 December 2013 laying down the multiannual financial framework for the years 2014-2020
7. 
                                                 
7 OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 884. 
EN 9   EN 37. Having examined the application in respect of the conditions set out in Article 13(1) 
of the EGF Regulation, and having take n into account the number of targeted 
beneficiaries, the proposed actions and th e estimated costs, the Commission proposes 
to mobilise the EGF for the amount of EU R 6 052 200, representing 60 % of the total 
costs of the proposed actions, in order to  provide a financial contribution for the 
application. 
38. The proposed decision to mobilise the EGF will be taken jointly by the European 
Parliament and the Council, as laid dow n 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 management8. 
Related acts 
39. At the same time as it presents this proposal for a decision to mobilise the EGF, the 
Commission will present to the European Pa rliament and to the Council a proposal 
for a transfer to the relevant budgeta ry line for the amount of EUR 6 052 200. 
40. At the same time as it adopts this propos al for a decision to mobilise the EGF, the 
Commission will adopt a decision on a fi nancial contribution, by means of an 
implementing act, which will enter into force on the date at which the European Parliament and the Council adopt the proposed decision to mobilise the EGF. 
                                                
 
8 OJ C 373, 20.12.2013, p. 1. 
EN 10   EN Proposal for a 
DECISION OF THE EUROPEAN P ARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL 
on the mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund 
(application EGF/2014/017 FR/Mory-Ducros) 
THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE CO UNCIL 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) No 1927/2006
9, and in particular Article 15(4) thereof, 
Having regard to the procedure laid down in po int 13 of the Interinstitutional Agreement of 
2 December 2013 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline, on coope ration in budgetary matte rs and on sound financial 
management
10, 
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 se lf-employed persons whose activity has 
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 of  the European Parliament and of the 
Council
11, or as a result of a new global financ ial and economic crisis and to assist 
them with their reintegra tion into the labour market. 
(2) The EGF shall not exceed a maximu m annual amount of EUR 150 million (2011 
prices), as laid down in  Article 12 of Council Re gulation (EU, Euratom) 
No 1311/201312. 
(3) On 6 October 2014, France submitted an applic ation to mobilise the EGF, in respect of 
redundancies13 in Mory-Ducros SAS in France. It was supplemented by additional 
information pursuant to Article 8(3)  of Regulation (EU) No 1309/2013. The 
application complies with the requirements for determining a fi nancial contribution 
from the EGF in accordance with Article 13 of Regulation (EU) No 1309/2013. 
(4) The EGF should, therefore, be mobilised in order to provide a fina ncial contribution of 
an amount of EUR 6 052 200 for th e application submitted by France, 
                                                 
9 OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 855. 
10 OJ C 373, 20.12.2013, p. 1. 
11 Regulation (EC) No 546/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 June 2009 
amending Regulation (EC) No 1927/2006 on establishing the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund 
(OJ L 167, 29.6.2009, p.26). 
12 Council Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 1311/201 3 of 2 December 2013 laying down the multiannual 
financial framework for the years 2014-2020 (OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 884). 
13 Within the meaning of Article 3(a)  of Regulation (EU) No 1309/2013. 
EN 11   EN HAVE ADOPTED THIS DECISION:  
Article 1 
For the general budget of the European Union fo r the financial year 2015, the EGF shall be 
mobilised to provide the sum of EUR 6 052 200 in commitment and payment appropriations. 
Article 2 
This Decision shall enter into fo rce on the day of its adoption. 
Done at Brussels, 
For the European Parliament For the Council 
The President The President