2008/818/EC: Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 October 2008 on the mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund, in accordance with point 28 of the Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline and sound financial management
Date: 2008-10-22
Institutions: Council of the European Union, European Parliament
Subjects: EU aid, Lithuania, Spain, dismissal, fund (EU), globalisation, motor vehicle industry, reintegration into working life, textile industry

29.10.2008

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Official Journal of the European Union

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(Acts adopted under the EC Treaty/Euratom Treaty whose publication is not obligatory)

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DECISIONS

EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND COUNCIL

DECISION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL

of 22 October 2008

on the mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund, in accordance with point 28 of
the Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006 between the European Parliament, the Council and
the Commission on budgetary discipline and sound financial management

(2008/818/EC)

THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE
EUROPEAN UNION,

having
Community,

regard to the Treaty

establishing

the European

having regard to the Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May
2006 between the European Parliament, the Council and the
Commission on budgetary discipline and sound financial
management (1), and in particular point 28 thereof,

having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1927/2006 of the
European Parliament and of the Council 20 December 2006 on
establishing the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (2),
and in particular Article 12(3) thereof,

having regard to the Commission proposal,

Whereas:

(2)

(3)

(4)

The Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006 allows
the mobilisation of the Fund within the annual ceiling of
EUR 500 million.

On 6 February 2008 Spain submitted an application to
deploy the Fund in respect of redundancies in the auto­
mobile sector, specifically for workers made redundant
by Delphi Automotive Systems España, S.L.U. The appli­
cation complies with the requirements for determining
the financial contributions as laid down in Article 10
of Regulation (EC) No 1927/2006.

On 8 May 2008 Lithuania submitted an application to
deploy the Fund in respect of redundancies in the textile
sector,
specifically for workers made redundant by
Alytaus Tekstile. The application complies with the
requirements for determining the financial contributions
as laid down in Article 10 of Regulation (EC) No
1927/2006.

(5)

The Fund should, therefore, be mobilised in order to
provide a financial contribution in respect of the appli­
cations,

(1)

The European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (the Fund)
was created to provide additional support to workers
who suffer from the consequences of major structural
changes in world trade patterns and to assist their reinte­
gration into the labour market.

(1) OJ C 139, 14.6.2006, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 406, 30.12.2006, p. 1.

HAVE DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

For the general budget of the European Union for the financial
year 2008, the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund shall
be mobilised to provide the sum of EUR 10 770 772 in
commitment and payment appropriations.

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

Article 2

Done at Strasbourg, 22 October 2008.

For the European Parliament
The President

H.-G. PÖTTERING

For the Council
The President

J.-P. JOUYET