2008/916/EC: Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 November 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: 2008-11-19
Institutions: Council of the European Union, European Parliament
Subjects: EU aid, Italy, dismissal, fund (EU), globalisation, reintegration into working life, textile industry

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DECISIONS

EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND COUNCIL

DECISION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL

of 19 November 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

(2008/916/EC)

THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE
EUROPEAN UNION,

of major structural changes in world trade patterns and
to assist them with their reintegration into the labour
market.

Having regard to the Treaty
Community,

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,

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

(2)

(3)

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

Italy has submitted four applications to deploy the Fund,
in respect of
redundancies in the textile sector: on
9 August 2007 for Sardinia, on 10 August 2007 for
Piedmont, on 17 August 2007 for Lombardy and on
12 February 2008 for Tuscany. These applications
comply with the requirements
for determining the
financial contributions as laid down in Article 10 of
Regulation (EC) No 1927/2006.

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

(4)

The Fund should, therefore, be mobilised in order to
provide a financial contribution for the applications,

Whereas:

HAVE DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

(1)

The European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (the ‘Fund’)
was
to
redundant workers who suffer from the consequences

established to provide

additional

support

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

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 35 158 075 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, 19 November 2008.

For the European Parliament
The President

H.-G. PÖTTERING

For the Council
The President

J.-P. JOUYET