Proposal for a DECISION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL 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 (application EGF/2010/023 ES/Lear from Spain)
Date: 2010-11-05
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU aid, Spain, budgetary procedure, commitment of expenditure, dismissal, financial management, fund (EU), globalisation, interinstitutional agreement, motor vehicle industry, reintegration into working life

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EUROPEAN COMMISSION 

Brussels, 5.11.2010 
COM(2010) 625 final 

Proposal for a 

DECISION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL 

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 (application EGF/2010/023 ES/Lear from Spain) 

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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM 

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 
management1  allows  for  the  mobilisation  of  the  European  Globalisation  Adjustment  Fund 
(EGF)  through  a  flexibility  mechanism,  within  the  annual  ceiling  of  EUR 500 million over 
and above the relevant headings of the financial framework.  

The rules applicable to the contributions from the EGF are laid down in Regulation (EC) No 
1927/2006  of  the  European  Parliament  and  of  the  Council  of  20  December  2006  on 
establishing the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund2. 

On  23  July  2010,  Spain  submitted  application  EGF/2010/023  ES/Lear  for  a  financial 
contribution  from  the  EGF,  following  redundancies  in  the  enterprise  Lear  Automotive 
(EEDS) Spain, S.L. Sociedad Unipersonal (hereinafter 'Lear') in Spain. 

After  a  thorough  examination  of  this  application,  the  Commission  has  concluded  in 
accordance  with  Article  10  of  Regulation  (EC)  No  1927/2006  that  the  conditions  for  a 
financial contribution under this Regulation are met. 

SUMMARY OF THE APPLICATION AND ANALYSIS 

Key data: 
EGF Reference no. 
Member State 
Article 2 
Primary enterprise 
Suppliers and downstream producers 
Reference period 
Starting date for the personalised services 
Application date 
Redundancies during the reference period 
Redundancies before or after the reference period 
Total eligible redundancies 
Redundant workers targeted for support 
Expenditure for personalised services (EUR) 
Expenditure for implementing EGF3 (EUR) 
Expenditure for implementing EGF (%) 
Total budget (EUR) 
EGF contribution (65 %) (EUR) 

EGF/2010/023 
Spain 
(a) 
Lear 
0 
14.1.2010 – 14.5.2010 
20.7.2010 
23.7.2010 
501 
14 
515 
508 
584 000 
40 000 
6,8 
588 000 
382 200 

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The application was presented to the Commission on 23 July 2010 and supplemented 
by additional information on 10 August 2010. 

The application meets the conditions for deploying the EGF as set out in Article 2(a) 
of  Regulation  (EC)  No  1927/2006,  and  was  submitted  within  the  deadline  of  10 
weeks referred to in Article 5 of that Regulation. 

OJ C 139, 14.6.2006, p. 1. 
OJ L 406, 30.12.2006, p. 1. 
In accordance with the third paragraph of Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 1927/2006. 

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Link  between  the  redundancies  and  major  structural  changes  in  world  trade  patterns 
due to globalisation or the global financial and economic crisis 

3. 

4. 

5. 

In order to establish the link between the redundancies and the global financial and 
economic crisis, Spain argues that this crisis has put the automotive sector worldwide 
under particular pressure. The Commission has already recognised that, as some 60-
80 % (depending on the Member State) of new cars in Europe are purchased with the 
aid of credit, the financial crisis at the origin of the downturn has hit the automotive 
industry  particularly  severely4.  In  the  second  quarter  of  2009,  after  12  successive 
months of decline, total vehicle production in the EU was 39,5 % lower than a year 
earlier.  The  downturn  has  severely  affected  all  major  car  manufacturers  in  the 
European market5 as well as their suppliers. 

The  global  financial  and  economic  crisis  has  had  a  serious  impact  on  demand  for 
vehicles in Spain and in its export markets. In 2008, new car registrations in Spain 
declined  by  28 %  compared  with  the  previous  year,  mainly  due  to  tight  credit 
conditions,  very  low  consumer  confidence  and  declining  consumer  purchasing 
power. Moreover, the global nature of the crisis also led to a sales drop by 9,6 % for 
vehicles  manufactured  in  Spain  and  sold  abroad.  As  the  Spanish  car  sector  exports 
85 %  of  its  production,  mainly  within  the  EU,  this  decline  in  both  exports  and 
domestic  demand  had  a  strong  negative  impact  on  employment  in  the  automotive 
sector.  

The fall in demand for electrical equipment for cars, which followed the decline in 
car  manufacturing,  combined  with  the  impossibility  of  further  reducing  production 
costs, resulted in the closedown of the Lear production plant in Roquetes (Catalonia). 

Demonstration  of  the  number  of  redundancies  and  compliance  with  the  criteria  of 
Article 2(a) 

6. 

7. 

Spain  submitted  this  application  under  the  intervention  criteria  of  Article  2(a)  of 
Regulation  (EC)  No  1927/2006,  which  requires  at  least  500  redundancies  over  a 
four-month  period  in  an  enterprise  in  a  Member  State,  including  workers  made 
redundant in its suppliers and downstream producers. 

The application cites 501 redundancies in the single enterprise Lear during the four-
month  reference  period  from  14  January  2010  to  14  May  2010  and  a  further  14 
redundancies  outside  the  reference  period,  but  related  to  the  same  collective 
redundancies  procedure.  All  of  these  redundancies  were  calculated  in  accordance 
with the second indent of the second paragraph of Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 
1927/2006. 

Explanation of the unforeseen nature of those redundancies 

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The  Spanish  authorities  argue  that,  although  the  automotive  sector  had  been 
experiencing  difficulties,  mainly  due  to  delocalisation,  even  before  the  crisis,  the 

"Responding to the crisis in the European automotive industry" COM(2009)104 
DG Enterprise: "Impact of the economic crisis on key sectors of the EU – the case of the manufacturing 
and construction industries". June 2009 update. 

(http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/newsroom/cf/itemshortdetail.cfm?item_id=3437) 

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automobile  industry  in  Catalonia  managed  to  stay  stable  until  early  in  2008.  From 
that  moment  the  industry  began  to  feel  the  impact  of  the  financial  and  economic 
crisis  with  a  sudden  drop  in  demand  for  vehicles  in  Spain  and  worldwide.  This 
decline in vehicle demand and the shortfall of orders that followed was unforeseeable 
for firms or governments and happened at an unprecedented rate and speed.  

Identification of the dismissing enterprise and workers targeted for assistance 

9. 

The application cites a total of 515 redundancies in the single enterprise Lear, 508 of 
whom are targeted for assistance. 

10. 

The break-down of the targeted workers is as follows:  

Category 
Men 
Women 
EU citizens 
25-34 years old 
35-44 years old 
45-54 years old 
55-64 years old 
>= 65 years old 

Number
167
341
508
22
201
228
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12. 

Three of the targeted workers are disabled. 

In terms of professional categories6, the break-down is as follows : 

Category 
Professionals 
Technicians and associated professionals 
Craft and related trade workers 
Plant and machine operators 
Elementary occupations 

Number
19
7
8
472
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Percent
32,87
67,13
100,00
4,33
39,57
44,88
11,02
0,20

Percent
3,74
1,38
1,57
92,91
0,39

13. 

In addition, the Spanish authorities have also provided the  following breakdown of 
the workers in terms of educational levels7: 

Educational level 
Basic education  
Secondary education 
Post-secondary non-tertiary education 
Tertiary education  

Number
380
77
30
21

Percent
74,80
15,16
5,91
4,13

14. 

In accordance with Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 1927/2006, Spain has confirmed 
that a policy of equality between women and men as well as non-discrimination has 
been  applied,  and  will  continue  to  apply,  during  the  various  stages  of  the 
implementation of and, in particular, in access to the EGF. 

Description of the territory concerned and its authorities and stakeholders 

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Categories based on the one-digit International Standard Classification of Occupations (ISCO-88). 
Categories based on the International Standard Classification of Education (ISCED-97). 

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17. 

The  territory  principally  concerned  by  the  redundancies  is  the  comarca  (roughly 
equivalent to a county) of Baix Ebre located in Terras de L'Ebre in the south of the 
NUTS  III  region  of  Tarragona  (ES514).  El  Baix  Ebre  counts  14  municipalities, 
74 962 inhabitants  and  a  population  density 
the  EU  average 
(72,44 inhabitants per km2 while the EU average is 112 inhabitants per km2). 

lower 

than 

The economic structure of Terras del Ebre is different from the economic structure of 
the rest of Catalonia: in Terras del Ebre, agriculture accounts for 8 % of employment 
and 8,9 % of GDP while employment in the service sector accounts for 59,9 % and 
52,5 %  respectively.  In  Catalonia  as  a  whole,  agriculture  accounts  for  1,2 %  of 
employment  and  1,3 %  GDP  and  services  for  73,5 %  and  68,3 %,  respectively. 
Furthermore, activities of high value added account for only 20 % of employment in 
Terras del Ebre while in Catalonia as a whole they account for an average of 35 %. 

The  responsible  authority  is  the  Generalitat  de  Cataluña-Departament  de  Treball 
(labour  services  of  the  Catalonia  autonomous  government).  The  main  stakeholders 
are the social partners constituting the governing board of the Servei de Ocupació de 
Catalunya (the public labour offices of Catalonia): the trade unions Comisión Obrera 
Nacional  de  Cataluña  and  Unión  General  de  Trabajadores,  two  employers' 
organizations:  Foment  del  Treball  and  PIMEC8,  and  two  associations  representing 
the town halls of Catalonia. The Servei de Ocupació de Catalunya will be responsible 
for  implementing  the  measures,  supervising  the  procedures  and  controlling  the 
expenditure. 

Expected impact of the redundancies as regards local, regional or national employment 

18. 

19. 

The  Spanish  authorities  argue  that  the  employment  created  by  Lear  was  very 
important  for  the  county  of  El  Baix  Ebre,  which  has  economically  been  lagging 
behind  the  Catalonian  average.  The  major  economic  sectors  in  the  territory  were 
manufacture of furniture and manufacture of car components. Due to the economic 
and financial crisis, the situation deteriorated significantly for the furniture business, 
with the result that the automobile industry and in particular Lear became the main 
industrial asset of El Baix Ebre. 

The closedown of Lear brought an increase of 4 % in the unemployment rate of the 
territory,  which  in  2009  was  already  22,7 %  while  in  Catalonia  as  a  whole  it  was 
17,5 %.  The  municipalities  most  concerned  by  the  Lear  redundancies  are  Roquetes 
(7 000 inhabitants and the location where Lear was based) and Tortosa. Due to the 
small size of both towns and the lack of alternative employment, the redundancies in 
Lear have a significant local impact. 

Co-ordinated  package  of  personalised  services  to  be  funded  and  a  breakdown  of  its 
estimated  costs,  including  its  complementarity  with  actions  funded  by  the  Structural 
Funds 

20. 

The  following  types  of  measures  are  proposed  to  complement  the  social  plan 
presented by Lear to help its redundant workers to reintegrate in the labour market.  

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21. 

Although  the  ex-Lear  workers  could  have  been  included  in  the  earlier  EGF 
application EGF/2010/002 ES/Cataluña automoción, it was decided not to do so, as 
the  enterprise  had  agreed  to  finance  the  social  plan  set  out  in  point  22.  This  social 
plan  is  less  complete  than  the  EGF  package  presented  in  EGF/2010/002.  By 
submitting  the  present  application,  the  Spanish  authorities  aim  to  provide  these 
workers with a package of personalised services similar to the package proposed for 
workers dismissed in the same region and the same economic sector and covered by 
the application EGF/2010/002 ES/Cataluña automoción. 

22. 

As part of its social plan Lear will finance the following measures: 

–  In-depth interview and profiling of the workers.  

–  Outplacement  assistance:  This  measure  combines  two  complementary  actions: 
mentoring during the process until reintegration into work is achieved, combined 
with  an  intensive  employment  search,  including  active  research  of  local  and 
regional employment opportunities.  

–  Job  search  assistance.  This  measure  aims  to  provide  workers  with  relevant 
coaching  (on  effective  job  search),  a  better  knowledge  of  the  labour  market  and 
improved self-confidence.  

–  Workshop  on  horizontal  skills  (e.g.  how  to  draft  a  curriculum  vitae,  how  to 

prepare a job interview, how to enlarge the own contact network). 

–  Training for vocational qualifications designed to cater for the identified needs of 

local enterprises. 

–  A  study  on  the  economic  situation  and  employment  opportunities  in  Terres  de 

l'Ebre.  

–  Promotion  of  entrepreneurship:  Information  and  support  focused  on  promoting 

business initiatives for self-employment. 

23. 

The  measures  included  in  Lear's  social  plan  and  the  three  following  measures 
proposed  by  Spain  for  EGF  assistance  combine  to  form  a  co-ordinated  package  of 
personalised services aimed at re-integrating the workers into the labour market: 

–  Participation  incentive:  To  encourage  their  participation  in  the  measures,  the 
workers will receive a lump sum of EUR 600 (EUR 100 a month for a maximum 
of  six  months)  conditional  upon  their  participation  in  the  measures  of  the  EGF 
package. 

–  Entrepreneurship  incentives:  All  the  workers  who  return  to  employment  as  self-
employed workers or entrepreneurs will receive a lump sum of EUR 2 000 when 
they  have  accumulated  three  months  of  social  security  contributions  or  run  a 
business during three months or more. This incentive has been designed to support 
self-employed workers during the start-up months of their business.  

–  Training  for  vocational  qualifications:  This  measure  aims  at  improving  the 
employability  of  workers  through  training  in  activities  or  sectors  that  generate 
employment in the territory complemented with some horizontal training such as foreign 
language training, ICT training, driving lessons etc.  

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The  table  below  shows  the  complementarily  of  this  measure  with  the  training 
measures contained in Lear's social plan.  

Training 
objective 

Improving 
access to 
employment  

Improving employability 
through: 

Type of 
training  

(a) Horizontal 
training 

(b) Vocational 
training 

Training 
tailored to 
individual 
needs  
(e.g. language 
training, ICT, 
driving 
license) 

Training in 
activities or 
sectors that 
generate 
employment 
in the territory  
(i.e. tourism, 
trade services, 
etc) 

Workshops on 
generic skills 
learning  
(e.g. "how to 
draft a 
curriculum 
vitae," "how 
to deal with 
selection 
interviews") 

Improve the 
chances of 
returning to 
employment 

Training 
designed to 
cater for the 
identified 
needs of local 
enterprises 

(Social Plan) 

(EGF) 

(EGF) 

(Social Plan) 

The  expenditure  for  implementing  EGF,  which  is  included  in  the  application  in 
accordance  with  Article  3  of  Regulation  (EC)  No  1927/2006,  covers  management, 
information and publicity, and control activities. 

The  personalised  services  presented  by  the  Spanish  authorities  are  active  labour 
market measures within the eligible actions defined by Article 3 of Regulation (EC) 
No  1927/2006.  The  Spanish  authorities  estimate  the  total  costs  of  these  services  at 
EUR 588 000  and  the  expenditure  for  implementing  EGF  at  EUR 40 000  (6,8 %  of 
the  total  amount).  The  total  contribution  requested  from  the  EGF  is  EUR 382 200 
(65 % of the total costs). 

Estimated 
number of 
workers 
targeted 

Estimated cost 
per worker 
targeted 
(EUR) 

Total costs 
(EGF and 
national 
cofinancing) 
(EUR) 

24. 

25. 

Actions 

Personalised services (first paragraph of Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 1927/2006) 

Participation incentive 
Ayuda a la participación 

Entrepreneurship incentives 
Ayudas para el autoempleo 

Training for vocational qualifications 
Formación para la mejora de la 
empleabilidad. 

330

10

150

600 

198 000

2 000 

20 000

2 200 

330 000

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Sub total personalised services 

548 000

Expenditure  for  implementing  EGF  (third  paragraph  of  Article  3  of  Regulation  (EC)  No 
1927/2006) 

Preparatory 

Management 

Information and publicity 

Control activities 

Sub total expenditure for implementing 
EGF 

Total estimated costs 

EGF contribution (65 % of total costs) 

3 000

27 000

5 000

5 000

40 000

588 000

382 200

26. 

27. 

Spain  confirms  that  the  measures  described  above  are  complementary  with  actions 
funded  by  the  Structural  Funds.  Spain  will  also  ensure  a  clear  audit  trail  for  EGF 
funded activities, and confirms that no other EU funding is sought or used for these 
activities. 

The main objectives of the 2007-2013 ESF operational programmes for Catalonia are 
promoting entrepreneurship, promoting workers' lifelong learning and decreasing the 
risk of early school leaving, focusing in particular on the most vulnerable people or 
people at risk of social exclusion, mainly young workers, or those over 45 years old, 
women and disabled people. Although some of the EGF measures, in particular those 
related to entrepreneurship promotion, could look similar to ESF measures, there is a 
difference:  EGF  measures  have  a  uniqueness  and  special  character  (they  address  a 
sector  and  a  particular  population)  and  they  are  tailor-made  and  have  an  intensive 
format. Continuous follow-up of ESF and EGF actions pursuing similar purposes and 
the workers concerned will prevent any overlap between ESF and EGF measures.  

Date(s)  on  which  the  personalised  services  to  the  affected  workers  were  started  or  are 
planned to start 

28. 

Spain  started  the  personalised  services  to  the  affected  workers  included  in  the  co-
ordinated package proposed for co-financing to the EGF, on 20 July 2010. This date 
therefore represents the beginning of the period of eligibility for any assistance that 
might be awarded from the EGF. 

Procedures for consulting the social partners 

29. 

The  Spanish  authorities  state  that,  pursuant  to  the  Estatudo  de  los  Trabajadores 
(Employment Relationships Act), Lear informed the trade unions about the collective 
redundancies  and  sent  a  notification  on  collective  redundancies  to  the  labour 
authority.  Aware  of  the  difficult  situation  of  the  territory  affected  by  the 
redundancies  (Terres  de  l'Ebre),  the  trade  unions  have  actively  encouraged  the 
regional and national authorities to submit an application for EGF co-funding.  

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30. 

The  social  partners,  the  trade  unions  Comisiones  Obreras  and  Unión  General  de 
Trabajadores  and  two  employers'  organizations:  Foment  del  Treball  and  PIMEC9, 
were  informed  of  the  contents  of  the  EGF  application  at  a  meeting  held  on  7  June 
2010 with the representatives of the Servei de Ocupació de Catalunya. 

31. 

The  Spanish  authorities  confirmed  that  the  requirements  laid  down  in  national  and 
Community legislation concerning collective redundancies have been complied with. 

Information  on  actions  that  are  mandatory  by  virtue  of  national  law  or  pursuant  to 
collective agreements 

32. 

As regards the criteria contained in Article 6 of Regulation (EC) No 1927/2006, the 
Spanish authorities in their application:  

•  confirmed that the financial contribution from the EGF does not replace measures 
which are the responsibility of companies by virtue of national law or collective 
agreements; 

•  demonstrated that the actions provide support for individual workers and are not 

to be used for restructuring companies or sectors; 

•  confirmed  that  the  eligible  actions  referred  to  above  do  not  receive  assistance 

from other Community financial instruments. 

Management and control systems 

33. 

34. 

Spain has notified the Commission that Lear will finance 35 % of the total costs of 
the EGF co-funded personalised services. 

Spain confirms that the financial contribution will be managed and controlled by the 
same bodies that manage and control the ESF. The Servei d'Ocupació de Catalunya 
will be the intermediate body for the managing authority. 

Financing 

35. 

36. 

On the basis of the application from Spain, the proposed contribution from the EGF 
to  the  coordinated  package  of  personalised  services  is  EUR 382 200,  representing 
65 %  of  the  total  cost.  The  Commission's  proposed  allocation  under  the  Fund  is 
based on the information made available by Spain. 

Considering the maximum possible amount of a financial contribution from the EGF 
under  Article  10(1)  of  Regulation  (EC)  No  1927/2006,  as  well  as  the  scope  for 
reallocating  appropriations,  the  Commission  proposes  to  mobilise  the  EGF  for  the 
total  amount  referred  above,  to  be  allocated  under  heading  1a  of  the  financial 
framework. 

37. 

The  proposed  amount  of  financial  contribution  will  leave  more  than  25 %  of  the 
maximum annual amount earmarked for the EGF available for allocations during the 

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last  four  months  of  the  year,  as  required  by  Article  12(6)  of  Regulation  (EC)  No 
1927/2006. 

38. 

By  presenting  this  proposal  to  mobilise  the  EGF,  the  Commission  initiates  the 
simplified  trialogue  procedure,  as  required  by  Point  28  of  the  Interinstitutional 
Agreement of 17 May 2006, with a view to securing the agreement of the two arms 
of the budgetary authority on the need to use the EGF and the amount required. The 
Commission invites the first of the two arms of the budgetary authority that reaches 
agreement on the draft mobilisation proposal, at appropriate political level, to inform 
the other arm and the Commission of its intentions. In case of disagreement by either 
of  the  two  arms  of  the  budgetary  authority,  a  formal  trialogue  meeting  will  be 
convened.  

39. 

The Commission presents separately a transfer request in order to enter in the 2010 
budget specific commitment and payment appropriations, as required in Point 28 of 
the Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006. 

Source of payment appropriations  

40. 

41. 

In  the  current  state  of  implementation,  it  is  foreseeable  that  the  payment 
appropriations available in 2010 under the budget line 01.0404 "Competitiveness and 
Innovation  Framework  Programme  -  Entrepreneurship  and  innovation  programme" 
will not be fully used this year. 

This line covers expenditure related to the implementation of the financial instrument 
of this programme, the main objective of which is to facilitate the access of SMEs to 
finance. Some time lag exists between transfers to the trust accounts managed by the 
European Investment Fund and disbursement to the beneficiaries. The financial crisis 
has a major effect on the forecasts in terms of disbursements for 2010. As a result, in 
order  to  avoid  excessive  balances  on  the  trust  accounts,  the  methodology  for 
calculation  of  payment  appropriations  has  been  reviewed,  taking  into  account  the 
expected  disbursements.  The  amount  of  EUR 382 200  can  therefore  be  made 
available for transfer.  

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Proposal for a 

DECISION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL 

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 (application EGF/2010/023 ES/Lear from Spain) 

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  the  Interinstitutional  Agreement  of  17  May  2006  between  the  European 
Parliament,  the  Council  and  the  Commission  on  budgetary  discipline  and  sound  financial 
management10, and in particular point 28 thereof, 

Having  regard  to  Regulation  (EC)  No  1927/2006  of  the  European  Parliament  and  of  the 
Council  of  20  December  2006  establishing  the  European  Globalisation  Adjustment  Fund11, 
and in particular Article 12(3) thereof, 

Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission12, 

Whereas: 

(1) 

(2) 

(3) 

(4) 

The  European  Globalisation  Adjustment  Fund  (EGF)  was  established  to  provide 
additional support for workers made redundant as a result of major structural changes 
in world trade patterns due to globalisation and to assist them with their reintegration 
into the labour market. 

The scope of the EGF was broadened for applications submitted from 1 May 2009 to 
include support  for workers made  redundant  as a direct result of the global financial 
and economic crisis. 

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

Spain submitted an application to mobilise the EGF in respect of redundancies in the 
enterprise Lear on 23 July 2010 and supplemented it by additional information on 10 
August  2010.  This  application  complies  with  the  requirements  for  determining  the 
financial  contributions  as  laid  down  in  Article  10  of  Regulation (EC) No 1927/2006. 
The Commission, therefore, proposes to mobilise an amount of EUR 382 200. 

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OJ C 139, 14.6.2006, p. 1. 
OJ L 406, 30.12.2006, p. 1. 
OJ C […], […], p. […]. 

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(5) 

The EGF should, therefore, be mobilised in order to provide a financial contribution 
for the application submitted by Spain. 

HAVE DECIDED AS FOLLOWS: 

Article 1 

For  the  general  budget  of  the  European  Union  for  the  financial  year  2010,  the  European 
Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF) shall be mobilised to provide the sum of EUR 382 200 
in commitment and payment appropriations. 

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

Article 2 

Done at, 

For the European Parliament 
The President 

For the Council 
The President 

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