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/2010/027 NL/Noord-Brabant Division 18 from the Netherlands)
Date: 2011-06-28
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: European Globalisation Adjustment Fund, Netherlands, budgetary procedure, commitment of expenditure, dismissal, financial management, interinstitutional agreement

EUROPEAN COMMISSION 

Brussels, 28.6.2011 
COM(2011) 386 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/2010/027 NL/Noord-Brabant Division 18 from 
the Netherlands) 

 
 
  
 
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  20  December  2010,  the  Netherlands  submitted  application  EGF/2010/027  NL/Noord-
Brabant Division 18 for a financial contribution from the EGF, following redundancies in 14 
enterprises  operating  in  the  NACE  Revision  2  Division  18  ('Printing  and  reproduction  of 
recorded media')3 in the NUTS II region of Noord-Brabant (NL41) in the Netherlands. 

This  application  is  part  of  a  package  of  four  interrelated  applications,  all  of  which  concern 
redundancies in six different NUTS II regions in the Netherlands in enterprises operating in 
the printing and reproduction of recorded media sector. 

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 
Enterprises concerned 
NUTS II region 

NACE Revision 2 Division 

Reference period 
Starting date for the personalised services 
Application date 
Redundancies during the reference period 
Redundant workers targeted for support 
Expenditure for personalised services (EUR) 
Expenditure for implementing EGF4 (EUR) 
Expenditure for implementing EGF (%) 

EGF/2010/027 
Netherlands 
(c) 
14 
Noord-Brabant (NL41) 
18 ('Printing and reproduction of 
recorded media') 
16.1.2010 – 16.10.2010 
16.1.2010 
20.12.2010 
199 
199 
986 323 
41 097 
4,0 

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2 
3 

4 

OJ C 139, 14.6.2006, p. 1. 
OJ L 406, 30.12.2006, p. 1. 
Regulation (EC) No 1893/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 December 2006 
establishing the statistical classification of economic 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). 
In accordance with the third paragraph of Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 1927/2006. 

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Total budget (EUR) 
EGF contribution (65 %) (EUR) 

1 027 420 
667 823 

1. 

2. 

The  application  was  presented  to  the  Commission  on  20  December  2010  and 
supplemented by additional information up to 7 March 2011. 

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

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

3. 

In order to establish the link between the redundancies and the global financial and 
economic  crisis,  the  Netherlands  argues  that  the  economic  crisis  resulted  in  a 
substantial decrease in demand for the graphic media industry. As a consequence the 
turnover in the graphic industry decreased by 8,6 % in 2009. The orders from other 
economic sectors for printed advertising material, which represents 35 % of the total 
turnover of the printing and publishing sector, decreased dramatically between 2008 
and 2009 due to the reduction of budgets for media and advertising activities induced 
by  the  economic  crisis.  The  application  cites  several  examples.  In  the  construction 
industry, the budget for information and publicity was cut by 36,8 % following the 
start  of  the  crisis;  in  the  financial  sector  by  33,2 %  and  in  consumer  electronics  by 
30,6 %. In addition, the economic crisis negatively affected demand for various types 
of  printed  media  material:  in  2009,  demand  for  popular  magazines  decreased  by 
25,7 %,  for  newspapers  by  24,4 %,  for  commercial  newspapers  distributed  free  of 
charge by 10,54 % and for professional magazines by 23,4 %. 

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

4. 

5. 

6. 

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The Netherlands submitted this application under the intervention criteria of Article 
2(c) of Regulation (EC) No 1927/2006, which provides that, in small labour markets 
or  in  exceptional  circumstances,  where  duly  substantiated  by  the  Member  State 
concerned,  an  application  for  a  contribution  from  the  EGF  may  be  considered 
admissible even if the intervention criteria laid down in Article 2(a) and 2(b) are not 
entirely met, when redundancies have a serious impact on employment and the local 
economy.  In  this  case  the  applicant  must  specify  which  of  the  main  intervention 
criteria its application fails to meet. 

The  Netherlands  has  specified  that  the  application  seeks  to  derogate  from  Article 
2(b),  where  the  required  threshold  is  at  least  500  redundancies  over  a  nine-month 
period in enterprises operating in the same NACE Revision 2 Division in one region 
or two contiguous regions at NUTS II level in a Member State. 

The  application  cites  199  redundancies  in  14  enterprises  operating  in  the  NACE 
Revision 2 Division 18 ('Printing and reproduction of recorded media')5 in the NUTS 

Regulation (EC) No 1893/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 December 2006 
establishing the statistical classification of economic activities NACE Revision 2 and amending Council 

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II region of Noord-Brabant (NL41) during the nine-month reference period from 16 
January  2010  to  16  October  2010.  All  of  the  redundancies  were  calculated  in 
accordance with the second indent of the second paragraph of Article 2 of Regulation 
(EC) No 1927/2006. 

The  Dutch  authorities  argue  that  this  application  meets  the  requirements  for  a 
submission  under  Article  2(c)  of  Regulation  (EC)  No  1927/2006  citing  exceptional 
circumstances: it covers further redundancies in the same NACE Revision 2 Division 
during  the  same  reference  period  as  the  redundancies  covered  by  application 
EGF/2010/029 NL/ Zuid-Holland and Utrecht Division 18 that was submitted by the 
Netherlands  under  Article  2(b)  of  Regulation  (EC)  No  1927/2006.  In  addition, 
Noord-Brabant constitutes a contiguous region at NUTS II level with Zuid-Holland. 
The exceptionality of the case lies in the combination of these factors, which together 
pose an unusual and difficult situation for the workers and the region concerned. 

According to the Netherlands, Noord-Brabant is in a very difficult situation. In this 
province  the  unemployment  rate  increased  from  3,1 %  in  Q3/2008  to  5 %  in 
Q3/2010.  In  Veghel  and  Uden,  the  second  most  important  graphic  media  industry 
centre  in  Noordoost-Brabant,  the  unemployment  rate  for  graphic  professions  was 
88 % higher in October 2010 than in October 2008. In addition, forecasts6 state that 
the  labour  market  of  Noord-Brabant  will  further  shrink  due  to  the  crisis  in  the 
technical industries and the construction sector, which will have a huge impact on the 
job finding chances of unemployed workers. 

At  the  same  time,  the  graphics  sector  in  the  Netherlands  has  suffered  from  large-
scale redundancies, as is also shown by the three other interrelated EGF applications 
submitted  by  the  Netherlands,  which  show  a  high  number  of  redundancies  in 
enterprises in the graphics sector in other parts of the Netherlands. Moreover, in 2009 
the  Netherlands  successfully  applied  for  EGF  co-funding  to  support  workers  made 
redundant in the same sector and in the same NUTS II region7. 

The Commission services therefore consider that the redundancies in question have a 
serious impact on employment and the local economy and that the difficult economic 
and labour market situation in Noord-Brabant and the further redundancies in other 
NUTS II level regions of the Netherlands due to the same cause and during the same 
period in the same NACE Revision 2 Division combine to meet the criteria of Article 
2(c) of Regulation (EC) No 1927/2006. 

This  interpretation  is  also  in  line  with  the  statement  of  the  Commission  on  the 
occasion  of  the  adoption  of  Regulation  (EC)  No  546/20098  according  to  which  "in 
cases where an EGF application under Article 2(b) is submitted by a Member State, 

Regulation (EEC) No 3037/90 as well as certain EC regulations on specific statistical domains (OJ L 
393, 30.12.2006, p. 1). 
LISA/Vestigingenregister  Noord-Brabant 
Arbeidsmarktprognose 2009-2010 en 2011-2014. 
EGF/2009/027  Noord-Brabant  and  Zuid  Holland  Division  18.  This  application  was  approved  by  the 
Budgetary Authority on 24 November 2010 (2010/741/EU) (OJ L 318, 4.12.2010, p.38). 
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). 

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if further redundancies have occurred in another NUTS II level region of the same 
Member State due to the same cause and during the same period in the same NACE 
2 Division, the Commission considers that an application for EGF assistance for the 
latter workers can be made under Article 2(c) citing exceptional circumstances"9. 

Explanation of the unforeseen nature of those redundancies 

12. 

The Dutch authorities argue that the financial and economic crisis and its impact on 
the sector could not have been foreseen. The application states that before the crisis 
the  printing  and  publishing  industry  in  the  Netherlands  went  through  an  expensive 
restructuring process in order to remain competitive with enterprises from outside the 
EU. The sector was transformed from a demand driven to a supply oriented industry 
which meant a great deal of effort to prepare employees for the new way of working. 
The  current  crisis  bears  the  risk  of  cancelling  out  the  benefits  of  the  heavy 
investments and efforts made by the sector. 

Identification of the dismissing enterprises and workers targeted for assistance 

13. 

The application relates to 199 redundancies (all of whom are targeted for assistance) 
in the following 14 enterprises: 

Enterprises and number of dismissals 

Lithorado BV, Uden 
Graphic Web Systems BV, Schijndel 
All Color Press, Eersel 
Peeters Druk & Printservice BV, Waalre 
De Rijense Handelsdrukkerij BV (DRH), Rijen 
Manders Grafische Communicatie, Eindhoven 
Drukkerij Sprintcopy vof, Bergen op Zoom 
Van Engelen BV Waalwijk 
Kon. Broese & Peereboom BV Breda  
Drukkerij Altorffer, Roosendaal 
Drukkerij Hearkens BV Someren 
Van der Garde-Jémé, Eindhoven 
Lutkie BV, ‘s-Hertogenbosch 
Roto Smeets Grafiservices Eindhoven 
Total enterprises: 14 

Total dismissals: 

85 
50 
27 
4 
6 
3 
4 
1 
12 
1 
1 
1 
3 
1 
199 

14. 

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

Category 
Men 
Women 
EU citizens 
Non EU citizens 
15-24 years old 
25-54 years old 

Number
129
70
187
12
36
109

Percent 
64,8 
35,2 
94,0 
6,0 
18,1 
54,8 

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Council of the European Union, 10304/09 ADD1, 8.6.2009. 

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16. 

Category 
55-64 years old 
> 64 years old 

Number
50
4

Percent 
25,1 
2,0 

Eight of the targeted workers are disabled. 

In terms of occupational categories, the break-down is as follows: 

Category 
Manager 
Professional 
Technicians 
Clerical support workers 
Service and sales workers 
Plant 
assemblers 

and  machine  operators 

and 

Number
14
40
42
24
24
55

Percent 
7,0 
20,1 
21,1 
12,1 
12,1 
27,6 

17. 

In accordance with Article 7 of Regulation (EC) No 1927/2006, the Netherlands 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 

18. 

19. 

The territory concerned covers the province of Noord-Brabant. This is a province of 
the  Netherlands  centrally  positioned  between  the  port  cities  of  Rotterdam  and 
Antwerp  and  the  German  Ruhr  area.  It  is  the  second  largest  province  and  the  third 
most  populous  province  of  the  Netherlands  with  a  population  density  close  to 
500 inhabitants  per  km2.  The  economic  situation  of  Noord-Brabant  deteriorated  in 
2009  and  its  economic  growth  was  negative  (-4,7 %)  compared  with  the  previous 
year. 
Of the almost 2 000 graphic media enterprises in the Netherlands 14,7 % are located 
in this province and represent 16,3 % of the jobs in the graphic media sector. 

The main authorities concerned are the Ministry for Social Affairs and Employment 
(SZW)  and  the  Training  Fund  for  the  graphics  and  media  sector  (A&O  Fonds 
Grafimedia)  on  behalf  of  Raad  for  Overleg  in  de  Grafimedia  Branche-ROGB 
(Council  for  consultation  in  the  graphics  and  media  sector).  Other  relevant 
stakeholders  are  the  Institute  for  creative  industry  (GOC);  the  public  organisation 
responsible for allowances (UWV werkbedrijf); UWV mobility centre; ROC Midden 
Nederland,  ROC  Mondriaan  (government  vocational  training  centres  at  regional 
level)  and  the  Grafisch  Lyceum  Boxtel;  the  organisation  for  SMEs  (MKB-
ondernemingen);  the  social  partner  organisations:  FNV  Kiem  (trade  union),  CNV 
Media  (trade  union),  Koninklijk  Verbond  van  Grafische  Ondernemingen-KVGO 
(employers'  organisation)  for  the  districts  Gelderland/Utrecht,  Den  Haag  and 
Rotterdam; and NUV (employers' organisation). 

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

20. 

During  2008  and  2009  employment  in  the  graphic  media  enterprises  located  in 
the 
Noord-Brabant  contracted  by  18 %.  The  Dutch  authorities  argue 
redundancies  in  the  graphics  sector  will  aggravate  the  unemployment  situation, 

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which has already deteriorated as a result of the economic and financial crisis. In the 
province of Noord-Brabant the unemployment rate increased from 3,1 % in October 
2008  to  5 %  in  October  2010.  During  the  same  period  the  number  of  job  seekers 
without a job increased by 30 % in the sub-region of Noordoost-Brabant. In this sub-
region,  forecasts  concerning  construction  and  technical  industry  (two  sectors 
traditionally considered as safety-net sectors) indicate that they will further shrink in 
the  next  few  years  (e.g.  the  construction  sector  which  declined  by  7,8 %  in  2010 
compared to 2008 is forecasted to lose a further 3,4 % of its jobs by 2014) reducing 
substantially the chances of finding a new job in this province. 

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 

21. 

The  following  types  of  measures  are  proposed,  all  of  which  combine  to  form  a 
coordinated package of personalised services aimed at re-integrating the workers into 
the labour market. They will be offered to the dismissed workers through a mobility 
centre, called Creative Career Centre (C3). 

Preparatory activities 

–  Intake  and  registration:  This  covers  an  initial  interview  in  order  to  register  the 

dismissed worker and to identify the most suitable types of measures. 

–  Information  and  helpdesk:  This  relates  to  collective  meetings  and  a  helpdesk 
function  to  provide  information  to  the  dismissed  workers  about  the  available 
measures. 

Counselling 

–  Work 

to  work  counselling:  This 

job  accompaniment  covers  an 
job 
individualised programme including screening, the establishment of a career and 
vocational action plan, labour market orientation and initial counselling at the new 
workplace. 

to 

–  Outplacement:  This  seeks  to  give  active  support  to  dismissed  workers  in  their 

exploration of new job opportunities. 

–  Job interview training: This covers the analysis of available job vacancies, support 
for  the  drafting  of  a  CV  and  an  application  letter  and  preparation  for  job 
interviews. 

–  Guidance for starting one's own company: The accompaniment towards business 
creation  seeks  to  assist  dismissed  workers  who  envisage  creating  their  own 
business. This covers the provision of legal advice, assistance for the elaboration 
of a business plan, support on administrative requirements. 

Training 

–  'Education':  This  covers  vocational  training  and  re-training,  management  and 
social skills training and specific technical re-training for workers whose technical 
training has become obsolete. 

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–  Recognition  of  prior  experience  (APL):  This  covers  the  evaluation  of  prior 
knowledge  and  experience  of  individual  workers  as  well  as  the  identification  of 
areas where further training is required. 

22. 

23. 

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

The personalised services presented by the Dutch authorities are active labour market 
measures  within  the  eligible  actions  defined  by  Article  3  of  Regulation  (EC)  No 
1927/2006.  The  Dutch  authorities  estimate  the  total  costs  of  these  services  at 
EUR 986 323 and the expenditure for implementing the EGF at EUR 41 097 (4 % of 
the  total  amount).  The  total  contribution  requested  from  the  EGF  is  EUR 667 823 
(65 % of the total costs). 

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Actions 

Estimated 
number of 
workers 
targeted 

Estimated 
cost per 
worker 
targeted 
(EUR) 

Total costs 
(EGF and 
national 
cofinancing) 
(EUR) 

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

Intake and registration 

Information and helpdesk 

Work to work counselling 

Outplacement 

Job interview training 

Guidance for starting one's own company 

Education 

Recognition of prior experience (APL) 

Sub total personalised services 

199

199

75

60

60

10

84

20

193 

86 

3 594 

4 448 

1 410 

4 630 

2 478 

2 766 

38 407

17 114

269 550

266 880

84 600

46 300

208 152

55 320

986 323

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

Management 

Information and publicity 

Control activities 

Sub total expenditure for implementing EGF 

Total estimated costs 

EGF contribution (65 % of total costs) 

10 274

10 274

20 549

41 097

1 027 420

667 823

24. 

The  Netherlands  confirms  that  the  measures  described  above  are  complementary 
with  actions  funded  by  the  Structural  Funds.  ESF  measures  are  available  only  for 
workers in employment while EGF actions aim to bring back to employment workers 
already  made  redundant.  The  managing  authority  for  the  EGF,  which  is  also 
managing authority for the ESF has put in place the necessary control procedures to 
eliminate any risk of double funding. 

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

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25. 

The Netherlands started the personalised services to the affected workers included in 
the co-ordinated package proposed for co-financing to the EGF on 16 January 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 

26. 

The  social  partners  were  consulted  through  the  Foundation  Labour  Market  and 
Training  Fund  for  the  graphics  and  media  sector  (Arbeids  &  Opleidingsfonds 
Grafimedia  branche),  which  in  the  light  of  the  crisis  agreed  on  the  creation  of  a 
mobility  centre  for  the  sector  named  C3  (Creative  Career  Centre).  The  aim  of  this 
mobility  centre  is  to  coordinate  the  various  active  labour  market  measures  in 
consultation with the social partners. 

27. 

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

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

28. 

As regards the criteria contained in Article 6 of Regulation (EC) No 1927/2006, the 
Dutch 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 EU financial instruments. 

Management and control systems  

29. 

The Netherlands has notified the Commission that the financial contribution will be 
managed  and  controlled  by  the  same  bodies  that  manage  and  control  the  European 
Social  Fund  (ESF)  funding  in  the  Netherlands.  The  Agency  for  Social  Affairs  and 
Employment  (Agentschap  SZW)  will  be  the  intermediate  body  for  the  managing 
authority. 

Financing 

30. 

31. 

On the basis of the application from the Netherlands, the proposed contribution from 
the  EGF  to  the  coordinated  package  of  personalised  services  is  EUR 667 823, 
representing 65 % of the total cost. The Commission's proposed allocation under the 
Fund is based on the information made available by the Netherlands. 

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 

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33. 

34. 

total  amount  referred  to  above,  to  be  allocated  under  heading  1a  of  the  financial 
framework. 

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

The  aggregated  amount  of  EGF  contributions  for  EGF  applications  referring  to 
exceptional  circumstances  for  2011,  including  the  amount  proposed  in  the  present 
Proposal,  will  not  exceed  15 %  of  the  annual  maximum  amount  of  the  EGF,  as 
required by Article 2(c) of Regulation (EC) No 1927/2006. 

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. 

35. 

The Commission presents separately a transfer request in order to enter in the 2011 
budget  specific  commitment  appropriations,  as  required  in  Point  28  of  the 
Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006. 

Source of payment appropriations 

36. 

An  amount  of  EUR 6 692 277  remains  available  on  the  EGF  Budget  line  04.0501 
after adoption by both arms of the Budgetary Authority of three Decisions totalling 
an  amount  of  EUR 10 371 321,  and  taking  into  account  the  five  cases  currently 
discussed  by  the  Budgetary  Authority  for  a  total  amount  of  EUR 30 545 352.  This 
available amount will be used to cover the amount of EUR 667 823 needed for the 
present application. 

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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/2010/027 NL/Noord-Brabant Division 18 from 
the Netherlands) 

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. 

The  Netherlands  submitted  an  application  to  mobilise  the  EGF,  in  respect  of 
redundancies  in  14  enterprises  operating  in  the  NACE  Revision  2  Division  18 
('Printing  and  reproduction  of  recorded  media')  in  the  NUTS  II  region  of  Noord-

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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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Brabant (NL41), on 20 December 2010 and supplemented it by additional information 
up to 7 March 2011. This application complies with the requirements for determining 
the 
of 
Regulation (EC) No 1927/2006.  The  Commission,  therefore,  proposes  to  mobilise  an 
amount of EUR 667 823. 

contributions 

in  Article 

financial 

down 

laid 

10 

as 

(5) 

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

HAVE ADOPTED THIS DECISION: 

Article 1 

For  the  general  budget  of  the  European  Union  for  the  financial  year  2011,  the  European 
Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF) shall be mobilised to provide the sum of EUR 667 823 
in commitment and payment appropriations. 

Article 2 

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

Done at [Brussels/Strasbourg], 

For the European Parliament 
The President 

For the Council 
The President 

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