REPORT FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL on the activities of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund in 2010
Date: 2011-08-22
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: European Globalisation Adjustment Fund, European Social Fund, budgetary assessment, dismissal, economic recession, employment aid, globalisation, information analysis, reintegration into working life

EUROPEAN COMMISSION 

Brussels, 22.8.2011 
COM(2011) 466 final 

REPORT FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND 
THE COUNCIL 

on the activities of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund in 2010 

 
 
 
 
  
 
REPORT FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND 
THE COUNCIL 

on the activities of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund in 2010 

TABLE OF CONTENTS 

1. 

2. 

3. 

4. 

Introduction .................................................................................................................. 4 

Overview of the activities of the EGF in 2010 ............................................................ 4 

Follow-up of the 2009 Annual Report on the activities of the EGF ............................ 5 

Analysis of the Activities of the EGF in 2010 ............................................................. 5 

4.1. 

Applications received................................................................................................... 5 

Table 1 — Applications received in 2010.................................................................................. 6 

4.1.1.  Applications received by Member State and sector..................................................... 7 

4.1.2.  Applications received by amount requested ................................................................ 7 

4.1.3.  Applications received by number of workers targeted for assistance.......................... 7 

4.1.4.  Applications received by amount requested per worker .............................................. 8 

4.1.5.  Applications received by intervention criterion........................................................... 8 

4.2. 

Contributions granted................................................................................................... 8 

Table 2 — Details of contributions granted in 2010.................................................................. 9 

Table 3 — EGF contributions granted in 2010: Profile of workers......................................... 10 

4.2.1.  Actions funded with EGF assistance.......................................................................... 11 

4.2.2.  Complementarity with actions funded by the Structural Funds, notably the European 
Social Fund (ESF) ...................................................................................................... 11 

4.3. 

Cases not meeting the conditions for a financial contribution from the EGF............ 12 

4.4 

Results achieved by the EGF ..................................................................................... 12 

4.4.1.  Final reports received from Member States in 2010 on the implementation of 

financial contributions................................................................................................ 12 

4.4.2.  Summary of the results and good practices reported in 2010 .................................... 12 

Table 4 — Final reports received in 2010 — overview of results ........................................... 14 

4.4.3.  Details of the measures implemented in 2010 ........................................................... 14 

4.5. 

Financial report .......................................................................................................... 18 

4.5.1.  Funds contributed by the EGF ................................................................................... 18 

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4.5.2.  Technical assistance expenditure ............................................................................... 18 

4.5.3. 

Irregularities reported or closed ................................................................................. 19 

4.5.4.  Winding-up of financial contributions from the EGF................................................ 19 

Table 6 — Cases wound up in 2010 ........................................................................................ 20 

4.6. 

Technical assistance activities undertaken by the Commission................................. 20 

4.6.1. 

Information and publicity........................................................................................... 20 

4.6.2.  Meetings with the national authorities and social partners ........................................ 21 

4.6.3.  Mid-term evaluation of the EGF ................................................................................ 21 

5. 

6. 

Trends......................................................................................................................... 21 

Conclusion.................................................................................................................. 23 

Annex 1 .................................................................................................................................... 24 

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1. 

INTRODUCTION 

The  European  Globalisation  Adjustment  Fund  (EGF)  was  set  up  by  Regulation  (EC)  No 
1927/20061  to  show  solidarity  with,  and  provide  support  to,  workers  made  redundant  as  a 
consequence of major structural changes in world trade patterns. It was designed as a means 
of  reconciling  the  overall  long-term  benefits  of  open  trade  in  terms  of  growth  and 
employment with the short-term adverse effects which globalisation may have, particularly on 
the employment of the most vulnerable and lowest-skilled workers. The rules were amended 
by Regulation (EC) No 546/2009 of 18 June 20092 to respond more effectively to the global 
financial and economic crisis. 

Article  16  of  Regulation  (EC)  No  1927/2006  requires  the  Commission  to  send  to  the 
European  Parliament  and  to  the  Council,  before  1  July  of  each  year,  a  quantitative  and 
qualitative report on the activities of the EGF in the previous year. The  report  should focus 
mainly  on  the  results  achieved  by  the  EGF  and  should,  in  particular,  contain  information 
relating  to  applications  submitted,  decisions  adopted  and  actions  funded,  including  their 
complementarity  with  actions  funded  by  the  Structural  Funds,  in  particular  the  European 
Social  Fund  (ESF),  and  the  winding-up  of  financial  contributions  made.  It  should  also 
document those requests that have been refused owing to a lack of sufficient appropriations or 
to non-eligibility. 

2. 

OVERVIEW OF THE ACTIVITIES OF THE EGF IN 2010 

In 2010, the Commission received 31 applications for contributions from the EGF, which was 
one application more than in 2009. Details of the applications are given in section 4.1 and in 
Table 1. 

The Budgetary Authority took 31 decisions to mobilise the EGF in 2010, which represents a 
300 %  increase  in  terms  of  decisions  and  a  60 %  increase  in  terms  of  EGF  co-financing 
compared to 2009. Details of the contributions granted are set out in section 4.2 and in Tables 
2 and 3. 

The  Commission  received  four  final  reports  in  2010  on  the  implementation  of  EGF 
contributions.  Details  of  the  results  are  given  in  section  4.4  and  in  Table  4.  Six  EGF 
contributions granted in previous years were wound up (details in section 4.5.4 and Table 6). 
Technical assistance at the initiative of the Commission (Article 8(1) of the EGF Regulation) 
was deployed. The details are given in section 4.6 and in Table 5. 

In  2010,  the  Commission  implemented  the  new  decision-making  process  it  had  established 
towards the end of 2009. It has also started to prepare the consultations on the upcoming post-
2011  and  post-2013  EGF  reviews  required  under  Articles  1(1a)  and  20  of  the  EGF 
Regulation. Details are given in sections 3 and 4.5.2. 

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Regulation  (EC)  No  1927/2006  of  20  December  2006  on  establishing  the  European  Globalisation 
Adjustment  Fund,  OJ  L  406,  30.12.2006,  p.  1,  as  corrected  by  OJ  L  48,  22.02.2008,  p.  82,  for  all 
languages and OJ L 202, 31.7.2008, p. 74, for the English language only. 
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, 29.06.2009). 

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3. 

FOLLOW-UP OF THE 2009 ANNUAL REPORT ON THE ACTIVITIES OF THE EGF 

Regulation (EC) No 546/2009 to amend Regulation (EC) No 1927/2006 establishing the 
EGF 

The  2009  amendment  of  Regulation  (EC)  No  1927/2006  brought  about  significant 
improvements  to  the  EGF,  providing  better  conditions  for  Member  States  to  apply  for  EGF 
co-funding in support of their responses to the negative impact on employment of the global 
financial  and  economic  crisis.  This  is  reflected  by  the  number  of  applications  received  in 
2010, which remained at the same high level as in the previous year (31 applications in 2010 
compared to 30 applications in 2009). Applying for EGF support was clearly facilitated by the 
temporary crisis derogation, including the increase in the co-financing rate to 65 %, and by the 
the 
permanent  reduction  of 
implementation period to 24 months from the date of application. 

to  500  redundancies  and  extension  of 

threshold 

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The results, particularly the impact of EGF support on the employment of redundant workers, 
will  be  determined  after  completion  of  the  projects.  The  first  final  reports  for  the  extended 
implementation  period  (24  months  from  the  date  of  application)  will  be  presented  to  the 
Commission in November/December 2011. 

Facilitating  decision-making  on  EGF  applications:  procedure  for  submitting  proposals 
to the Council and the European Parliament 

The EGF contributions granted in 2010 were processed under the new EGF decision-making 
procedures  established  towards  the  end  of  2009.  Major  efforts  were  made  to  speed  up 
decision-making within the rules of the present Regulation. The EGF’s intervention speed and 
its role and potential as a solidarity instrument were issues high on the agenda throughout the 
whole year, in particular during the consultations with Member States on the upcoming post-
2011 and post-2013 EGF reviews, which started in the second half of 2010. 

4. 

ANALYSIS OF THE ACTIVITIES OF THE EGF IN 2010 

4.1. 

Applications received  

The 31 applications received by the Commission in 2010 (see Table 1) were one more than in 
2009. Regulation (EC) No 546/2009, adopted on 18 June 2009, applies to all applications (i.e. 
65 % co-funding rate, 24-month implementation period from the date of application, etc.). 

The  applications  were  submitted  by  12  Member  States,  targeted  31 995  redundant  workers 
and requested a total of EUR 169 994 542 from the EGF. Three Member States applied for the 
first time in 2010: the Czech Republic, Poland and Slovenia. 

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Table 1 — Applications received in 2010 

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Machinery and equipment
Automotive
EGF/2010/002
Wearing apparel
EGF/2010/003
Automotive
EGF/2010/004

22.01.2010
29/01/2010
05.02.2010
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EGF/2010/016
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EGF/2010/019

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Textiles
Retail trade

PL H.Cegielski-Poznań Machinery and equipment
AT Steiermark-Niederoesterreich Basic metals
AT AT&S
ES Valencia Textiles
CZ Unilever
NL NXP Semiconductors Electronic equipment
NL Noord Holland ICT Wholesale trade
PL Podkarpackie 
SI Mura
FR Peugeot
ES Aragon
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EGF/2010/021

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EGF/2010/023
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EGF/2010/025
EGF/2010/026
EGF/2010/027
EGF/2010/028
EGF/2010/029
EGF/2010/030
EGF/2010/031
Total applications received in 2010:   31

DK LM Glasfiber
ES Lear
NL ABN Amrobank
DK Odense Steel Shipyard Shipbuilding
PT Rohde
Shoe manufacture
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Printing industry
Printing industry
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The simplified procedure introduced in 2009 to seek the approval of the Budgetary Authority has been applied for all 2010 applications.                                          Data as of 31/12/2010

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**)   EGF/2010/019, 020, 021:    The figures indicated here for the three Irish cases were revised in 2011, with individual data for each case.

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4.1.1.  Applications received by Member State and sector 

The 31 applications received  related  to 16 sectors3.  Seven  of  these  are  sectors  for  which  an 
EGF  application  was  presented  for  the  first  time  in  2010:  these  are  underlined  in  the  list 
below. A number of applications were facilitated by the possibility to apply under the crisis 
derogation. 

Austria  (two  applications:  basic  metals,  electronic  equipment),  Belgium  (one  application: 
automotive),  Czech  Republic  (one  application:  retail  trade),  Denmark  (four  applications: 
machinery/equipment,  shipbuilding),  France  (one  application:  automotive),  Germany  (one 
application:  machinery/equipment),  Ireland  (three  applications:  construction),  Netherlands 
(seven  applications:  electronic  equipment,  printing  industry,  financial  services,  wholesale 
trade),  Poland  (three  applications:  automotive,  machinery/equipment),  Portugal  (one 
application:  shoe  manufacture),  Spain  (six  applications:  automotive,  wearing  apparel, 
stone/marble, retail trade), Slovenia (one application: wearing apparel). 

4.1.2.  Applications received by amount requested 

The Member State applying for EGF support must design a coordinated package of measures 
that best fits the targeted workers’ profile, and decide on the amount of assistance to request. 
The  EGF  Regulation  does  not  recommend  or  limit  the  total  amount  requested,  but  the 
Commission’s assessment of an application may raise issues prompting the Member State to 
revise the proposed package of personalised services, thereby affecting the amount requested. 

The  EGF  contributions  requested  per  case  in  2010  ranged  from  EUR 114 250  to 
EUR 38 052 069 (average EUR 5 483 695). 

4.1.3.  Applications received by number of workers targeted for assistance 

The total number of workers targeted by the measures proposed for co-financing by the EGF 
was 31 995. The numbers ranged from 120 to 2 593 workers, with three applications targeting 
more than 2 000 workers, four targeting between 1 000 and 2 000, and 21 targeting fewer than 
1 000 workers4. 

The  number  of  workers  affected  by  the  redundancies  and  the  number  targeted  for  EGF 
support  may  differ  if  the  applicant  Member  State  decides  to  focus  the  EGF  assistance  on 
specific groups of workers, for example, on those facing exceptional difficulties in staying in 
the labour market and/or those most in need of assistance. Some of the affected workers may 
receive  assistance  outside  the  EGF,  while  others  may  find  new  jobs  on  their  own  or  may 
decide  to  take  early  retirement,  which  means  that  they  would  not  be  targeted  for  EGF 
measures. 

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Machinery and equipment (6), Automotive (5), Printing industry (4), Electronic equipment (2), Retail 
trade  (2),  Wearing  apparel  (2),  Textiles  (1),  Construction  of  buildings  (1),  Specialised  construction 
activities (1), Architectural and engineering activities (1), Financial services (1), Shipbuilding (1), Shoe 
manufacture (1), Stone/marble (1), Wholesale trade (1), Basic metals (1). 
The  three  Irish  construction  cases  (EGF/2010/019,  020,  021)  were  not  considered  here  because  a 
breakdown was provided only in 2011. 

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4.1.4.  Applications received by amount requested per worker 

The  amounts  proposed  per  worker  in  2010  varied  from  slightly  above  EUR 600  to  over 
EUR 23 000. 

The  package  of  individualised  services  that  Member  States  may  propose  for  the  redundant 
workers  concerned  is  at  their  discretion,  within  the  terms  of  the  Regulation.  The  amount 
requested per worker affected can therefore vary according to the severity of the redundancy 
event, the situation of the labour market affected, the individual circumstances of the workers 
targeted, the measures already provided by the Member State, and the cost of providing the 
services in the Member State or region concerned. 

4.1.5.  Applications received by intervention criterion 

Of  the  31  applications  submitted,  24  (77 %)  were  to  support  workers  made  redundant  as  a 
direct  result  of  the  global  financial  and  economic  crisis  (Article  1a  of  the  amended  EGF 
Regulation), while the remaining seven applications (23 %) were intended to respond to major 
structural changes in world trade patterns due to globalisation. 

Twelve  applications  were  based  on  Article  2(a)  of  the  EGF  Regulation,  18  were  based  on 
Article 2(b), and one application referred to Article 2(c), citing exceptional circumstances and 
stating that the conditions in Article 2(a) could not be fully met. 

4.2. 

Contributions granted 

In 2010, the Budgetary Authority took 31 decisions to draw on the EGF to co-finance active 
labour market policy measures (see Tables 2 and 3 for an overview and a breakdown of the 
workers’  profiles).  Thirteen  of  these  concerned  applications  made  in  2010  and  eighteen 
concerned  applications  received  in  the  second  half  of  2009.  Regulation  (EC)  No  546/2009, 
adopted on 18 June 2009, applies to all contributions granted (i.e. 65 % co-funding rate, 24-
month implementation period from the date of application, etc.). 

The 31 contributions granted targeted 23 688 redundant workers in nine Member States with a 
total of EUR 83 554 141 paid from the EGF (16.7 % of the annual maximum amount available 
to the EGF). 

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Table 2 — Details of contributions granted in 2010 

Art. 2

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IE SR Technics
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Regulation (EC) No. 546/2009 amending Regulation (EC) No. 1927/2006 applies to all applications received from 1 May 2009
Domestic appliances
EGF/2009/010
Crystal glass
EGF/2009/012
Automotive
EGF/2009/013 DE Karmann
Ceramics
EGF/2009/014
ES Valencia
Machinery and equipment
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Furniture
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Construction of buildings
EGF/2009/017
Wearing apparel
EGF/2009/018
Carpentry and joinery
EGF/2009/020
Aircraft Maintenance
EGF/2009/021
EGF/2009/023
Electronic equipment
EGF/2009/024 NL Noord Holland and Zuid Holland Publishing
EGF/2009/026 NL Noord Holland and Utrecht Printing industry
EGF/2009/027 NL Noord Brabant and Zuid Holland Printing industry
EGF/2009/028 NL Limburg
Printing industry
EGF/2009/029 NL Gelderland and Overijssel Printing industry
Printing industry
EGF/2009/030 NL Drenthe
Machinery and equipment
EGF/2009/031 DK Linak
Machinery and equipment
EGF/2010/001 DK Nordjylland
Automotive
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Wearing apparel
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EGF/2010/004
Automotive
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EGF/2010/006
EGF/2010/009
EGF/2010/011 NL NXP 

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29.01.2010
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05.02.2010
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08.03.2010
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636
806
491
557
850
839
598
720
821
129
650
140
139
951
1 429
500
590
300
189
350
512

MS amount EGF amount

139 012
1 384 306
3 338 108
3 553 165
4 788 721
356 509
602 481
281 874
1 050 000
4 009 311
1 295 361
1 252 709
1 220 491
1 556 169
296 125
1 084 256
244 264
653 428
4 049 963
1 482 349
993 300
340 888
766 150
61 520
1 108 943
974 311

258 163
2 570 853
6 199 341
6 598 735
8 893 336
662 088
1 118 893
523 481
1 950 000
7 445 863
2 405 671
2 326 459
2 266 625
2 890 027
549 946
2 013 619
453 632
1 213 508
7 521 359
2 752 935
1 844 700
633 077
1 422 850
114 250
2 059 466
1 809 434

SI Mura
ES Aragon

EGF/2010/012 NL Noord Holland ICT
EGF/2010/014
EGF/2010/016
EGF/2010/018 DE Heidelberger Druckmaschinen Machinery and equipment
EGF/2010/023
Automotive
Total decisions and payments from the 2010 budget: 31

Wholesale trade
Wearing apparel
Retail trade

ES  Lear

08.04.2010
28.04.2010
06.05.2010
27.05.2010
23.07.2010

b
a
b
a
a

x
x
x
x
x
27
87%

4
13%

1 376 920
1 210 430
840 000
4 473 837
205 800

2 557 135
2 247 940
1 560 000
8 308 555
382 200

613
2 554
1 154
1 181
508
44 990 700 83 554 141 23 688
764

1 451 313

2 695 295

Decisions 
taken by the 
Budgetary 
Authority to 
mobilise the 
EGF fund

Payments drawn 
on the 2010 
budget
(Art 13 of EGF 
Regulation)

 EGF amount 
/ person

02.06.2010
26.07.2010
03.06.2010
06.08.2010
19.11.2010
13.07.2010
02.06.2010
26.07.2010
06.08.2010
17.12.2010
07.12.2010
17.12.2010
17.12.2010
17.12.2010
17.12.2010
17.12.2010
17.12.2010
19.11.2010
07.12.2010
17.12.2010
19.11.2010
18.03.2011
18.03.2011
25.03.2011
28.03.2011
19.11.2010

28.03.2011
18.03.2011
28.03.2011
28.03.2011
28.03.2011

537.84
4 299.09
3 457.52
4 124.21
8 805.28
1 041.02
1 388.20
1 066.15
3 500.90
8 759.84
2 867.31
3 890.40
3 148.09
3 520.13
4 263.15
3 097.88
3 240.23
8 730.27
7 908.90
1 926.48
3 689.40
1 073.01
4 742.83
604.50
5 884.19
3 534.05

4 171.51
880.16
1 351.82
7 035.19
752.36

09.03.2010
16.06.2010
09.03.2010
16.06.2010
20.10.2010
25.03.2010
09.03.2010
25.03.2010
16.06.2010
24.11.2010
20.10.2010
24.11.2010
24.11.2010
24.11.2010
24.11.2010
24.11.2010
24.11.2010
20.10.2010
20.10.2010
20.10.2010
20.10.2010
15.12.2010
15.12.2010
15.12.2010
15.12.2010
20.10.2010
15.12. &
20.12.2010 
15.12.2010
15.12.2010
15.12.2010
15.12.2010

3 527.28   average figures

*)   ce: Article 2(c) exceptional circumstances                                                                                                                                                                                           Data as of 28/03/2011

EGF/2010/012:  separate approvals by the European Parliament and by the Council on 15.12.2010 and 20.12.2010  / joint adoption: 3.2.2011

One further application (EGF/2009/025, NL/Noord Brabant, submitted by the Netherlands on 30.12.2009) was withdrawn by the Member State on 24.04.2010 during the assessment phase and is 
thus not included in the statistics.

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Table 3 — EGF contributions granted in 2010: Profile of workers 

2009/010
LT Snaigė

2009/012
IE 
Waterford 
Crystal

2009/013
DE Karmann

2009/014
ES 
Comunidad 
Valenciana

2009/015
DK Danfoss 
Group

2009/016
LT Manuf. 
of 
Furniture

2009/017
LT 
Construction 
of buildings

2009/018
LT Manuf. 
of  
Wearing 
Apparel

2009/020
ES
Castilla-La 
Mancha

2009/021
IE SR 
Technics

2009/023
PT 
Quimonda

2009/024
NL N and Z 
Holland

2009/026
NL N 
Holland & 
Utrecht

2009/027
NL N 
Brabant & 
Z Holland

2009/028
NL 
Limburg 
Div 18

2009/029
NL 
Gelderland 
& Overijssel 
Div 18

2009/030
NL 
Drenthe 
Div 18

2009/031
DK Linak

2010/001 
DK
Nordjyjlland

2010/002 
ES
Cataluña 
automoción

2010/003 
ES
Galicia 
Textiles

2010/004 
PL
Wielkopol
skie

2010/005 
ES Com.
Valenciana 
Natural 
Stone

2010/006 
PL
H.Cegielski-
Poznań

2010/009 
ES
Com. 
Valencian
a Textiles

2010/011 
NL
NXP 
Semicondu
ctors

2010/012 
NL
Noord 
Holland 
ICT

2010/014 
SI
Mura

2010/016 
ES
Aragón 
Retail

2010/018 
DE
Heidelber-
ger 
Druckma-
schinen

2010/023 
ES
Lear

Total

%

Workers targeted for 
EGF Assistance

Men
Women

% women
Total workers targeted

of which:
EU Citizen
Non-EU Citizen
not available (n/a)

15-24
25-54
55-64
65+

Workers with health 
problem or disability

163
317
66.0%
480

473
125
20.9%
598

0
0
480

14
370
96
0

598
0
0

4
449
145
n/a

1 657
136
7.6%
1 793

1 721
72
0

9
1 434
350
n/a

1 137
463
28.9%
1 600

1 556
44
0

58
1 398
143
1

624
386
38.2%
1 010

n/a
n/a
1 010

96
762
152
n/a

280
356
56.0%
636

701
105
13.0%
806

35
456
92.9%
491

462
95
17.1%
557

797
53
6.2%
850

498
341
40.6%
839

389
209
34.9%
598

468
252
35.0%
720

533
288
35.1%
821

84
45
34.9%
129

423
227
34.9%
650

91
49
35.0%
140

65
74
53.2%
139

636
0
0

51
502
83
0

806
0
0

56
637
113
0

491
0
0

5
344
142
0

551
6
0

41
465
50
1

850
0
0

32
808
10
0

834
5
0

203
627
9
n/a

562
36
0

108
329
149
12

677
43
0

130
396
180
14

772
49
0

148
452
205
16

121
8
0

23
71
32
3

5

611
39
0

117
357
163
13

26

132
8
0

25
77
35
3

6

139
0
0

23
111
4
1

n/a

876
75
7.9%
951

951
0
0

53
796
101
1

1 060
369
25.8%
1 429

68
432
86.4%
500

145
445
75.4%
590

280
20
6.7%
300

156
33
17.5%
189

216
134
38.3%
350

425
87
17.0%
512

398
215
35.1%
613

552
2 002
78.4%
2 554

1 394
35
0

27
1 050
351
1

484
16
0

0
457
43
n/a

590
0
0

146
420
24
n/a

295
5
0

7
107
186
n/a

189
0
0

7
154
28
0

346
4
0

2
269
75
4

486
26
0

1
450
61
0

576
37
0

110
338
153
12

2 554
0
0

1
2 455
98
0

312
842
73.0%
1 154

1 085
69
0

173
900
81
0

1 023
158
13.4%
1 181

1 150
31
0

179
967
35
0

167 14 558
9 130
341
67.1% 38.5%
508 23 688

61.46%
38.54%

100%

508 21 665
533
1 490

0
0

91.46%
2.25%
6.29%

0

1 850
451 18 403
3 352
56
83
1

7.81%
77.69%
14.15%
0.35%

0

5

n/a

n/a

3

1

4

7

24

583

n/a

39

3

1 186

5.01%

16

n/a

219

23

n/a

24

86

24

1

n/a

1

24

29

33

- workers 65+ may have been included by some MS in the '55-64'  age group
- where the number of people with a health problem or a disability is high, the company may have had a policiy of employing people with disabilities

For the same cases, the gender breakdown for the total number of redundancies was as follows during the application phase:

Men
Women
not available (n/a)

% women

Total number of 
redundancies

266
385
0
59.1%

517
136
0
20.8%

n/a
n/a
2 476
n/a

651

653

2 476

1 676
749
0
30.9%

2 425

892
551
0
38.2%

780
689
0
46.9%

1 397
215
0
13.3%

72
1 082
0
93.8%

n/a
n/a
585
n/a

n/a
n/a
1 135
n/a

555
359
0
39.3%

1 443

1 469

1 612

1 154

585

1 135

914

n/a
n/a
598
n/a

598

468
252
0
35.0%

533
288
0
35.1%

84
45
0
34.9%

423
227
0
34.9%

91
49
0
35.0%

93
105
0
53.0%

720

821

129

650

140

198

1 021
101
0
9.0%

1 122

n/a
n/a
2 330
n/a

n/a
n/a
703
n/a

269
835
1 104
37.8%

2 330

703

2 208

n/a
n/a
528
n/a

528

n/a
n/a
658
n/a

658

n/a
n/a
544
n/a

544

490
100
0
16.9%

398
215
0
35.1%

552
2 002
0
78.4%

312
842
0
73.0%

n/a
n/a
1 263
n/a

33.45%
28.34%
38.21%

n/a 10 889
9 227
n/a
12 439
515
28.3%
n/a

590

613

2 554

1 154

1 263

515 32 555 100.00%

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4.2.1.  Actions funded with EGF assistance  

Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 1927/2006 provides that the EGF can co-finance only active 
labour market measures aiming to help redundant workers back into employment. In addition, 
it states that the EGF may finance the Member State’s preparatory, management, information, 
publicity and control activities for the use of the funding (technical assistance). 

The  measures  approved  for  the  31  EGF  contributions  granted  in  2010  aimed  to  reintegrate 
23 688  redundant  workers  into  the  labour  market.  They  consisted  mainly  of  intensive, 
personalised  job  search  assistance  and  case  management,  a  variety  of  vocational  training, 
upskilling and retraining measures, various temporary financial incentives/allowances for the 
duration of the job search, training and other active labour market measures up to the period 
of actual work reintegration, and other types of activities such as entrepreneurship promotion 
and supported employment. 

4.2.2.  Complementarity with actions funded by the Structural Funds, notably the European 

Social Fund (ESF) 

The EGF is designed to increase employability and ensure the rapid reintegration of redundant 
workers within the labour market through active labour market measures, thus complementing 
the ESF, which is the major EU instrument for promoting employment in the EU. Generally, 
the  complementarity  of  the  two  Funds  lies  in  their  ability  to  address  these  issues  in  two 
different  time  perspectives:  while  the  EGF  provides  tailor-made  assistance  to  redundant 
workers in response to a specific, European-scale mass redundancy event, the ESF supports 
strategic,  long-term  goals  (e.g.  increasing  human  capital,  managing  change)  through  pre-
programmed  multi-annual  programmes,  the  resources  of  which  cannot  normally  be 
reallocated  to  deal  with  crisis  situations  caused  by  mass  redundancies.  EGF  and  ESF 
measures  are  sometimes  used  to  complement  each  other  to  provide  both  short-term  and 
longer-term  solutions.  The  decisive  criterion  is  the  potential  of  the  available  instruments  to 
effectively help workers, and it is up to Member States to select — and to programme — the 
instruments and actions best suited to achieving the objectives pursued. 

The content of the ‘coordinated package of personalised services’ to be co-funded by the EGF 
should  be  balanced  with  other  actions  and  complement  them.  The  measures  co-funded  by 
the  EGF  can  go  well  beyond  standard  courses  and  actions,  and  practice  has  shown  that  the 
EGF  allows  Member  States  to  offer  redundant  workers  tailor-made  and  in-depth  assistance, 
including  measures  to  which  they  would  not  normally  have  access  (e.g.  2nd  or  3rd  level 
education). The EGF allows Member States to better focus on particularly vulnerable people, 
such as the lower-skilled or those with a migrant background, or to provide the support over a 
longer period of time than would be possible without the EGF. All this increases the workers’ 
prospects of improving their situation. 

Specific  examples  of  good  complementarity  between  the  ESF  and  the  EGF  are  cases 
EGF/2010/011  NL/NXP  Semiconductors  and  EGF/2010/012  NL/Noord  Holland  ICT, 
submitted  by  the  Netherlands,  EGF/2010/014  SI/Mura,  submitted  by  Slovenia,  and 
EGF/2010/018 DE/Heidelberger Druckmaschinen, submitted by Germany. Regarding the first 
Dutch  case,  the  complementarity  lies  in  a  specific  ESF  training  project  for  workers  in 

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enterprises  involved  in  the  manufacture  of  semiconductors5,  the  timing  of  which  partially 
coincided  with  the  EGF  implementation  period.  Regarding  the  second  case,  the  redundant 
workers could also participate in two ESF projects in the ICT sector6. Slovenia made sure that 
the  EGF  measures  complemented  their  various  ESF  actions7.  In  the  German  case,  the  EGF 
package  of  personalised  services  was  designed  to  complement  the  actions  funded  by  the 
Structural  Funds  and  particular  ESF-certified  training  courses  provided  under  the  federal 
programme ESF-BA.  

All Member States must put in place the necessary mechanisms to avoid any risk of double 
funding  from  EU  financial  instruments,  as  required  by  Article  6(5)  of  Regulation  (EC)  No 
1927/2006. 

4.3. 

Cases not meeting the conditions for a financial contribution from the EGF 

The Budgetary Authority did not reject any proposal put to it by the Commission for funding 
from  the  EGF.  One  application  (EGF/2009/022  BG/Kremikovtsi,  submitted  by  Bulgaria  on 
26.10.2009)  was  deemed  by  the  Commission  to  be  non-eligible8.  This  finding  was 
communicated to the Member State. 

4.4 

Results achieved by the EGF 

The  main  sources  of  information  on  the  results  achieved  by  the  EGF  are  the  final  reports 
presented  by  the  Member  States  under  Article  15  of  Regulation  (EC)  No  1927/2006.  These 
are  complemented  by  information  shared  by  Member  States  in  direct  contacts  with  the 
Commission  and  during  coordination  meetings  and  conferences  with  Member  State 
representatives during the year. The results and data reported by the Member States in 2010 
are summarised in the following section and in Table 4. 

4.4.1.  Final  reports  received  from  Member  States  in  2010  on  the  implementation  of 

financial contributions 

In  2010,  the  Commission  received  four  final  reports  on  the  following  cases:  EGF/2008/004 
ES/Castilla y Léon and Aragón, EGF/2008/005 ES/Cataluña, EGF/2009/001 PT/Norte-Centro 
and  EGF/2009/002  DE/Nokia.  These  were 
last  EGF  cases  with  a  12-month 
implementation period before the period was increased to 24 months by Regulation (EC) No 
546/2009 of 18 June 2009. 

the 

4.4.2. 

Summary of the results and good practices reported in 2010 

The four final reports presented by the three Member States showed that at the end or shortly 
after the end of the EGF implementation period, 629 workers (20 % of 3 146) had found new 
jobs  or  were  self-employed.  The  others  were  either  in  education  or  training  (approximately 
5 %), or unemployed or inactive for personal reasons. 

The  results  in  terms  of  reintegration  into  work  were  hampered  by  the  significantly  reduced 
absorption  capacities  of  local  and  regional  labour  markets  as  a  direct  consequence  of  the 

5 
6 

7 

8 

2009ESFN451 Stichting Opleidings- en ontwikkelingsfonds voor semiconductor productiebedrijven. 
2008ESFN226 (project period from 1.4.2009 until 31.3.2010) and 2008ESFB295 (project period from 
1.11.2009 until 31.10.2010). 
Including ‘training for greater employability’ and ‘preparation for procedures of assessing and awarding 
national vocational qualifications’. 
SEC(2010) 993 final of 30.8.2010. 

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global financial and economic crisis. The importance of the reintegration rate should not be 
overestimated since it merely provides a snapshot of the workers’ employment situation at the 
moment the data are collected. It does not give any information on the type of employment 
and  the  quality  of  the  work  that  the  person  has  found,  and  can  change  significantly  a  short 
time later. According to information received from several Member States, the reintegration 
rates already tend to be higher a few months after submission of the final reports, especially in 
cases where workers continue to receive the tailor-made assistance beyond the EGF period, at 
the Member States’ own expense or with the help of the ESF. 
The  Member  States  reported  a  series  of  interesting  facts  and  encouraging  information 
indicating  that  the  personal  situation,  self-confidence  and  employability  of  the  workers 
concerned  visibly  improved  thanks  to  the  EGF  assistance  and  services,  even  if  they  did  not 
always  find  new  work  quickly.  The  EGF  gave  Member  States  the  opportunity  to  act  more 
intensively in the regions affected by redundancies, in terms of the number of people assisted 
and the duration and quality of support, than would have been possible without EGF funding. 
The EU funds enabled them to respond more flexibly and to include in their packages highly 
personalised,  sometimes  innovative,  actions  and  more  attention  for  the  least  skilled.  The 
assistance co-funded by the EGF therefore represents an enhanced investment in skills, which 
can  have  a  positive  impact  in  the  medium  and  longer  term  when  markets  gradually  recover 
from  the  crisis.  In  addition,  the  EGF  was  felt  to  be  a  useful  instrument  at  a  time  of  budget 
deficits  and  public  sector  cuts,  when  national  resources  have  become  scarce  and  when 
Member States and companies are struggling to recover from the global crisis. The mid-term 
evaluation  of  the  EGF,  due  in  2011  as  required  by  Article  17(1)(a)  of  Regulation  (EC)  No 
1927/2006, will assess the impact of the EGF in more detail. 

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Table 4 — Final reports received in 2010 — overview of results9 

Sector
Date of application
End of implementation period
Final Report due date
Workers initially targeted

2008 applications

2009 applications

EGF/2008/004 
ES/Castilla y 
Léon and 
Aragón
Automotive
29/12/2008
28/12/2009
28/06/2010
588

EGF/2008/005 
ES/Cataluña
Textiles 
29/12/2008
28/12/2009
28/06/2010
1 100

EGF/2009/001 
PT/Norte-
Centro
Textiles 
23/01/2009
22/01/2010
22/07/2010
1 000

EGF/2009/002 
DE/Nokia
Mobile phones
6/02/2009
5/02/2010
5/08/2010
1 316

Workers who actually benefited from EGF assistance

534

587

720

1 305

Total
4 cases

4 004

3 146

total expenditure in € 
(EGF and MS contributions)

EGF contribution in €

total amount spent on personalised services :
(EGF and MS contributions)

3 852 119.96

1 064 232.72

492 983.54

10 271 292.38

1 926 059.98
50%

532 116.36
50%

246 491.77
50%

5 135 646.19
50%

3 742 120

834 244

400 901

9 727 154

14 704 419

100%

% of total expenditure

97.1%

78.4%

81.3%

94.7%

expenditure and number of benefiting workers broken 
down per category of measures  *)
Individual job search assistance & case management and general 
information services **)  

Training and re-training 

Employment and recruitment incentives ***)

Promotion of entrepreneurship

Supported employment and rehabilitation

Direct job creation

Job-search allowances
(incl specific allowances for workers with caring responsibilities)

Training allowances

Subsistence allowances while in active labour market measures

Number of workers re-integrated into employment after 
EGF intervention

% re-integrated into employment
Total number of people in education or in training (while 
unemployed)
Total number of workers unemployed or inactive for 
various personal reasons ****)

534
2 041 510
454
1 209 010
239
329 400
0
0
0
0
0
0
532
162 200
0
0
0
0

184

34.5%

350

587
570 210
213
132 121
30
85 500
8
19 877
0
0
7
26 536
0
0
0
0
0
0

30

5.1%

17

540

202
71 142
714
214 089
44
44 290
33
50 319
71
18 920
0
0
0
0
4
2 141
0
0

30

4.2%

9

681

1 172
661 140
434
1 926 539
0
0
39
22 159
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1 305
7 117 315

385

29.5%

121

799

2 495
3 344 003
1 815
3 481 758
313
459 190
80
92 355
71
18 920
7
26 536
532
162 200
4
2 141
1 305
7 117 315

629

22.7%

23.7%

3.1%

0.6%

0.1%

0.2%

1.1%

0.01%

48.4%

20.0%

2517

80.0%

*)    workers could benefit from measures in different categories and also from more than one action in each category
**)   intensive, personalised job search and re-integration assistance, such as career guidance, skills certification, personalised action plans, market 
prospection and job matching etc; open information services for jobseekers
***)  financial incentives to workers to take up new jobs and to promote their employability through work experience
****)  'inactive' can mean that people are not available for the labour market any longer for different personal reasons such as start of
       pension etc.

No measures were carried out under the following category: 'job rotation and job sharing'.

4.4.3.  Details of the measures implemented in 2010 

EGF/2008/004 Castilla Leon y Aragón/Spain (automotive) 

Of  the  534  workers  who  participated  in  the  measures  co-funded  by  the  EGF,  184  (34.5 %) 
were in work again at the end of the implementation period, and the remaining 350 (65.5 %) 
were either in education or training, unemployed or inactive for various personal reasons. The 
reintegration  rate  must  be  seen  in  the  context  of  the  high  unemployment  rates  in  the  two 

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This table was compiled by the Commission on the basis of the measures implemented by the Member 
States  as  reported  in  their  final  reports.  The  categories  of  measures  are  based  on,  but  do  not  fully 
correspond to, the Eurostat methodology described in Labour market policy database — Methodology 
— Revision of June 2006. Some of the measures co-financed, such as job-search allowances, training 
allowances, subsistence allowances while in active labour market measures, do not fit any of Eurostat’s 
categories. 

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affected regions, which doubled between 2008 and 2010 as a consequence of the financial and 
economic crisis.  

Even  those  still  unemployed  stated  that  the  EGF  measures  had  reinforced  their  self-
confidence and self-esteem, developed their independence and given them the basic skills and 
aptitudes for their reintegration into the labour market. For the Spanish authorities, the EGF is 
an instrument particularly suitable for the reintegration of workers with few opportunities to 
find  new  work  rapidly,  and  thanks  to  the  EGF  contribution  they  could  choose  from  a  wide 
range  of  measures,  highly  tailored  and  more  personalised  than  would  have  been  possible 
without  the  EGF  funds.  A  high  percentage  of  the  assisted  workers  had  successfully 
maintained  their  skill  levels  or  enhanced  their  employability,  thereby  improving  their 
prospects on the labour market. 

large-scale 

labour  market  search  followed  by 

The  personalised  measures  implemented  represent  an  interesting  mix  of  job  search,  training 
and  reintegration  assistance  and  benefits.  After  standard  initial  measures  for  all  targeted 
workers, such as advice and personalised pathways, various actions were carried out, starting 
out  from  a 
job  matching  efforts. 
Multidisciplinary assistance teams visited nearly 3 000 enterprises (many of them SMEs) with 
the two-fold aim of matching job opportunities with the qualifications of the unemployed, or 
qualifying them for the new jobs, and making the project known to the businesses. More than 
400 job offers were received in this way, and more than 200 workers applied successfully for 
the  new  jobs  in  the  course  of  the  EGF  implementation  period.  The  workers  were  also 
accompanied beyond their reintegration in order to identify possible setbacks and to evaluate 
their personal satisfaction. The Spanish authorities will continue to analyse the market and job 
situations of the workers beyond the EGF project, and the contacts with enterprises will also 
be maintained to ensure continuity of the EGF achievements over time. 

The qualification measures available to the workers included various types of training, some 
linked  to  a  company  commitment  to  the  reintegration  of  the  workers,  such  as:  skills 
enhancement  courses  in  renewable  energy  technologies  and  the  IT,  technical,  maintenance, 
social  and  tourism  sectors;  accounting  and  SME  management;  and  leadership  and 
communication techniques. Some of the workers were granted temporary financial benefits to 
compensate  for  the  difference  between  their  previous  and  new  salaries  (reintegration 
incentives) and/or job search allowances, including specific allowances for those with caring 
responsibilities. 

EGF/2008/005 Catalonia/Spain (textiles) 

Of the 587 workers who benefited from the measures co-funded by the EGF, 30 (5.1 %) were 
in  work  again  at  the  end  of  the  implementation  period  (including  one  who  started  a  new 
business),  17  (2.9 %)  were  in  education  or  training,  and  the  remaining  540  (92.0 %)  were 
either unemployed or inactive for various personal reasons. The low reintegration rate needs 
to be seen in the context of the region’s weak employment market as a result of the financial 
and economic crisis and also against the background of the late arrival of the EGF funds (see 
comment below). 

The  Spanish  authorities  reported  that  the  EGF  contribution  had  allowed  them  to  provide 
intensive, tailor-made actions for the affected workers, for which other funds are less suitable. 
Most of the participating workers showed a high commitment to the measures, and the general 
opinion  of  participants  was  very  positive.  The  management  model  included  the  use  of  an 
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key  element  for  successful  implementation  of  the  measures.  Where  possible,  the  regional 
authorities will apply the EGF methodology to similar back-to-work programmes. 

The measures included: occupational guidance to identify the employability of the redundant 
workers  and  the  obstacles  to  their  finding  new  employment;  intensive  outplacement/job 
search assistance involving personal counsellors to help the workers reposition themselves in 
the labour market; and ‘active classrooms’ giving the workers direct access to computers and 
job  search  portals  while  being  mentored  by  qualified  staff.  The  training  measures  included 
upskilling  courses  such  as  IT  courses,  oral/written  communication  techniques,  and  basic 
entrepreneurship  courses  also  addressing  the  particular  needs  of  those  aged  45+,  the  lower 
skilled  or  non-Spanish  nationals.  Group  training  was  also  offered  in  areas  where  local 
enterprises had identified skill needs or in emerging sectors where job opportunities may arise 
in the future. Some of the workers were granted temporary financial benefits during the job 
search  period  and/or  when  they  accepted  employment  of  at  least  six  months  (reintegration 
incentives). 

Owing  to  delays  in  releasing  the  EU  funds,  Spain  had  started  implementing  the  first  set  of 
measures  using  its  own  resources.  As  a  major  part  of  the  planned  measures  could  not  be 
launched  until  the  final  months  of  the  EGF  implementation  period,  Spain  also  decided  to 
continue  the  personalised  services  for  four  extra  months  at  its  expense.  The  additional 
measures after the EGF implementation period allowed Spain to assist a further 387 redundant 
workers (out of the 1 100 initially targeted). Half a year after the EGF implementation period, 
the rate of reintegration into work was significantly higher than directly upon completion of 
the EGF project. 

EGF/2009/001 North/Centre/Portugal (textiles) 

Of the 720 workers who participated in the measures co-funded by the EGF, 30 (4.2 %) were 
in  work  again  at  the  end  of  the  implementation  period,  nine  (1.3 %)  were  in  education  or 
training,  and  the  remaining  681  (94.6 %)  were  either  unemployed  or  inactive  for  various 
personal reasons. The rate of reintegration needs to be seen in the context of the region’s weak 
employment market as a result of the financial and economic crisis. Other explanations are the 
low  levels  of  education  —  79 %  of  the  assisted  workers  had  not  completed  the  basic  nine 
years of education and a further 13 % had not finished secondary education — and the high 
number  of  workers  aged  55+,  for  whom  the  period  available  was  too  short  to  benefit 
optimally from the extensive educational support. 

The Portuguese authorities reported that the measures were well received by the participants, 
who  recognised  that  they  had  increased  their  vocational  skills  and  thus  employability,  and 
also by the employment services, which were able, thanks to the EGF support, to follow up on 
the  needs  of  the  unemployed  workers  dispersed  in  various  villages.  Portugal  recognised  the 
importance of motivating workers who have lost their jobs, ensuring the full involvement of 
the  regional  employment  centres  and  complying  with  a  timetable  to  ensure  that  the 
implementation period is used in the best possible way. 

The measures included individualised job search assistance for about one-third of the targeted 
workers, for example the recognition/certification of existing skills, the preparation of training 
and reintegration pathways, and a variety of (short) training and retraining modules, based on 
the  National  Catalogue  of  Qualifications  and  provided  by  recognised  training  centres,  for 
almost all of the targeted workers. Other measures were tailored to the needs of people facing 
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bodies  and  consisted  of  personal  integration  plans,  integration  assistance  and  financial 
allowances for participating  workers.  Some training grants  and  support for entrepreneurship 
were also offered. For most of the measures, cooperation agreements were signed between the 
workers and the delivering/monitoring bodies, setting out their respective obligations. 

By January 2011 (one year after the EGF implementation period), the reintegration rate had 
reached 200, showing that the measures co-funded by the EGF continued to produce positive 
results for some time after EGF implementation. 

EGF/2009/002 Nokia/Germany (mobile phones) 

Of the 1 305  workers who participated in the measures  co-funded by  the EGF, 385 workers 
(29.5 %) had found new employment four weeks after the end of the implementation period 
(including  36  who  were  self-employed),  121  (9.3 %)  were  in  education  or  training,  and  the 
remaining  people  were  either  unemployed  (737  or  56.5 %)  or  inactive  for  various  personal 
reasons (62 or 4.8 %). 

Despite  the  unfavourable  labour  market  situation  as  a  result  of  the  global  crisis  and  other 
problems such as the relatively low levels of qualification, the more advanced ages of most 
workers,  their  low  willingness  to  contemplate  mobility  and  their  reluctance  to  accept  new 
lower-paid  jobs,  the  German  authorities  regarded  the  results  of  the  EGF  project  as  ‘quite 
satisfactory’.  
Germany considers the EGF to be an instrument that complements and deepens national crisis 
response efforts in a useful way by broadening the spectrum of qualifications on offer and by 
prolonging  the  period  during  which  workers  can  receive  assistance.  A  large  majority  of  the 
workers  who  benefited  from  EGF  support  were  former  Nokia  workers  who,  after  having 
participated in the earlier measures of the Transfergesellschaft (set up by the social partners 
for a maximum duration of 12 months), were not yet reintegrated into the labour market. They 
continued to be coached intensively for up to six more months under the EGF project, being 
offered a wide spectrum of personalised services with a focus on intensive, individualised job 
search  assistance  and  training  measures,  complemented  by  financial  benefits  in  the  form  of 
short-time  subsistence  allowances  (‘Transferkurzarbeitergeld’)  for  the  duration  of  their 
participation  in  the  training  and  active  reintegration  measures,  provided  that  the  workers 
concerned committed to the EGF project on a full-time basis. 
The  training  courses  were  carefully  chosen  for  those  areas  where  there  is  demand  in  the 
labour market, and were designed to complement the courses already offered by the European 
Social  Fund  or  the  dismissing  enterprise.  Help  for  those  who  had  found  employment  to 
prepare  for  their  new  jobs,  support  for  would-be  entrepreneurs,  guidance  for  those  seeking 
work abroad and the setting up of peer groups to empower specific groups of people were also 
included  in  the  offer.  The  EGF  enabled  Germany  to  provide  a  much  better  job  seeker/ 
counsellor  ratio  —  one  counsellor  for  40  workers  as  opposed  to  the  normal  ratio  of  one 
counsellor per 200 workers — and counsellors were selected on the basis of the participants’ 
backgrounds. Owing to delays in releasing the EGF funds, Germany had started implementing 
the initial measures using its own resources and ESF funding. 
All this made the EGF co-funded support highly individualised and effective. 
Six months after the end of the implementation period, 42 additional, previously unemployed 
persons  had  found  new  work,  increasing  the  number  of  workers  reintegrated  to  427.  The 
reintegration rate increased even further a couple of months later, showing that the support co-
funded by the EGF can also have a positive impact in the longer run. 

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4.5. 

Financial report 

4.5.1.  Funds contributed by the EGF 

During 2010 the  Budgetary Authority granted  31 contributions from  the EGF, for  a total of 
EUR 83 554 141, representing 16.7 % of the annual maximum amount available (Table 2). 
All 31 payments came from the 2010 budget, although nine were paid out at the beginning of 
2011. 

Under Article 28 of the Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 200610, which lays down the 
budgetary framework of the EGF, the EGF may not exceed an annual maximum amount of 
EUR 500 million, which can be drawn from any margin existing under the global expenditure 
ceiling  of  the  previous  year,  and/or  from  cancelled  commitment  appropriations  from  the 
previous two years, excluding those under heading 1B of the financial framework. In addition, 
Article  12  of  the  EGF  Regulation  states  that  at  least  25 %  of  the  annual  maximum  amount 
must remain available on 1 September of each year in order to cover any needs arising by the 
end of the year.  

The  commitment  appropriations  for  the  funds  granted  in  2010  were  transferred  from  the 
reserve to the EGF budget line. 

In 2010, the payment appropriations were sourced from the ESF budget (EUR 19 881 554) 
at  the  start  of  the  year  because  of  the  policy  proximity  of  the  two  funds.  In  order  to  avoid 
confusion over the use of budgetary resources, the Commission identified alternative sources 
of  payment  appropriations  as  the  year  went  on,  and  sources  of  underspending  became 
apparent.  An  amount  of  EUR 21 381 228  was  used  from  the  budget  line  ‘Completion  of 
programme for enterprises: improvement of the financial environment for small and medium-
sized enterprises (SMEs)’. A further amount of EUR 42 291 359 was identified and used from 
the budget line ‘Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme — Entrepreneurship 
and  innovation  programme’.  Investment  forecasts  for  both  these  budget  lines  had  been 
drastically reduced as a consequence of the financial crisis. 

for  2009 
Payments  made 
(EUR 52 349 047). Experience has shown that Member States are now drafting and submitting 
EGF applications more efficiently than during the initial years. 

(EUR 83 554 141)  were  60 %  higher 

for  2010 

than 

4.5.2.  Technical assistance expenditure 

Under Article 8(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1927/2006, up to 0.35 % of the financial resources 
available for the year (maximum of EUR 1 75 million) can be made available in the form of 
technical  assistance  at  the  initiative  of  the  Commission  for  activities  such  as  information, 
administrative and technical support, and monitoring, audit, control and evaluation activities 
necessary to implement the EGF Regulation. In 2010, an amount of EUR 1 110 000 was made 
available  for  technical  assistance11  regarding  the  activities  listed  in  Table  5.  The  remaining 
EUR 640 000  potentially  available  for  technical  assistance  during  the  year  was  not  called 
upon. 

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OJ C 139, 14.6.2006, p. 1. 
OJ L 154, 19.6.2010, p. 27. 

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Table 5 — Technical assistance expenditure 2010 

Description 

Budgeted amount 

Actual amount 

Information (e.g. updating of EGF website in all EU languages, 
publications and audio-visual activities) 

Administrative and technical support  
- Meetings of the Contact Persons of the EGF 
- Conferences and seminars (incl. Stakeholder Conferences) 

Evaluation (mid-term evaluation of the EGF, as required by Article 
17(1)(a) of the EGF Regulation) 

Monitoring (ten studies) 

Creation of a knowledge base  

EUR 

EUR 

240 000 

81 436.59  

70 000 
200 000 

300 000 

250 000 

 50 000 

86 425.34 
332 478.59 

300 000 

0 

0 

Audit and control: No contribution was used for this category (the audits carried out in 2010 were financed 

from other European Commission sources) 

Total 

1 110 000 

800 340.52 

During the course of the year, it was decided to organise two EGF Stakeholder Conferences to 
consult  the  Member  States,  the  implementing  bodies  and  the  social  partners  on  the  current 
EGF Regulation and the changes needed for the future post-2011 (whether or not to continue 
with the crisis derogation allowing the EGF to support workers made redundant as a result of 
the  global  financial  and  economic  crisis  and  raising  the  EGF  contribution  to  65 %  of  total 
costs)  and  post-2013  (when  the  whole  EGF  Regulation  has  to  be  reviewed).  These 
consultative conferences replaced the ten monitoring studies originally envisaged. In addition, 
an EGF Auditors’ Seminar was planned for April 2011. 

4.5.3. 

Irregularities reported or closed 

There were no irregularities reported to the Commission under the EGF Regulation in 2010. 
There were no irregularities closed in 2010 under the EGF Regulation.  

4.5.4.  Winding-up of financial contributions from the EGF 

Article 15(2) of the EGF Regulation stipulates the procedures for winding up EGF financial 
contributions. In 2010 the second series of EGF contributions since the establishment of the 
fund were wound up. These are the following six contributions: 

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Table 6 — Cases wound up in 2010 

(all amounts in EUR)

Date of application
Year of approval by the 
Budgetary Authority
Final Report due date
Date of winding up letter
EGF contribution granted 
(50 %)
Certified EGF share of actual 
expenditure (50 %) as stated in 
the Final Reports
Unspent funds
to be reimbursed to the 
Commission

EGF/2007/006
Piemonte / Italy

10/08/2007

EGF/2007/010
Lisboa-Alentejo / 
Portugal
9/10/2007

2008

2008

9/02/2009
13/01/2010

8/04/2009
19/01/2010

EGF/2008/002
Delphi / Spain

6/02/2008

2008

5/08/2009
27/08/2010

EGF/2008/003
Alytaus Tekstil / 
Lithuania
8/05/2008

EGF/2008/004
Castilla Leon y 
Aragon / Spain
29/12/2008

2008

7/11/2009
3/05/2010

2009

28/06/2010
6/12/2010

EGF/2009/002
Nokia / Germany

6/02/2009

2009

5/08/2010
18/10/2010

7 798 750.00

2 425 675.00

10 471 778.00

298 994.00

2 694 300.00

5 553 850.00

1 250 078.56

458 045.00

10 319 648.00

296 384.72

1 926 059.98

5 135 646.19

6 548 671.44

1 967 630.00

152 130.00

2 609.28

768 240.02

418 203.81

The total amount of unspent funds due to be reimbursed to the Commission for these six cases 
is EUR 9 857 484.55. 

There  are  various  reasons  why  Member  States  did  not  use  all  of  the  EGF  contributions 
granted.  While  Member  States  are  encouraged  to  make  realistic  budget  estimates  for  the 
coordinated  package  of  personalised  services,  not  all  resources  requested  may  be  needed 
during  implementation  of  the  measures.  In  some  cases,  the  number  of  workers  needing 
assistance  may  have  been  overestimated,  some  workers  may  prefer  lower-cost  measures  to 
higher-cost measures, some may participate in a measure for a shorter period than anticipated 
because  they  have  found  new  jobs,  and  others  may  not  participate  at  all  because  they  have 
opted for early retirement. Delays in starting up the measures may be another reason for lower 
spending.  The  budgeting  of  the  measures  and  the  forecasting  of  worker  participation  by 
Member  States  are  expected  to  improve  with  experience,  and  Member  States  have  already 
started to apply lessons learnt to subsequent applications. Furthermore, major efforts are being 
made to simplify the procedures for decision-making and the payment of EGF funds, so that 
the time and funds provided can be used optimally in future. 

4.6. 

Technical assistance activities undertaken by the Commission 

4.6.1. 

Information and publicity 

Internet site 

Article  9  of  Regulation  (EC)  No  1927/2006  calls  on  the  Commission  to  ‘set  up  an  internet 
site, available in all Community languages, to provide information on the EGF, guidance on 
the  submission  of  applications,  as  well  as  updated  information  on  accepted  and  refused 
applications, highlighting the role of the budgetary authority’. 

In line with the requirements of Article 9, the EGF internet site (http://ec.europa.eu/egf) set up 
by  the  Commission  is  available  in  all  23  EU  languages,  including  Irish.  The  EGF  website 
recorded 177 654 pages consulted by 80 208 visitors in 2010. 

Promotional actions undertaken in 2010 

In the first quarter of 2010, a leaflet was produced to highlight the main changes introduced 
by Regulation (EC) No 546/2009 amending Regulation (EC) No 1927/2006 establishing the 
European  Globalisation  Adjustment  Fund.  The  leaflet  was  produced  in  23  languages  and  is 

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available online on the EGF website. Printed copies in EN, FR and DE were distributed to the 
public employment offices and the general public. 

4.6.2.  Meetings with the national authorities and social partners 

The fifth and sixth meetings of the Contact Persons of the European Globalisation Adjustment 
Fund,  made  up  of  representatives  of  the  Member  States,  were  held  on  11  March  2010  in 
Brussels and on 29-30 September 2010 in Porto. Part of the Porto meeting was devoted to the 
preparation  of  the  two  reviews  of  the  EGF  Regulation  which  the  Commission  will  be 
undertaking by the end of 2011 and 2013, respectively. 

4.6.3.  Mid-term evaluation of the EGF 

The  Commission  undertook  the  preparatory  work  for  the  Fund’s  mid-term  evaluation  as 
required  by  Article  17(1)(a)  of  the  EGF  Regulation.  The  administrative  procedures  for 
contracting out the evaluation were almost completed by the end of 2010. 

5. 

TRENDS 

With  the  increasing  number  of  EGF  cases,  more  data  are  available  to  identify  trends  in 
applications  and  to  gain  an  overview  of  the  direction  of  the  Fund’s  actions.  The  data 
contained  in  the  graphs  below  and  in  Annex  1  relate  to  the  73  applications  in  25  economic 
sectors received from January 2007 to December 2010. 

Graph 1: Number of applications received from 2007 to 2010 

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6.8 % 

39.7 % 

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Ireland tops the list of Member States with more than 12 600 workers targeted for assistance, 
followed  by  Spain  with  more  than  9 600  workers,  while  the  Czech  Republic  and  Bulgaria 
have targeted roughly 450 and 650 workers. 

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Computers
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Wholesale trade
Basic metals
Wearing apparel
Aircraft maintenance
Electronic equipment
Construction of buildings
Financial services
Machinery and equipment
Domestic appliances
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The  sectors  concerned  are  first  and  foremost  the  automotive  sector,  with  more  than  18 000 
workers targeted, followed by textiles (more than 11 000 targeted workers) and the building 
construction sector (slightly more than 10 000 targeted workers)12. 

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Basic metals
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Automotive
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Financial services
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Shoe manufacture
Textiles
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Graph 4 illustrates the average EGF support per worker in the various sectors. Workers in the 
‘shipbuilding’ sector have received the highest average amount of EGF support (slightly more 
than  EUR 15 000  per  worker),  followed  by  the  ‘basic  metals’  sector  (almost  EUR 9 700  per 
worker), the ‘aircraft maintenance’ sector (more than EUR 8 700 per worker) and ‘machinery 
and equipment’ (more than EUR 7 000 per worker). The sectors ‘furniture’, ‘retail trade’ and 
‘wearing apparel’ have the lowest average amounts (around EUR 1 000 per worker). 

6. 

CONCLUSION 

The  trends  available  so  far  show  that  EGF  applications  are  being  presented  in  a  growing 
number  of  sectors,  and  by  an  increasing  number  of  Member  States.  Member  States  are 
furthermore  gaining  experience  in  selecting  the  most  suitable  measures,  programming  their 
assistance  to  redundant  workers,  and  making  use  of  the  EGF  to  test  new  approaches. 
Developing the full potential of the EGF, in complementarity with other available instruments 
and in consultation with the major stakeholders, will increasingly help redundant workers in a 
tailor-made  and  personalised  manner,  thereby  improving  their  opportunities  on  the  labour 
market. 

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EGF applications by classification of economic activities as of 31.12.2010  
total number of applications: 73 *) 

Annex 1 

MS Case 
Sardegna 
IT 
Piemonte 
IT 
Lombardia 
IT 
IT 
Toscana 
LT  Alytaus tekstilė  
ES  Catalonia 
PT  North/Centre 
BE  Oost-West Vlaanderen 
BE  Limburg 
ES  Valencia 

MS Case 
FR  Peugeot 
PT  Lisboa-Alentejo 
ES  Delphi 
ES  Castilla Leon 
SE  Volvo 
AT  Steiermark 
DE  Karmann 
FR  Renault 
ES  Cataluña 
PL  Wielkopolskie  
FR  Peugeot 
ES  Lear 
BE  General Motors Belgium 

Automotive (NACE: Manufacture of motor vehicles, trailers and semi-trailers, division 29) 
No 
EGF/2007/001 
EGF/2007/010 
EGF/2008/002 
EGF/2008/004 
EGF/2009/007 
EGF/2009/009 
EGF/2009/013 
EGF/2009/019 
EGF/2010/002 
EGF/2010/004 
EGF/2010/015 
EGF/2010/023 
EGF/2010/031 
Textiles (NACE: Manufacture of textiles, division 13) 
No 
EGF/2007/005 
EGF/2007/006 
EGF/2007/007 
EGF/2008/001 
EGF/2008/003 
EGF/2008/005 
EGF/2009/001 
EGF/2009/004 
EGF/2009/005 
EGF/2010/009 
Wearing apparel (NACE: Manufacture of wearing apparel, division 14) 
No 
EGF/2007/008  MT  Textiles 
EGF/2009/018 
EGF/2010/003 
EGF/2010/014 
Printing industry (NACE: Printing and reproduction of recorded media, division 18) 
No 
EGF/2009/026 
EGF/2009/027 
EGF/2009/028 
EGF/2009/029 
EGF/2009/030 
EGF/2010/027 
EGF/2010/028 
EGF/2010/029 
EGF/2010/030 
Machinery and equipment (NACE: Manufacture of machinery and equipment n.e.c., division 28) 
No 
EGF/2009/015 
EGF/2009/031 

MS Case 
NL  Noord Holland and Utrecht 
NL  Noord Brabant and Zuid Holland 
NL  Limburg 
NL  Gelderland and Overijssel 
NL  Drenthe 
NL  N Brabant Div 18 
NL  Overijssel Div 18 
NL  Z Holland/Utrecht Div 18 
NL  N Holland/Flevoland Div 18 

LT  Wearing apparel 
ES  Galicia 
SI  Mura 

MS Case 
DK  Danfoss Group 
DK  Linak 

MS Case 

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IE  Construction 43 

MS Case 
DE  BenQ 
FI 
Perlos 
DE  Nokia 

MS Case 
NL  Heijmans 
LT  Construction 
IE  Construction 41 

MS Case 
PT  Qimonda  
AT  AT&S  
NL  NXP Semiconductors 

DK  Nordjylland  
PL  H.Cegielski-Poznań  
PL  Podkarpackie  
DK  Midtjylland machinery 
DE  Heidelberger Druckmaschinen  
DK  LM Glasfiber  

EGF/2010/001 
EGF/2010/006 
EGF/2010/013 
EGF/2010/017 
EGF/2010/018 
EGF/2010/022 
Electronic equipment (NACE: Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products, division 
26) 
No 
EGF/2009/023 
EGF/2010/008 
EGF/2010/011 
Mobile phones (NACE: Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products, division 26) 
No 
EGF/2007/003 
EGF/2007/004 
EGF/2009/002 
Construction of buildings (NACE: Construction of buildings, division 41) 
No 
EGF/2009/011 
EGF/2009/017 
EGF/2010/019 
Specialised construction activities (NACE: Specialised construction activities, division 43) 
No 
EGF/2010/020 
Architectural and engineering activities (NACE: Architectural and engineering activities; 
technical testing and analysis, division 71) 
No 
EGF/2010/021 
Basic metals (NACE: Manufacture of basic metals, division 24)  
No 
EGF/2009/022 
EGF/2010/007 
Domestic appliances ( NACE: Manufacture of electrical equipment, division 27) 
No 
EGF/2009/006 
EGF/2009/010 
Retail trade (NACE: Retail trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles, division 47) 
No 
EGF/2010/010 
EGF/2010/016 
Computers (NACE: Manufacture of computer, electronic and optical products, division 26) 
No 
EGF/2009/008 
Wholesale trade (NACE: Wholesale trade, division 46) 
No 
EGF/2010/012 
Aircraft maintenance (NACE: Repair and installation of machinery and equipment, division 33) 
No 
EGF/2009/021 
Publishing (NACE: Publishing activities, division 58) 
No 
EGF/2009/024 

MS Case 
BG  Kremikovtsi AD (not eligible) 
AT  Steiermark-Niederoesterreich 

MS Case 
NL  Noord Holland and Zuid Holland 

MS Case 
IT  Gruppo Merloni  
LT  AB Snaige  

MS Case 
NL  Noord Holland ICT  

MS Case 
CZ  Unilever 
ES  Aragon 

MS Case 
IE  Construction 71 

MS Case 
IE 

MS Case 
IE  Dell 

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ES  Valencia 

MS Case 
ES  Valencia 

MS Case 
LT  Furniture 

MS Case 
IE  Waterford Crystal 

Furniture (NACE: Manufacture of furniture, division 31) 
No 
EGF/2009/016 
Crystal glass (NACE: Manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products, division 23) 
No 
EGF/2009/012 
Stone/Marble (NACE: Manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products, division 23) 
No 
EGF/2010/005 
Ceramics (NACE: Manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products, division 23) 
No 
EGF/2009/014 
Carpentry and joinery (NACE: Manufacture of wood and product of wood and cork, except 
furniture, division 16) 
No 
EGF/2009/020 
Financial services (NACE: Financial service activities, except insurance and pension funding, 
division 64)  
No 
EGF/2010/024 
Shipbuilding (NACE: Manufacture of other transport equipment, division 30) 
No 
EGF/2010/025 
Shoe manufacture (NACE: Manufacture of leather and related products, division 15) 
No 
EGF/2010/026 

MS Case 
DK  Odense Steel Shipyard 

MS Case 
ES  Castilla La Mancha 

MS Case 
NL  ABN Amrobank 

MS Case 
PT  Rohde 

*) the following four cases have been withdrawn by the Member States (as at 31/12/2010) and are not 
included in the list or in the statistics: 

EGF/2007/002 
EGF/2007/009 
EGF/2009/003 
EGF/2009/025 

FR  Renault 
ES  Delphi 
AT  Magna Steyr 
NL  Noord Brabant 

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