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/2012/002 DE/manroland from Germany)
Date: 2012-09-13
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: European Globalisation Adjustment Fund, Germany, budgetary discipline (EU), collective dismissal, commitment of expenditure, financial management, interinstitutional agreement, printer

EUROPEAN COMMISSION 

Brussels, 13.9.2012  
COM(2012) 493 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/2012/002 DE/manroland from Germany) 

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EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM 

Point  28  of  the  Interinstitutional  Agreement  of  17  May  2006  between  the  European 
Parliament,  the  Council  and  the  Commission  on  budgetary  discipline  and  sound  financial 
management1  allows  for  the  mobilisation  of  the  European  Globalisation  Adjustment  Fund 
(EGF)  through  a  flexibility  mechanism,  within  the  annual  ceiling  of  EUR 500 million over 
and above the relevant headings of the financial framework. 

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

On 4 May 2012, Germany submitted application EGF/2012/002 DE/manroland for a financial 
contribution  from  the  EGF,  following  redundancies  in  manroland  AG  and  two  of  its 
subsidiaries (hereinafter referred to as "manroland"), as well as one supplier in Germany. 

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

SUMMARY OF THE APPLICATION AND ANALYSIS 

Key data: 
EGF Reference no. 
Member State 
Article 2 
Primary enterprise 
Subsidiaries and suppliers 
Reference period 
Starting date for the personalised services 
Application date 
Redundancies during the reference period 
Redundancies before and after the reference period 
Total eligible redundancies 
Redundant workers expected to participate in the 
measures 
Expenditure for personalised services (EUR) 
Expenditure for implementing EGF3 (EUR) 
Expenditure for implementing EGF (%) 
Total budget (EUR) 
EGF contribution (50 %) (EUR) 

EGF/2012/002 
Germany 
(a) 
manroland AG 
3 
1.1.2012 – 30.4.2012 
1.8.2012 
4.5.2012 
2 239 
45 
2 284 

2 103 

10 305 889 
400 000 
3,74 
10 705 889 
5 352 944 

1. 

The application was presented to the Commission on 4 May 2012 and supplemented 
by additional information up to 10 July 2012. 

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

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2. 

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

Link  between  the  redundancies  and  major  structural  changes  in  world  trade  patterns 
due to globalisation 

3. 

4. 

5. 

6. 

In order to establish the link between the redundancies and major structural changes 
in  world  trade  patterns  due  to  globalisation,  Germany  argues  that  manroland  is  a 
printing machinery manufacturer and produces sheetfed offset presses as well as reel-
fed  offset  printing  machinery.  manroland  has  long  been  recognised  internationally 
for its high engineering standards and for manufacturing high-quality products. 

The  printing  machinery  equipment  market  is  highly  internationalised.  manroland, 
together  with  its  German  and  other  European  competitors,  already  operates  on  a 
world-wide  basis.  During  recent  years,  emerging  markets  such  as  China,  India  and 
South American countries, e.g. Brazil, increased their demand for printing machinery 
and therefore became important customers for German and other European printing 
machinery  manufacturers.  Increasingly,  however,  they  have  also  become  important 
players  in  their  own  right  on  the  supply  side  of  an  increasingly  global  market. 
Producers China, India, South America, as well as a growing number of competitors 
from  Eastern  Europe,  the  USA  and  Japan,  have  all  achieved  rising  market  shares 
during  the  past  decade.  As  a  result,  German  high-quality  producers  now  face  stiff 
international competition, mostly of lower quality and at lower prices. 

The  trend  to  internationally  more  integrated  markets  is  accompanied  by  permanent 
structural  changes  in  the  use  of  printing  techniques  and  a  higher  degree  of 
specialisation of suppliers in some sub-sectors. With a bigger number of international 
suppliers on the one hand and changing printing techniques on the other, the average 
producer of printing machinery serves a smaller share of the market. Sales go down, 
profits sink and employers have to consider redundancies. Over the past few years, 
manroland followed this pattern in its response to globalisation. 

The  German  authorities  also  mention  examples  of  protectionism  in  the  market  for 
printing machinery. They argue that India has an import duty of 23 % on machinery, 
and  that  China,  which  is  the  fastest  growing  market  for  manufacturing  equipment, 
uses subsidies, allows piracy of products, permits lower or inexistent safety standards 
at  work,  little  environmental  protection,  few  social  norms  and  no  universal  social 
protection.  All  this  contributes  to  lower  costs  of  production  and  an  uneven  playing 
field  for  foreign  competitors.4  The  current  Chinese  Five-Year  Plan  (2011  -  2015) 
mentions the machinery and equipment sector as one of seven key industries towards 
which  Chinese  State  funding  is  targeted.  Such  practices  have  helped  Chinese 
producers of printing equipment to approach the high technological standards set by 
European countries but at labour costs on average 11 per cent lower than the average 

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Gisela  Lanza,  Thomas  Ender,  Dennis  Schuler,  Stevens  Peters  (2011),  Chancen  und  Risiken  des 
deutschen  Maschinen-  und  Anlagenbaus  in  der  chinesischen  Automobilindustrie,  Global  Advanced 
Manufacturing Institute and Karlsruhe Institute of Technology 

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8. 

European labour costs in the machinery sector. Consequently, China has become one 
of the fiercest international competitors in the sector of printing machinery.5 

Competitors  from  outside  China  try  to  avoid  the  barrier  of  import  duties  by 
delocalising  production  to  other  Asian  countries.  As  a  consequence,  European 
lost  significant 
printing  machinery  suppliers 
international market share since the mid-2000s decade. Between 2000 and 2004, the 
world market share of European producers averaged 67 % but fell to an average of 
53 % during the period 2005 to 2011. Imports from non-European suppliers into the 
EU  market  for  printing  machinery  grew  from  18  %  (average  of  the  years  2000  to 
2005) to 24 % (average of the years 2006 to 2010).6  

(including  manroland)  have 

manroland lost 10 % of its market share for reel-fed offset printing equipment during 
the  period  of  2005  to  2011.  In  addition,  between  2000  and  2010  the  company 
experienced  phases  of  sharp  declines  in  sales.  This  development  contributed  to 
sinking  and  negative  profits  and  in  the  end  to  the  redundancies  which  gave  rise  to 
this application. 

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

9. 

10. 

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

The  application  cites  2 177  redundancies  in  manroland  AG  and  62  in  two  of  its 
subsidiaries,  as  well  as  45  in  one  supplier  (Gefinal  Systema),  making  it  a  total  of 
2 284 redundancies, of which 2 239 occurred during the four-month reference period 
from 1 January 2012 to 30 April 2012. The redundancies in manroland AG and its 
subsidiaries  were  calculated  in  accordance  with  the  second  indent  of  the  second 
paragraph  of  Article  2  of  Regulation  (EC  No  1927/2006,  while  those  in  Gefinal 
Systema were calculated in accordance with the first indent of the second paragraph 
of Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 1927/2006. 

Explanation of the unforeseen nature of those redundancies 

11. 

The  German  authorities  argue  that  manroland  was  a  world  leader  in  reel-offset 
printing  machinery  and  had  in  the  past  weathered  many  ups  and  downs  in  the 
business cycle, giving it valuable experience in managing leaner times. It had already 
agreed pay restraint with its workforce and a gradual reduction of its staffing during 
2011 and 2012. Previous losses had been compensated by its owners Allianz Capital 
Partners and MAN. In the autumn of 2011, the owners refused to make any further 
payments,  leading  directly  to  the  insolvency  by  manroland  and  the  dismissal  of  a 
third of its workforce.  

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European Commission (2011), Study on the Future Opportunities and Challenges of EU-China Trade 
and Investment Relations. Study 1: Machinery, p. 3. 
Sources : manroland AG, market research 

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Identification of the dismissing enterprises and workers targeted for assistance 

12. 

The application relates to 2 284 redundancies of which 2 177 occurred in manroland 
AG, a further 62 in two of its subsidiaries (manroland Vertrieb und Service GmbH 
and  manroland  Vertrieb  und  Service  Deutschland  GmbH),  and  another  45  in  the 
supplier Gefinal Systema (a metal working company). Of these redundancies, 2 103 
are targeted for the EGF measures. 

13. 

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 
55-64 years old 
> 64 years old 

Number
1 836
267
1 979
62
45
1 514
543
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Percent 
87,30 
12,70 
96,96 
3,04 
2,14 
71,99 
25,82 
0,05 

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15. 

For the 62 workers from the subsidiary enterprises, there is no break-down available 
in terms of nationality, hence the percentages in the relevant categories are based on 
a total of 2 041. 

Among  the  targeted  workers,  there  are  142  with  long-standing  health  problems  or 
disabilities. 

16. 

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

Category 
Legislators, senior officials and managers 
Professionals 
Technicians and associate professionals 
Clerks 
Craft and related trade workers 
Plant & machine operators & assemblers 
Elementary occupations 

Number
15
93
273
167
93
1 321
79

Percent 
0,73 
4,56 
13,38 
8,18 
4,56 
64,72 
3,87 

17. 

18. 

For the 62 workers from the subsidiary enterprises, there is no break-down available 
in terms of occupational categories, hence the percentages in this table are based on a 
total of 2 041. 

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

19. 

These  redundancies  concern  three  rather  different  regions  of  Germany.  The  first  is 
Augsburg (Bavaria), the second Offenbach (Hessen) and the third Plauen (Saxony). 

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Other  neighbouring  major  towns  are  also  affected  by  the  closure  and  the 
redundancies, including Aschaffenburg, Wiesbaden, Darmstadt and Frankfurt / Main. 

20. 

The weakest of these is Plauen, located in the eastern part of Germany, with a small 
population  but  a  high  dependency  on  social  welfare  payments.  The  insolvency  of 
manroland now removes the third largest employer of the area (700 workers prior to 
the  closure)  and  one  of  only  three  that  were  of  a  sufficient  size  to  have  collective 
wage agreements with their workers. 

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

21. 

22. 

manroland  before  its  insolvency  employed  6,500  workers.  It  was  a  modern 
manufacturer  of  machinery  with  modern  know-how  and  attractive  pay  rates.  The 
break-up of this enterprise (with a loss of one third of its workforce) will bring with 
it  a  loss  of  skills,  potentially  affecting  other  employers  and  the  regions  concerned. 
Workers finding a new job will have to accept a lower wage level, which will in turn 
reduce their purchasing power and the cash-flow within the local economy. The three 
regions  will  in  addition  lose  one  of  the  most  influential  employers,  with  no 
immediate prospect of an equivalent successor arising in the near future. 

Many of the workers had been employed by manroland for lengthy periods, and had 
gained high wage levels as a result of seniority. Because of their age, it will be hard 
for them to find a new job quickly, and almost impossible to reach the same salary 
levels again. 

23. 

The table below shows the unemployment rates in the affected areas and their rate of 
change compared with the same month of the previous year. 

Region 

Germany 
Augsburg 
Offenbach 
Plauen 

Unemployment 
February 2012 
7,9 
5,4 
8,3 
11,7 

rate 

unemployment 
Change 
February 2012 / February 2011

in 

+4,5 % 
+6,7 % 
+2,9 % 

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 

24. 

The  social  partners  involved  in  manroland  adopted  a  social  plan  in  January  2012, 
which  includes  the  establishment  of  transfer  companies  for  the  redundant  workers. 
For  Augsburg 
(Projekt-  und 
Trainingsgesellschaft), and its transfer company will run from 1 February 2012 to 31 
January  2013.  For  Offenbach,  the  transfer  company  is  PRM  Personalentwicklungs-
gesellschaft,  which  will  run  from  1  February  2012  to  31  July  2012,  with  the 
possibility of extending its duration. 

and  Plauen, 

co-ordinator 

is  PTG 

the 

25. 

The following measures are proposed : 

–  Short-time allowance (Transferkurzarbeitergeld): This is a subsistence allowance 
paid by the public employment services on the basis of the net salary previously 
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67 % if at least one child is resident in the household of the recipient. manroland 
has undertaken to pay the difference between this amount and 80 % of the former 
salary. Germany estimates that on average this will be paid to each worker for 6 to 
8  months.  In  the  budget  for  this  measure,  deduction  is  made  for  the  allowances 
used  to  co-fund  the  ESF  funded  training  during  the  initial  phase,  and  further 
deductions are budgeted for periods during which the workers are not engaged in 
active  labour  market  policy  measures.  The  allowance  will  be  paid  to  the  2 001 
workers who decided to join the transfer company. The 102 workers expected to 
participate  in  the  measures,  but  not  in  the  transfer  company,  will  receive 
unemployment benefit (not included in the EGF package). 

–  Training courses leading to qualifications : These courses will be aimed mostly at 
the  former  employees  of  the  subsidiaries  and  the  supplier,  as  the  former 
employees of manroland AG are already well qualified and will be offered more 
specialised  courses  to  build  on  their  existing  qualifications.  The  trainees  will  be 
given  the  opportunity  to  choose  the  most  appropriate  courses  for  themselves, 
building  on  the  initial  interview  and  profiling.  Both  soft  and  hard  skills  will  be 
offered,  and  certification  of  existing  skills  gained  through  experience  on  the  job 
will be provided. The duration of courses will vary between 3 and 100 days. 

–  Workshops and Peer Groups : These will be created in various constellations, e.g. 
for older workers, for disabled workers, by type of training, etc. as required. Each 
group will have its own mentor. 

–  Ancillary measures and international job-search : The programme will provide the 
redundant  workers  with  the  possibility  to  take  a  number  of  tests,  including 
psychological tests, health check-ups, tests of competence. They will be helped to 
obtain  job  references  and  any  preventive  health  measures  required  by  future 
employers  (e.g.  vaccinations).  Participation  in  job  fairs,  language  courses, 
translation of previous qualifications, intercultural training, etc. will be offered as 
required. 

–  In-depth start-up advice : Redundant workers wishing to start their own businesses 
can  obtain  support  for  planning,  implementing  and  funding  their  business 
ventures. In addition, basic competences in business management, marketing and 
sales will be conveyed. Individual advice and coaching will be available, as will 
contacts  with  networks  and  various  specific  experts  (lawyers,  tax  consultants, 
marketing, banking, etc.) 

–  Job  search  :  The  transfer  companies  use  their  contacts  with  employers  in  their 
regions to obtain information on upcoming  job vacancies that have not yet been 
published. It then seeks the most suited candidates from the pool of EGF workers 
to put them in touch with the potential employers. Should they need to close a gap 
in their skills, the necessary training will be provided. 

–  Activation  premium  :  This  is  to  help  redundant  workers  to  decide  to  accept  a 
lower  paid  job  (at  least  10  %  lower  than  their  previous  gross  salary).  This  is  a 
once-only  premium,  paid  at  EUR  4 000  at  the  start  of  the  EGF  measures  and 
degressive to EUR 1 000 if taken up towards the end of the implementation phase. 

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–  Coaching and advisory services in a new job and during unemployment : Once a 
redundant worker has accepted a new job and still requires some support, a coach 
from  the  transfer  company  can  continue  to  provide  advice  and  ensure  that  the 
worker can settle in optimally. Those workers who have not found a new job at 
the  time  the  transfer  company  ends,  will  receive  further  mentoring  from  the 
relevant staff, who will also help them to compile their personnel files for future 
reference. 

The expenditure for implementing the EGF, which is included in the application in 
accordance  with  Article  3  of  Regulation  (EC)  No  1927/2006,  covers  preparatory, 
management and control activities as well as information and publicity. This includes 
regular meetings with the social partners and other stakeholders, with whom both the 
necessity  of  an  EGF  application  and  its  content  was  already  discussed  prior  to  the 
application  being  submitted.  Information  activities  include  a  web  site  highlighting 
the positive effects of the EGF. 

The  personalised  services  presented  by  the  German  authorities  are  active  labour 
market measures within the eligible actions defined by Article 3 of Regulation (EC) 
No 1927/2006. The German authorities estimate the total costs at EUR 10 705 889, 
of  which  the  expenditure  for  personalised  services  at  EUR 10 305 889  and  the 
expenditure for implementing the EGF at EUR 400 000 (3,74 % of the total amount). 
The total contribution requested from the EGF is EUR 5 352 944 (50 % 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) 

Short-time allowance 
(Transferkurzarbeitergeld) 

Training courses leading to qualifications 
(Qualifizierungsmassnahmen) 

Workshops and peer groups 

Ancillary measures and international job 
search (Flankierende und internationale 
Unterstuetzung) 

In-depth start-up advice 
(Existenzgruenderberatung) 

2 001

2 727,67 

5 458 067,67

770

2 293,01 

1 765 617,70

1 453

1 135

327,58 

475 973,74

186,01 

211 121,35

60

621,93 

37 315,80

Job search (Stellenresearch) 

1 050

275,19 

288 949,50

Activation premium (Aktivierungszuschuss) 

430

2 709,92 

1 165 265,60

Coaching and advisory services in a new job 
and during unemployment (Nachbetreuung) 

1 050

860,55 

903 577,50

Sub total personalised services 

10 305 889

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

Preparatory activities 

Management 

Information and publicity 

Control activities 

Sub total expenditure for implementing EGF 

Total estimated costs 

EGF contribution (50 % of total costs) 

20 000

340 000

20 000

20 000

400 000

10 705 889

5 352 944

28. 

Germany  confirms  that  the  measures  described  above  are  complementary  with 
actions funded by the Structural Funds. The early measures taken in support of this 
group  of  workers  (from  1  February  2012)  are  being  co-funded  by  the  European 

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Social  Fund  from  its  ESF-BA  operational  programme.  There  will  be  a  clear 
demarkation between these measures and those co-funded by the EGF. The German 
authorities have confirmed that the necessary provisions are in place to prevent any 
double financing by EU financial instruments. 

29. 

Germany further states in its application that the EGF package is a significant value 
added over and above what would have been possible with national and ESF funds. 
This  includes  more  costly  types  of  training,  longer  courses  leading  to  better 
qualifications,  and  a  longer  period  to  support  the  workers  than  would  have  been 
possible for a transfer company in the absence of EGF funding. 

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

30. 

Germany will start the personalised services to the affected workers included in the 
co-ordinated package proposed for co-financing to the EGF on 1 August 2012. 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 

31. 

The  social  partners  and  other  stakeholders  have  been  involved  in  the  planning  and 
implementation of this application from the outset. On 16 April 2012, a round table 
the  worker 
meeting  was  organised  between  all 
representatives, at which the key data of the EGF application were presented and the 
support  of  all  parties  was  given.  In  addition,  the  various  stakeholders  decided  to 
collaborate closely in the implementation of the measures. 

stakeholders 

including 

32. 

The  German  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 

33. 

As regards the criteria contained in Article 6 of Regulation (EC) No 1927/2006, the 
German 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  

34. 

Germany  has  notified  the  Commission  that  the  financial  contribution  will  be 
administered  by  the  same  bodies  which  also  administered  the  previous  EGF 
contributions  to  Germany  --  within  the  Federal  Ministry  for  Labour  and  Social 

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Affairs (Bundesministerium für Arbeit und Soziales) the 'Gruppe Europaïsche Fonds 
für  Beschäftigung  –  Referat  EF  3'  will  act  as  managing  authority  and  the 
'Organisationseinheit Prüfbehörde' as control authority also for this case. 

Financing 

35. 

36. 

37. 

38. 

On  the  basis  of  the  application  from  Germany,  the  proposed  contribution  from  the 
EGF  to  the  coordinated  package  of  personalised  services  (including  expenditure  to 
implement  EGF)  is  EUR 5 352 944,  representing  50 %  of  the  total  cost.  The 
Commission's proposed allocation under the Fund is based on the information made 
available by Germany. 

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

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

39. 

The Commission presents separately a transfer request in order to enter in the 2012 
budget  specific  commitment  appropriations,  as  required  in  Point  28  of  the 
Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006. 

Source of payment appropriations  

40. 

Appropriations from the EGF budget line will be used to cover the amount of EUR 
5 352 944 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/2012/002 DE/manroland from Germany) 

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 
management7, 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  Fund8, 
and in particular Article 12(3) thereof, 

Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission9, 

Whereas: 

(1) 

(2) 

(3) 

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

Germany submitted an application to mobilise the EGF, in respect of redundancies in 
the enterprise manroland AG and two of its subsidiaries, as well as one supplier, on 4 
May  2012  and  supplemented  it  by  additional  information  up  to  10  July  2012.  This 
application complies with the requirements for determining the financial contributions 
as  laid  down  in  Article  10  of  Regulation (EC) No 1927/2006.  The  Commission, 
therefore, proposes to mobilise an amount of EUR 5 352 944. 

(4) 

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

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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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HAVE ADOPTED THIS DECISION: 

Article 1 

For  the  general  budget  of  the  European  Union  for  the  financial  year  2012,  the  European 
Globalisation  Adjustment  Fund  (EGF)  shall  be  mobilised  to  provide  the  sum  of 
EUR 5 352 944 in commitment and payment appropriations. 

Article 2 

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

Done at Brussels,  

For the European Parliament 
The President 

For the Council 
The President 

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