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/2011/016 IT/Agile from Italy)
Date: 2013-03-07
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: European Globalisation Adjustment Fund, Italy, collective dismissal, commitment of expenditure, economic recession, employment aid, general budget (EU), new technology, payment appropriation, reintegration into working life, software

EUROPEAN 
COMMISSION 

Brussels, 7.3.2013  
COM(2013) 120 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/2011/016 IT/Agile from Italy) 

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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  30  December  2011,  Italy  submitted  application  EGF/2011/016  IT/Agile  for  a  financial 
contribution from the EGF, following redundancies in Agile S.r.l, an entreprise operating in 
the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) sector in Italy. 

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

SUMMARY OF THE APPLICATION AND ANALYSIS 

Key data: 
EGF Reference no. 
Member State 
Article 2 
Primary enterprise 
Suppliers and downstream producers 
Reference period 
Starting date for the personalised services 
Application date 
Redundancies during the reference period 
Redundancies before 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 (65 %) (EUR) 

EGF/2011/016 
Italy 
(a) 
Agile S.r.l. 
0 
22.9.2011 – 22.12.2011 
15.3.2012 
30.12.2011 
1 257 
0 
1 257 

856 

5 458 115 
218 000 
3,84 
5 676 115 
3 689 474 

1. 

The  application  was  presented  to  the  Commission  on  30  December  2011  and 
supplemented by additional information up to 2 October 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 or the global financial and economic crisis 

3. 

4. 

5. 

6. 

In order to establish the link between the redundancies and the global financial and 
economic crisis, Italy argues that according to available data4, the financial crisis, in 
particular during the 2008/2009 period, contributed significantly to the slowdown in 
the  ICT  sector.  Between  2005  and  2008  the  ICT  market  in  the  EU  grew  at  a  rate 
exceeding 3 % per year (in 2007 -compared with the previous year- it grew by 6,8 %) 
while  2009 marked  the reversal of  the trend  with  a  negative  growth  of  2,4 %.  This 
downward trend continued in 2010 (-1 %). The Italian ICT sector followed a similar 
trend as the EU as a whole. However the crisis had a major impact on the sector and 
the negative growth reached -4,2 % in 2009 and -2,5 % in 2010 compared with the 
relevant previous years.  

The  consequences  of  the  global  economic  and  financial  crisis  hit  the  information 
technology  market  in  the  EU  particularly  hard.  In  2009  the  volume  of  trade 
decreased  by  EUR 20 billion  representing  -5,4 %  compared  with  the  previous  year. 
This  put  an  end  to  the  upward  trend  of  the  2005-2008  period  during  which  the 
volume  of  trade  constantly  increased,  reaching  EUR 359 billion  in  2008.  The 
downturn of the IT market hit hardware and technical assistance as well as software 
and services. Compared with 2008, the hardware and technical assistance sub-sectors 
decreased in 2009 by 7,6 % at EU level and by 10 % in Italy, while the software and 
services sub-sectors decreased by 4 % in the EU and by 5,6 % in Italy. 

In  its  assessment  on  the  application  EGF/2010/012  Noord  Holland  ICT5,  the 
Commission has already stated the impact of the economic and financial crisis on the 
enterprises operating in the ICT sector. Those arguments continue to be valid. 

The  strong  decline  of  the  ITC  sector  in  Italy  hit  Agile  S.r.l.,  an  Italian  IT  services 
provider,  particularly  hard.  The  effects  of  the  global  financial  and  economic  crisis 
occurred when Agile was changing its commercial strategy by moving from offering 
call  center  services  at  local  level  to  offering  integrated  IT  services  at  multiregional 
level. In a context of downturn the enterprise’s efforts and the necessary investment 
proved to be unequal to achieving Agile’s goals of growth, resulting in heavy losses 
and eventually in insolvency with the consequence of dismissals. 

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

7. 

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Italy  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. 

Assinform – Italian Association of Information & Communications Technologies (www.assinform.it) 
COM(2010) 685 Final. 

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8. 

The  application  cites  1 257  redundancies  in  Agile  S.r.l.  during  the  reference  period 
from  22  September  2011  to  22  December  2011.  All  of  these  redundancies  were 
calculated in accordance with the third indent of the second paragraph of Article 2 of 
Regulation  (EC)  No  1927/2006.  The  Commission  has  received  the  confirmation 
required under the third indent of the second paragraph of Article 2(2) that this is the 
actual number of redundancies effected. 

Explanation of the unforeseen nature of those redundancies 

9. 

10. 

11. 

Agile was established in January 2004 within the group Getronics. Based in Potenza 
(Basilicata) it offered call-centre services and had about 170 employees.  

Eutelia  SpA  was  founded  in  2003  resulting  from  the  merger  of  IT  Plug  SpA  and 
Edisontel  SpA.  The  core  business  of  this  new  company  was  landlines  and  internet 
services.  In  2006  Eutelia  SpA,  which  was  already  one  of  the  top  five  providers  of 
these  services  in  Italy,  acquired  Getronics  Solutions  Italia  SpA  (a  subsidiary  of 
Olivetti  Sistemi  with  approximately  1 600  employees)  and  Bull  Italia  SpA  (450 
employees) as part of the company’s strategy of diversifying its activities in the IT 
sector  and  becoming  a  provider  of  IT  integrated  services  (voice,  data,  internet, 
hardware and software). At the end of 2008, within the framework of the reallocation 
of tasks and personnel among the enterprises of the Eutelia group, the IT activities as 
well as 1 922 employees were transferred to Agile, which was controlled by Eutelia 
since the acquisition of Getronics.  

The Italian authorities argue that Agile was confident about its future even in harsh 
recession  circumstances.  However  the  deeper  than  expected  downturn  of  the  IT 
sector and the tightening of credit that followed the economic and financial crisis -
both circumstances difficult to foresee- put an extra burden on the enterprise which 
could not work out a profitable solution and entered into insolvency proceedings in 
2010. 

Identification of the dismissing enterprises and workers targeted for assistance 

12. 

13. 

The application relates to 1 257 redundancies in Agile S.r.l. 

The break-down of the dismissed 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
889
368
1 254
3
1
955
300
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Percent 
70,72 
29,28 
99,76 
0,24 
0,08 
75,97 
23,87 
0.08 

14. 

There are 43 workers with a longstanding health problem or disability. 

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

Category 
Professionals 
Technicians and associated professionals 
Clerks 
Service  workers  and  shop  and  market 
sales workers 

Number
377
457
263
160

Percent 
29,99 
36,36 
20,92 
12,73 

16. 

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

17. 

18. 

The Agile redundancies are spread out over most of the whole Italy. The territories 
concerned are 12 out of the 19 Italian regions: Piemonte, Lombardia, Veneto, Emilia-
Romagna,  Tuscany,  Umbria,  Lazio,  Campania,  Puglia,  Basilica  and  Calabria  and 
Sicily. 

The main stakeholders are the regional authorities of the regions concerned6 as well 
as  the  trade  unions  Federazione  Impiegati  e  Operai  Metallurgici  FIOM-CGIL, 
Federazione  Italiana  Metalmeccanici  FIM-CILS,  Unione  Italiana  Lavoratori 
Metalmeccanici  UILM-UIL,  Unione  General  dei  Lavoratori  Metalmeccanici  UGL-
Metalmeccanici and Unione Italiana Lavoratori communicazione UILCOM-UIL. 

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

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During the three years 2008 to 2010 the unemployment rate in Italy increased from 
6,8 %  to  8,5 %.  However  in  eight  of  the  twelve  regions  concerned  there  was  an 
increase  above  the  national  average  ranging  from  1,9 %  to  2,6 %.  In  2010 
unemployment rates showed anew the traditional dichotomy between the Central and 
Northern Italian regions on the one hand whose unemployment rates are in line with 
the  national  average  and  comprised  between  5 %  and  9 %  (e.g.  Lombardia  5,7 %; 
Emilia-Romagna  and  Veneto  5,8 %;  Piemonte  7,7 %  and  Lazio  9,4 %)  and  the 
Southern  regions  where  unemployment  rates  are  up  to  6 %  above  the  national 
average  (e.g.  Calabria  12,1 %;  Basilicata  13,1 %;  Campania  14,2 %;  and  Sicilia 
14,8 %).  The  Agile  redundancies  will  further  exacerbate  the  current  fragile 
employment situation, in particular in the Southern regions where the opportunities 
of economic recovery are less optimistic. 

Regione  Emilia-Romagna  –  Direzione  Regionale  Cultura,  Formazione  e  Lavoro  –  Servizio  Lavoro, 
Regione  Lazio  –  Direzione  Regionale  Formazione  e  Lavoro  –  Dipartimento  Programmazione 
Economica e Sociale, Regione Lombardia – Direzione Generale Occupazione e Politiche del Lavoro – 
Unità  organizzativa  Lavoro  –  Struttura  Tutela  del  lavoro  e  interventi  per  il  reimpiego,  Regione 
Piemonte  –  Direzione  Istruzione,  Formazione  Professionale  e  Lavoro  -  Settore  Politiche  per 
l'Occupazione e per la Promozione dello Sviluppo Locale, Regione Siciliana – Assessorato Regionale 
della  Famiglia,  delle  Politiche  Sociali  e  del  Lavoro  –  Dipartimento  Lavoro;  Regione  Toscana  – 
Direzione  Generale  Competitività  del  Sistema  Regionale  e  Sviluppo  delle  Competenze  –  Settore 
Lavoro,  Regione  Umbria  –  Direzione  Regionale  Programmazione,  Innovazione  e  Competitività 
dell'Umbria – Ambito di Coordinamento: Impresse e Lavoro and Regione Veneto – Direzione Lavoro. 

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

20. 

All the following measures combine to form a co-ordinated package of personalised 
services aimed at re-integrating the workers into the labour market: 

–  Occupational guidance and skills assessment: This includes a series of structured 
interviews  and  targeted  instruments  such  as  skills  analysis  and  employability 
profile to identify areas where workers can improve their skills and be supported 
in  defining  their  occupational  objectives.  Through  the  skills  assessment  the 
workers will be helped to identify their own skills and the opportunities related to 
their  own  interests  and  to  establish  a  realistic  career  plan.  The  worker  and  the 
counsellor  work  on  issues  such  as  opportunities,  interests,  analysis  of  the 
motivations  and  expectations.  Following  these  assessments,  a  summary  paper  is 
put  together,  setting  out  a  summary  of  the  worker's  skills,  his/her  individual 
project  and  an  action  plan.  This  measure  will  be  provided  to  all  workers. 
However, as the regions of Sicilia and Piemonte will use other resources instead 
the EGF co-funding to finance the cost related to this measure and in order not to 
distort the average cost per worker, the former Agile workers living in these two 
region  are  not  included  as  targeted  workers  for  this  particular  measure  in  the 
financial table.  

–  Accompanying services: This involves the design, implementation and follow-up 
of  personalised  support,  including  coaching.  Workers  will  receive  a  mix  of 
measures  in  their  respective  packages  according  to  their  specific  needs.  The 
coaching  process,  throughout  the  EGF  implementation,  will  ensure  that  the 
packages can be adjusted if necessary. 

–  Outplacement  and  job-search  assistance:  This  includes  the  development  of  a 
personalised strategy of self-promotion and job-search actions including research 
of the local and regional employment opportunities. Workers are helped to apply 
for jobs with interested firms and are supported through the selection process. To 
help  them  take  up  job  offers  with  the  relevant  firms  the  workers  will  receive 
specific training, if necessary. 

–  Vocational  training  and  skills  upgrade:  The  redundant  workers  will  be  proposed 
either  a  variety  of  vocational  training  or  a  training  voucher  of  an  average  of 
EUR 2 100 to be spent on their training pathway. The voucher can be spent in a 
qualified  training  institution,  in  a  firm  where  the  redundant  worker  is  being  re-
trained  after  being  hired  or  in  a  firm  providing  on-the-job  training.  The  worker 
decides  on  how  to  spend  the  training  voucher,  which  is  strictly  linked  to  the 
worker's individual pathway of re-employment. 

–  Postgraduate  education:  Those  workers  wishing  to  complete  their  third  level 
qualifications with a postgraduate course will receive a contributon of EUR 6 000 
aimed at the complete/partial refund of postgraduate course fees. 

–  Entrepreneurship  promotion:  This  includes  training  and/or  coaching  support  in 
planning new business activities for redundant workers with entrepreneurial ideas. 
The  specific  training  activities  for  those  workers  who  wish  to  start  their  own 

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businesses will cover elements such as planning, feasibility studies, preparation of 
business plans and raising finance.  

–  Contribution  to  business  start-up:  The  workers  who  set  up  their  own  businesses 

will receive EUR 5 000 as a contribution to cover setting-up costs.  

–  Mentoring after reintegration into work: To prevent possible problems arising in 
their  new  jobs  and  to  help  the  workers  to  consolidate  their  posts,  mentors  will 
guide the workers reintegrated into employment. 

–  Hiring benefit: This payment benefits the redundant workers by facilitating their 
re-employment under fix-term or permanent contracts in a different company. The 
hiring  company  will  receive  EUR 2 000  per  worker  for  re-employment  under 
fixed-term contracts of at least 12 months and up to EUR 6 300 per worker for re-
employment  under  permanent  contracts).  The  initial  amount  provided  for  re-
employment  under  permanent  contracts  will  increase  by  EUR 3 000  euros  when 
recruiting a disabled worker. 

–  Contributions towards special expenses: This includes two types of contributions 
(1) Contribution for carers of dependent persons: Workers with dependent persons 
(children,  elderly  or  disabled  persons)  could  receive  up  to  EUR 1 000  as  a 
contribution  to  the  expenses  for  carers  of  dependent  persons,  conditional  upon 
participation in the measures. This aims to cover the additional costs faced by the 
workers  with  caring  responsibilities  in  order  to  avail  themselves  of  training  or 
other  measures.  (2) Contribution  to  commuting  expenses:  As  a  contribution  to 
their commuting expenses, workers participating in the measures will have either 
their  commuting  expenses  reimbursed  or  they  will  receive  a  lump  sum  ranging 
from  EUR 150  up  to  EUR 1 000  depending  on  the  distance  commuted  and  the 
numbers to days of participation in the measures. 

–  Job-search  allowance:  The  workers  participating  actively  in  the  EGF  measures 
will  receive  a  monthly  job-search  allowance  of  EUR 500  on  average.  The 
allowance will be calculated pro rata based on the worker's days of participation. 

–  Contribution to the expenses for change of residence: Those workers who accept a 
job  involving  a  change  of  residence  will  receive  a  contribution  of  up  to 
EUR 4 000  to  cover  the  necessary  expenditure.  The  allowance  will  be  paid  as  a 
one-off contribution upon presentation of proof of the expenditure incurred. 

21. 

22. 

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. 

The  personalised  services  presented  by  the  Italian  authorities  are  active  labour 
market measures within the eligible actions defined by Article 3 of Regulation (EC) 
No  1927/2006.  The  Italian  authorities  estimate  the  total  costs  of  these  services  at 
EUR 5 676 115 of which the expenditure for personalised services at EUR 5 458 115 
and the expenditure for implementing the EGF at EUR 218 000 (3,84 % of the total 
amount). The total contribution requested from the EGF is EUR 3 689 474 (65 % of 
the total costs). 

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Actions 

Estimated 
number of 
workers 
targeted 

Estimated 
cost per 
worker 
targeted 
(EUR)* 

Total costs 
(EGF and 
national 
cofinancing) 
(EUR)** 

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

Occupational guidance and skills assessment 
(Orientamento professonale e bilancio delle 
competence) 

Accompanying services 
(Servizi di accompagnamento) 

Outplacement and job-search assistance 
(Outplacement e assistenza alla ricerca attiva) 

Vocational training and skills upgrade 
(Voucher formativo / formazione 
professionalizzante ) 

Postgraduate education 
(Voucher fruizione di master) 

Entrepreneurship promotion 
(Assistenza all'autoimprenditorialità) 

Contribution to business start-up 
(Bonus per la creazione di impressa) 

Mentoring after reintegration into work 
(accompagnamento al lavoro) 

Hiring benefit 
(Incentivo all'assunzione) 

Contributions towards special expenses  
(Voucher di conciliazione) 

Job-seach allowance 
(indennità per la ricerca attiva) 

Contribution to the expenses for change of 
residence 
(Bonus per la mobilità territoriale) 

613

470 

288 232

282

815

839

351 

98 982

655 

534 115

2 171 

1 821 488

15

6 000 

90 000

319

421 

134 200

17

5 000 

85 000

282

123

159

773

264 

74 448

5 724 

704 000

815 

129 650

1 894 

1 464 000

9

3 778 

34 000

Sub total personalised services 

5 458 115

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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 (65 % of total costs) 

21 800

94 200

30 000

72 000

218 000

5 676 115

3 689 474

(*) To avoid decimals the estimated costs per worker have been rounded. However the 
rounding has no impact on the total cost of each measure which remains as in the application 
submitted by Italy. 
(**)  Totals do not tally due to roundings.  

23. 

Italy  confirms  that  the  measures  described  above  are  complementary  with  actions 
funded by the Structural Funds and that all double financing will be prevented. 

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

24. 

Italy  started  the  personalised  services  to  the  affected  workers  included  in  the  co-
ordinated  package  proposed  for  co-financing  to  the  EGF  on  15  March  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 

25. 

26. 

As provided for by national legislation, discussions with the trade unions mentioned 
in  paragraph  18  regarding  the  management  of  the  extraordinary  administration 
procedure took place at the Ministry of Economic Development.  

As  managing  authority  the  Ministry  of  Labour  has  promoted  using  the  EGF  for 
strengthening  the  active  labour  market  policy  (ALMP)  measures  already  in  place. 
Presentations on the criteria for access to the EGF and the opportunities for workers 
who  may  benefit  took  place  on  26  October  2011  and  24  November  2011.  In  both 
meetings  the  idea  of  applying  for  EGF  support  was  widely  shared  by  the  trade 
unions.  In  order  to  support  redundant  workers  with  tailor  made  measures  meeting 
their  actual  needs,  the  involvement  of  the  trade  unions  in  particular  at  local  level, 
proved to  be  a key  element  during the planning phase. In this regard two meetings 
were held at national level on 21 January 2012 and 29 May 2012 at the Ministry of 
Economic  Development  and  a  technical  meeting  was  held  on  12  April  2012  at  the 
Ministry of Labour. 

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27. 

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

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

28. 

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

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

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

to be used for restructuring companies or sectors; 

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

from other EU financial instruments. 

Management and control systems  

29. 

Italy has notified the Commission that the financial contribution will be managed as 
follows: The Ministerio del lavoro e delle politiche sociali – Direzione Generale per 
le  Politiche  attive  e  Passive  del  lavoro  (MLPS  –  DG  PAPL)  is  the  managing, 
certifying and audit authority (MLPS – DG PAPL Ufficio A as managing authority; 
MLPS – DG PAPL Ufficio B as certifying authority and MLPS – DG PAPL Ufficio 
C  as  audit  authority).  Eight  regional  authorities  (i.e.  Emilia-Romagna,  Lazio, 
Lombardia, Piemonte, Toscana, Umbria, Veneto and Sicilia.) will be the intermediate 
bodies for the managing authority. 

Financing 

30. 

31. 

32. 

33. 

On the basis of the application from Italy, the proposed contribution from the EGF to 
the  coordinated  package  of  personalised  services  (including  expenditure  to 
implement  EGF)  is  EUR 3 689 474,  representing  65 %  of  the  total  cost.  The 
Commission's proposed allocation under the Fund is based on the information made 
available by Italy. 

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 

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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. 

34. 

The Commission presents separately a transfer request in order to enter in the 2013 
budget  specific  commitment  appropriations,  as  required  in  Point  28  of  the 
Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006. 

Source of payment appropriations  

35. 

Appropriations  from  the  EGF  budget  line  will  be  used  to  cover  the  amount  of 
EUR 3 689 474 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/2011/016 IT/Agile from Italy) 

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) 

(4) 

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

The scope of the EGF was broadened for applications submitted from 1 May 2009 to 
30 December 2011 to include support for workers made redundant as a direct result of 
the global financial and economic crisis. 

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

Italy submitted an application to mobilise the EGF, in respect of redundancies in the 
enterprise  Agile  S.r.l,  on  30  December  2011  and  supplemented  it  by  additional 
information up to 2 October 2012. This application complies with the requirements for 
determining 
in  Article  10  of 
Regulation (EC) No 1927/2006.  The  Commission,  therefore,  proposes  to  mobilise  an 
amount of EUR 3 689 474. 

financial  contributions  as 

laid  down 

the 

7 
8 
9 

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

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(5) 

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

HAVE ADOPTED THIS DECISION: 

Article 1 

For  the  general  budget  of  the  European  Union  for  the  financial  year  2013,  the  European 
Globalisation  Adjustment  Fund  (EGF)  shall  be  mobilised  to  provide  the  sum  of 
EUR 3 689 474 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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