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 13 of the Interinstitutional Agreement of 2 December 2013 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline and sound financial management (application EGF/2013/006 PL/Fiat Auto Poland S.A. from Poland)
Date: 2014-11-10
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: European Globalisation Adjustment Fund, Poland, collective dismissal, commitment of expenditure, economic recession, employment aid, financial aid, general budget (EU), motor vehicle industry, payment appropriation, reintegration into working life













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52014PC0699

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 13 of the Interinstitutional Agreement of 2 December 2013 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline and sound financial management (application EGF/2013/006 PL/Fiat Auto Poland S.A. from Poland) /* COM/2014/0699 final */









EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
Article 12 of Council Regulation (EU,
Euratom) No 1311/2013 laying down the multiannual financial framework for
the years 2014-2020[1]
allows for the mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF)
within the annual ceiling of EUR 150 million (2011 prices) over
and above the relevant headings of the financial framework.
The rules applicable to the contributions
from the EGF for applications submitted until 31 December 2013 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 Fund[2].
On 29 July 2013, Poland submitted application EGF/2013/006 PL/Fiat
Auto Poland for a financial contribution from the EGF, following
redundancies in Fiat Auto Poland  and 21 of its suppliers in Poland.
Following its assessment 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. || EGF/2013/006 
 Member State || Poland 
 Article 2 || (a) 
 Primary enterprise || Fiat Auto Poland S.A. 
 Suppliers and downstream producers || 21 
 Reference period || 21.1.2013 – 21.5.2013 
 Starting date for the personalised services || 21.1.2013 
 Application date || 29.7.2013 
 Redundancies before and after the reference period || 0 
 Redundancies during the reference period || 1 079[3] 
 Total eligible redundancies || 1 079 
 Redundant workers expected to participate in the measures || 777 
 Expenditure for personalised services (EUR) || 2 506 220 
 Expenditure for implementing EGF[4] (EUR) || 13 000 
 Expenditure for implementing EGF (%) || 0.52 
 Total budget (EUR) || 2 519 220 
 EGF contribution (50 %) (EUR) || 1 259 610 
1.           The application was
presented to the Commission on 29 July 2013 and supplemented by additional
information up to 16 June 2014.
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.           In order to establish the
link between the redundancies and major structural changes in world trade
patterns due to globalisation, Poland argues that the European automotive
industry has lost market share since 2007[5].
That year European passenger car production accounted for 32.2% of global
production, whereas in 2012 it had amounted to 23.2%[6]. The applicant adds
that while world production levels increased by 5.3% from 2011 to 2012, EU-27
production decreased by 7% in the same period[7].
According to the Polish authorities, the situation was even worse at national
level, where production volume decreased by almost a third in 2012 compared to
2011 levels[8].
Evolution of
passenger car production 
Source: OICA 
4.           The impact of globalisation
has been worsened by the effect of the financial crisis, which has reduced the
sales of new passenger cars in the EU to the lowest level since records began.
While demand for new cars slumped by 8.7% in the EU-27, global car sales
registered a 5.1% increase in 2012.
5.           The applicant shows the
correlation between the declining car production and employment levels in Fiat
Auto Poland. The plant in Tychy hired 6 422 workers in 2009 in order to
produce 606 000 cars[9],
while in 2012 production amounted to 361 000 units with 4 882
workers. Over the 2009-2013 period, while production decreased by 56%,
employment dropped by only 46%. In Fiat Auto Poland the decrease in employment
has therefore been less acute than the decrease in production. This was
achieved by the factory operating a two shift basis instead of the regular practice
of three shifts. The Polish authorities also provide Eurostat data on the
employment situation in the automotive sector, where a continuous fall is demonstrated.
Employment in the automotive industry in EU-27 at the end of 2009 was 12% lower
than at the beginning of 2008.
6.           This falling trend of the
EU market share in passenger cars as well as sales of passenger cars was
confirmed in the Cars 21 final report[10],
published on 6 June 2012. The trend is set to continue, with global sales
expected to increase by more than 10% in 2020, when compared to 2008, as a
result of the motorisation of emerging markets. 
7.           To date, the automotive
sector has been the subject of 21 EGF applications, of which 12 are based on
trade related globalisation, while the other 9 are based on the crisis
criterion.
Demonstration of the number of
redundancies and compliance with the criteria of Article 2(a)
8.           Poland 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.
9.           The applicant explains
that Fiat Auto Poland started to dismiss workers from June 2012 at the factory in Tychy. Since these dismissals
were not considered as collective redundancies, the enterprise does not have
the obligation to notify them to the labour office and these redundancies are
not included in the EGF application. Fiat Auto Poland informed the Polish
Authorities that 1 450 workers would be dismissed in the first quarter of
2013. This had a dramatic impact on the regional labour market, particularly employment
in the 77 suppliers of Fiat Auto Poland, who were requested to estimate the
spill over effect on their activities and the eventual consequences of
downsizing. The application cites the final figure of 829 redundancies in  Fiat Auto Poland and 250 from 21 suppliers and downstream
producers. The redundancies took place  during the four-month reference period from 21 January 2013 to 21 May 2013. The Polish Authorities have pointed
out that the information in the EGF application is based on the number of
unemployed people registered in the Labour Office and that, according to these
data, they consider the 829 redundancies related to Fiat Auto Poland and 250 redundancies related to its suppliers to be eligible for the purposes of the
EGF application. Their approach was to include in the EGF application dismissed
workers who registered in the Labour Office, hence the number of people
included in the application is lower than the figure initially provided by Fiat
Auto Poland and suppliers.
10.         The redundancies were
calculated from the date of the facto termination of the contract of employment
before its expiry, in accordance with the second indent of the second paragraph
of Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 1927/2006.
 
Explanation of the unforeseen nature
of those redundancies
11.         The Polish  authorities
argue that the decision to stop the production of the Panda Classic at the
Tychy Plant was not expected, even though the manufacture of passenger cars at
the Tychy Plant was subject to a downsizing trend since 2009, when the plant
produced 606 000 vehicles, which declined to 300 000 in 2012 and fell
below 250 000 in 2013[11].
Fiat Auto Poland suffered the consequences of the declining market share of the
EU automotive industry and the increasing popularity of Asian cars. This
decreasing level of production along with the EU automobile crisis had a
negative impact on employment at the Tychy Plant, which has been cutting staff
steadily since 2009. 
12.         The company endeavoured to
adapt production to market demand and optimised workforce numbers in order to
remain competitive and improve the chances of being selected as the
manufacturer of new car models. For this reason, the announcement that
1 450 workers would be dismissed, came as a complete surprise to those
potentially affected. The group decided to transfer the production of the Panda
Classic to Campania in Italy from January 2013[12].
In addition to this decision, the group had already assigned the manufacture of
the new generation of its Panda model to this site in order to generate
employment in the home country. This reduced the shifts at the Tychy Plant and led
to the decision to dismiss many of the staff. Eurofound[13]reported the reshoring
trend of some firms that transferred jobs back to the home countries in 2013.
13.         On 20 December 2012, Fiat
Auto Poland reached an agreement with the trade unions by which they set the
criteria that would be used to select the workers to be made redundant and
agreed on the incentives that would be granted to workers who agreed to leave
the firm voluntarily. 
14.         The situation at Fiat Auto Poland was also not expected by the suppliers who could not prepare themselves for this
reduction in activity. Job reductions necessarily followed also among the
suppliers. 
15.         Of the 1 450 workers from
Fiat Auto Poland made redundant during the reference period, 829 registered in
the Labour Office and are therefore included in the EGF application.   
 
Identification of the dismissing
enterprises and workers targeted for assistance
16.         The application relates to 1 079
redundancies, i.e. 829 workers made redundant by Fiat Auto Poland  and 250 workers made redundant by suppliers (see table).
 Suppliers of Fiat Auto Poland and number of dismissals 
 Elektropoli Galwanotechnika || 2 || Plastic Components and Modules Poland || 9 
 Delfo Polska S.A. || 89 || AURES Sp. z o.o. || 12 
 Fiat Powertrain Technologies Poland || 1 || Firma “OK” Maciej Bilnik || 2 
 Polmotors Sp. z o.o. || 1 || Sistema Poland Sp. z o.o. || 21 
 Ti Poland Sp. z o.o. || 1 || Ceva Logistics Poland Sp. z o.o. || 4 
 Cornaglia Poland Sp. z o.o. || 1 || DP Metal Processing Sp. z o.o. || 1 
 Fastek Filing Polska Sp. z o.o || 2 || Nexteer Automotive Poland Sp. z o.o. || 2 
 DELPHI Poland S.A. || 1 || Proma Poland Sp. z o.o. || 3 
 Johnson Controls Intl || 23 || TRW Braking Systems Polska Sp. z o.o. || 69 
 Adler Polska Sp. z o.o. Bielsko Biała || 1 || Valeo Autosystem Sp. z o.o. || 4 
 Boryszew S.A. Oddział Maflow w Tychach || 1 ||   ||   
 Total suppliers: 21 || Total dismissals: 250 ||   
17.         The break-down of the
targeted workers is as follows:
 Category || Number || Percent 
 Men || 602 || 77,5 
 Women || 175 || 22,5 
 EU citizens || 777 || 100 
 Non EU citizens || 0 || 0 
 15-24 years old || 19 || 2,4 
 25-54 years old || 613 || 78,9 
 55-64 years old || 145 || 18,7 
 > 64 years old || 0 || 0 
18.         There are 6 workers with
longstanding health problems or disabilities who will participate in the
measures.
19.         In terms of occupational
categories, the break-down is as follows:
 Category || Number || Percent 
 Professional || 4 || 0,5 
 Technicians and associate professionals || 64 || 8,2 
 Clerical support workers || 10 || 1,3 
 Crafts and related trade workers || 213 || 27,4 
 Plant and Machine Operators and assemblers || 477 || 61,4 
 Elementary occupations || 9 || 1,2 
20.         In accordance with Article
7 of Regulation (EC) No 1927/2006, Poland 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
21.         The territory concerned
covers the Slaskian province, whose capital is Katowice. It is bordered by the
Polish provinces of Łódzkie to the north, Świętokrzyskie to the
northeast, Małopolskie to the east, and Opolskie to the west and by Slovakia and Czech Republic in the South. Slaskie has a total population of almost 5 million, concentrated
around the cities of Katowice, Częstochowa, Sosnowiec, Gliwice, Bytom, Zabrze and Bielsko-Biała. 
22.         Slaskie has a long and rich
industrial tradition, including sectors such as power production or automobile
production, and is also rich in minerals. 
23.         The greatest number of
redundancies occurred in Bieruń and Lędzin District including the
city of Tychy, Bielsko District, Pszczyna District, Częstochowa District,
Mikołów District and particularly in the cities of Jaworzno, Sosnowiec and Mysłowice.
24.         The local government of Tychy, in addition to the employment offices of Tychy, Mikołów, Częstochowa, Sosnowiec, Jaworzno, Mysłowice, Pszczyna, Bielsko-Biała and Katowice will be
involved in providing support to the redundant workers. 
25.         As far as other
stakeholders are concerned, the Regional Employment Council, advisory council
to the Province Marshall in employment issues, covers employers' associations,
academic community, trade unions and NGOs.  
Expected impact of the redundancies
as regards local, regional or national employment
26.         Since 2011 the unemployment
rate has risen in Slaskie[14].
In addition, the number of workers affected by collective redundancies has
increased: in 2011, 4 895 workers were affected by collective redundancies
and this figure rose to 8 335 in 2012. 
27.         In January 2013, the Labour
Services were informed that 3 805 dismissals would take place, including
3 309 workers from the private sector and 496 workers from the public
sector. The figure corresponding to the private sector includes the dismissed
workers of Fiat Auto Poland. 
28.         The Polish authorities  stress
 the negative impact of Fiat Auto Poland redundancies in the area of Tychy,
where the former workers of Fiat Auto Poland and suppliers represent 1/10 of
all the unemployed people living in that area.   
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
29.         All the following measures
combine to form a co-ordinated package of personalised services which aims at
re-integrating the redundant workers into employment:
–     
Training and training related cost: these
include the cost of training and other expenses that may arise before or after
participation in the training, such as medical or psychological checks,
registration fees to sit examinations leading to certificates, diplomas or
professional qualifications and licences required for certain occupations. 
–     
Entrepreneurial training: this action will
provide participants with the skills to start their own businesses. The
training courses will cover issues such as free market, procedures and
requirements for the start-up of self-employed activity, preparing business
plans and accounting. 
–     
Training scholarships: this measure intends to
provide a financial benefit related to the participation of the unemployed
person in the training. 
–     
Internship scholarships: this measure intends to
provide a financial benefit related to the participation of the unemployed
person in an internship in the workplace. During this period they will receive an
allowance equal to 120 % of the unemployment benefit. 
–     
Internship costs: this measure will cover health
checks, incurred by workers involved in internships. 
–     
Intervention works: employers are given the
possibility to hire persons designated by the local unemployment services. The
enterprise is granted the reimbursement of some of the costs linked to the
person's wage, such as social security contributions. The potential employer
concludes an agreement with the Labour Office. The measure is normally targeted
to help long term unemployed, unemployed aged 50 and above, unemployed people
with low qualifications, unemployed without work experience, young people up to
25 years old, single mothers, disabled people, social work clients and former
inmates. In the context of this application, Poland wishes to use this measure
specifically for redundant workers over 50 years of age.
–     
Grants for self-employment: unemployed workers
from Fiat Auto Poland who want to start their own business will receive set-up
funding for up to EUR 4 995. This will cover some of the setting-up costs,
such as legal assistance, consultation and counselling for business start-up.
The participants of this measure submit an application for a grant and once it
is approved and they receive the grant, the participants can start their
self-employed activity. Participants will record the expenses incurred within
two months of the award of the grant. If the participant fails to comply with
the provisions of the contract or if the self-employed activity is undertaken
for less than 12 months, the funds must be returned to the Labour office. Such returned
funds will not be eligible expenditure under EGF and will be reimbursed to the
European Commission. 
–     
Hiring incentive: this encourages the
recruitment of Fiat Auto Poland workers by new employers. A subsidy of up to
EUR 4 845 will be paid to employers that hire a former Fiat Auto Poland worker for 24 months. The scheme is aimed at employers with no financial
difficulties who have complied with their social security contributions. The
Labour Office performs an intermediary role by bringing in the former workers
of Fiat Auto Poland who can best meet the needs of the new employer. In the
event that the worker leaves for a better job during the first 12 months, he or
she will be replaced by another former worker of Fiat Auto Poland. If the worker is not replaced and the Labour office fails to find another suitable
worker from the group, the EGF will only cover a proportion of the costs.
30.         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. 
31.         The personalised services
presented by the Polish authorities are active labour market measures within
the eligible actions defined by Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 1927/2006. The Polish
authorities estimate the total costs at EUR 2 519 220, of which
the expenditure for personalised services at EUR 2 506 220 and
the expenditure for implementing the EGF at EUR 13 000 (0.52 %
of the total amount). The total contribution requested from the EGF is EUR 1 259 610
(50 % of the total costs).
 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) 
 Training and training related costs (koszty szkoleń zawodowych) || 389 || 453 || 176 217 
 Entrepreneurial training (szkolenia z zakresu przedsiębiorczości)  || 110 || 217 || 23 870 
 Training scholarships (stypendia szkoleniowe) || 389 || 261 || 101 529 
 Internship scholarships (stypendia stażowe) || 48 || 1 910 || 91 680 
 Internship costs (koszty stażowe − koszty badań lekarskich −) || 18 || 13 || 234 
 Intervention works (prace interwencyjne) || 120 || 1 381 || 165 720 
 Grants for self employment (środki na podjęcie działalności gospodarczej) || 189 || 4 995 || 944 055 
 Hiring incentives (dopłaty do zatrudnienia) || 207 || 4 845 || 1 002 915 
 Sub total personalised services ||   || 2 506 220 
 Expenditure for implementing EGF (third paragraph of Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 1927/2006) 
 Preparatory activities ||   || 2 000 
 Management ||   || 3 000 
 Information and publicity ||   || 5 000 
 Control activities ||   || 3 000 
 Sub total expenditure for implementing EGF ||   || 13 000 
 Total estimated costs ||   || 2 519 220 
 EGF contribution (50 % of total costs) ||   || 1 259 610 
32.         Poland confirms that the
measures described above are complementary with actions funded by the
Structural Funds. The Polish authorities will set up measures to prevent double
funding. Both the ESF and the EGF are implemented by the district employment
offices, and these entities will endeavour to separate the actions financially.
To meet this objective, the labour offices rely on a monitoring system to
ensure the transparency of cash flows. This system is able to separate the
incurred expenditure that will subsequently be charged to the EGF accounts.
Date(s) on which the personalised
services to the affected workers were started or are planned to start
33.         Poland started the
personalised services to the affected workers included in the co-ordinated
package proposed for co-financing to the EGF on 21 January 2013. 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
34.         A meeting of the Regional
Employment Council was held with a representative of Fiat Auto Poland. The possibility to apply for EGF funding was proposed during this meeting. The
Regional Employment Council advises in the management and implementation of the
Labour Fund, out of which the national cofinancing is covered. For this reason,
the Regional Employment Council was involved in the preparation of the application
of the EGF and its role was crucial in deciding the package of activities of
the project.   
35.         During implementation, the Regional
Employment Council does not intervene in the measures but may formulate
proposals on the distribution of the Labour Fund in the region.
36.         The Polish 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
37.         As regards the criteria
contained in Article 6 of Regulation (EC) No 1927/2006, the Polish 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 
38.         Poland has notified the
Commission that the financial contribution will be managed and controlled by
the same bodies as the European Social Fund. The Managing Authority,
responsible for the implementation of the EGF, will be the Ministry of Infrastructure
and Development, and specifically the Department for the European Social Fund.
The Managing Authority will transfer some of the tasks to the Intermediate
Body, the Provincial Employment Office in Katowice. 
39.         The Paying Authority will
be the Department of Payment Authority of the Ministry of Finance.
40.         The Certifying Authority
will be set up at the Department of Certification and Designation in the
Ministry of Infrastructure and Development, in a different department from the
Managing Authority.  
41.         The Department for the ESF
and the Department of Certification and Designation are supervised by two
independent members of the Ministry's management. The EGF contribution will be
credited to a separate account of the Ministry of Finance which will transfer
the funds to the income account of the State budget. The co-funding to
implement the activities will come from national resources, including the Labour
Fund. 
42.         The District Employment
offices will keep a separate expenditure register. Once implementation comes to
an end, the District Employment offices will submit a payment claim to the
Provincial Employment Office, which will approve and submit the payment claim
to the Managing Authority. The Managing Authority will submit the certificate
and statement justifying the expenditure to the European Commission. The
Managing Authority will carry out inspections to check the correct
implementation of procedures by the Intermediate Body. In turn, the
Intermediate Body will verify the method of providing assistance by the
District Employment Offices. According to the control systems, upon receipt of
a decision on reimbursement under the EGF, a timetable for inspections will be
agreed. In case there have been irregularities during the implementation of the
actions, an authority may decide to initiate additional verification
activities. 
Financing
43.         On the basis of the
application from Poland, the proposed contribution from the EGF to the
coordinated package of personalised services (including expenditure to
implement EGF) is EUR 1 259 610, representing 50 % of the
total cost. The Commission's proposed allocation under the Fund is based on the
information made available by Poland.
44.         Article 12 of Council
Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 1311/2013 laying down the multiannual
financial framework for the years 2014-2020[15]
allows for the mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF)
within the annual ceiling of EUR 150 million (2011 prices) over
and above the relevant headings of the financial framework.
45.         Considering the maximum
possible amount of a financial contribution from the EGF and the scope for
reallocating appropriations, the Commission proposes to mobilise the EGF for
the total amount of the requested contribution (EUR 1 259 610), which
represents 50 % of the total costs of the measures.
46.         The proposed decision to
mobilise the EGF will be taken jointly by the European Parliament and the
Council, as laid down in point 13 of the Interinstitutional Agreement of
2 December 2013 between the European Parliament, the Council and the
Commission on budgetary discipline, on cooperation in budgetary matters and on
sound financial management[16].
47.         The Commission presents
separately a transfer request in order to enter in the 2014 budget specific
commitment appropriations, as required under point 13 of the Interinstitutional
Agreement of 2 December 2013. 
Source of payment appropriations 
48.         Appropriations allocated to
the EGF budget line in the 2014 budget will be used to cover the amount of EUR
1 259 610.
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 13 of the
Interinstitutional Agreement of 2 December 2013 between the European
Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline and sound
financial management (application EGF/2013/006 PL/Fiat Auto Poland S.A. from
Poland)
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 Regulation (EC) No
1927/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 December 2006
establishing the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund[17], and in particular
Article 12(3) thereof,
Having regard to Regulation (EU) N°
1309/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 on
the European Globalisation Fund (2014-2020) and repealing Regulation (EC) N°
1927/2006[18],
and in particular Article 23, second subparagraph, thereof,
Having regard to the Interinstitutional
Agreement between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission of
2 December 2013 on budgetary discipline, on cooperation in budgetary
matters and on sound financial management[19], and in particular point 13 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the European
Commission[20],
Whereas:
(1)       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.
(2)       Article 12 of Council
Regulation (EU, Euratom) N° 1311/2013 of 2 December 2013 laying down the
multiannual financial framework for the year 2014-2020[21] allows the
mobilisation of the EGF within the annual ceiling of EUR 150 million Poland
submitted an application to mobilise the EGF, in respect of redundancies in the
enterprise Fiat Auto Poland S.A. and 21 suppliers and downstream producers, on 29 July 2013 and supplemented it by
additional information up to 16 June 2014. 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 1 259 610.
(3)       The EGF should, therefore,
be mobilised in order to provide a financial contribution for the application
submitted by Poland,
HAVE ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
For the general budget of the European
Union for the financial year 2014, the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund
(EGF) shall be mobilised to provide the sum of EUR 1 259 610 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                        For
the Council
The President                                                 The
President
[1]               OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 884.
[2]               OJ L 406, 30.12.2006, p. 1.
[3]               Number of redundant workers that have registered in
the Labour Office
[4]               In accordance with the third paragraph of Article 3
of Regulation (EC) No 1927/2006.
[5]               http://www.acea.be/images/uploads/files/POCKET_GUIDE_13.pdf
[6]           http://www.acea.be/uploads/publications/POCKET_GUIDE_13.pdf
[7]               http://www.oica.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/cars-production-2012.pdf
[8]               http://www.oica.net/wp-content/uploads//cars-2012-2.pdf
[9]               http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/eiro/2010/05/articles/pl1005019i.htm
[10]             http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/sectors/automotive/files/cars-21-final-report-2012_en.pdf
[11]             Poland produced 539 671 cars in 2012 and 475 000
in 2013 (-12.0%), http://www.oica.net/wp-content/uploads//cars-2013.pdf.
The EU-27 produced in 2012 14,631,710 and in 2013 14,616,202 passengers' cars,
that is to say -0.1%.
[12]             http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/emcc/erm/factsheets/23033/Fiat%20Auto%20Poland?template=searchfactsheets
[13]             http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/pubdocs/2013/80/en/1/EF1380EN.pdf
[14]             In 2011 unemployment rate amounted to 10,2%, in 2012 it
was 11,1% and in 2013 11,2% according to the figures on: http://katowice.stat.gov.pl/en/publications/folder/slaskie-in-numbers-2014,1,4.html
[15]             OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 884.
[16]             OJ C 373, 20.12.2013, p. 1.
[17]             OJ L 406, 30.12.2006, p. 1.
[18]             OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 855.
[19]             OJ C 373, 20.12.2013, p. 1.
[20]             OJ C […], […], p. […].
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