Proposal for a DECISION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on the mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (application EGF/2014/015 GR/Attica Publishing activities)
Date: 2015-02-03
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Attica, Greece, collective dismissal, commitment of expenditure, economic recession, economic situation, employment aid, financial aid, financial management













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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 (application EGF/2014/015 GR/Attica Publishing activities) /* COM/2015/040 final */









EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
CONTEXT OF THE PROPOSAL
1.           The rules applicable to
financial contributions from the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF)
are laid down in Regulation (EU) No 1309/2013 of the European Parliament
and of the Council of 17 December 2013 on the European Globalisation
Adjustment Fund (2014-2020) and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1927/2006[1] (the 'EGF Regulation').

2.           The Greek authorities submitted application EGF/2014/015 GR/Attica Publishing activities for a
financial contribution from the EGF, following redundancies within the meaning
of Article 3 of the EGF Regulation (hereafter referred to as 'redundancies') in
46 enterprises operating in the NACE Rev. 2 division 58 (Publishing activities)[2] in the NUTS 2[3]
level region of Attica (EL 30) in Greece.
3.           Following its assessment
of this application, the Commission has concluded, in accordance with all applicable
provisions of the EGF Regulation, that the conditions for awarding a financial
contribution from the EGF are met.
SUMMARY OF THE APPLICATION
 EGF application: || EGF/2014/015 GR/Attica Publishing activities 
 Member State: || Greece 
 Region(s) concerned (NUTS level 2): || Attica (EL 30)   
 Date of submission of the application: || 4.9.2014 
 Date of acknowledgement of receipt of the application: || 18.9.2014 
 Date of request for additional information: || 18.9.2014 
 Date of request for additional 2 weeks to provide the requested information || 29.10.2014 
 Deadline for provision of the additional information: || 13.11.2014 
 Deadline for the completion of the assessment: || 5.2.2015 
 Intervention criterion: || Article 4(1)(b) of the EGF Regulation 
 Sector(s) of economic activity (NACE Rev. 2 division): || Division 58 ('Publishing activities') 
 Reference period (nine months): || 12 September 2013 - 12 June 2014 
 Number of redundancies or cessations of activity during the reference period: || 705 
 Number of eligible beneficiaries expected to participate in the actions: || 705 
 Number of targeted young persons not in employment, education or training (NEETs): || 0 
 Budget for personalised services (EUR) || 6 034 500 
 Budget for implementing EGF[4] (EUR) || 210 000 
 Total budget (EUR) || 6 244 500 
 EGF contribution (60 %) (EUR) || 3 746 700 
ASSESSMENT OF THE APPLICATION
Procedure
4.           The Greek authorities submitted application EGF/2014/015 GR/Attica
Publishing activities within 12 weeks of the date on which the intervention criteria
set out in Art. 4 of the EGF Regulation were met, on 4 September 2014. The
Commission acknowledged receipt of the application within two weeks of the date
of submission of the application, on 18 September 2014. The Commission requested
additional information from the Greek authorities
on the same date. The Greek authorities
provided such additional information within eight weeks
of the date of the request, after an extension of the deadline by two weeks at
the duly justified request of the Greek authorities. The deadline of 12 weeks
of the receipt of the complete application within which the Commission should finalise
its assessment of the application's compliance with the conditions for
providing a financial contribution expires on 5 February 2015. 
Eligibility of the application
Enterprises and beneficiaries
concerned
5.           The application relates to
705 workers made redundant[5]
in 46 enterprises[6]
operating in the NACE Rev. 2 division 58 (Publishing
activities) in the NUTS level 2 region of Attica (EL 30). 
Intervention criteria
6.           The Greek authorities submitted the application under the
intervention criterion of Article 4(1)(b) of the EGF Regulation, which
requires at least 500 redundancies over a reference period of nine months in
enterprises operating in the same economic sector defined at NACE Rev. 2
division level and located in one region or two contiguous regions defined at NUTS
2 level in a Member State.
7.           The reference period of nine months runs from 12
September 2013 to 12 June 2014.
Calculation of redundancies and of
cessation of activity
8.           All the redundancies have
been calculated from the date of the de facto termination of the contract of
employment or its expiry.
Eligible beneficiaries
9.           The total number of
eligible beneficiaries is 705. 
Link between the redundancies and the
global financial and economic crisis addressed in Regulation (EC) No 546/2009
10.         In order to establish the
link between the redundancies and the global financial and economic crisis
addressed in Regulation (EC) No 546/2009, Greece argues that the Greek economy
is for the sixth consecutive year (2008-2013) in deep recession. According to
ELSTAT, the Greek Statistical Authority, since 2008 the Greek GDP has decreased
by 25,7 percentage points; public consumption by 21 percentage points and
private consumption by 32,3 percentage points whilst unemployment increased by
20,6 percentage points. Even though the Greek economy is estimated to be on the
''return to growth'' and forecasts for some of these indicators are already
positive for 2014[7],
the labour market will continue to experience difficulties in the near future.
11.         In order to deal with
foreign debt repayments, in 2008 the Greek government took unpopular measures
such as increasing tax revenues, streamlining public expenditure and decreasing
public workers' salaries. Wages in the private sector have also been decreasing
in an attempt to boost the competitiveness of the Greek economy. Since 2008,
thousands of enterprises have stopped their activities and closed down, making
their staff redundant and thousands of self-employed persons have ceased their
activities, contributing to the sharp increase in unemployment. An immediate effect
of the reduced income has been a decrease in private consumption - especially
of non-essential goods.
12.         In 2009, the drop in
household consumption in Greece followed the same negative trend as in the
EU-27. In 2010 and 2011, there was a recovery in household consumption at EU-27
level followed by a drop in 2012. Household consumption in Greece has been declining since the beginning of the financial and economic crisis and the
figures have been worsening every year.
Household consumption 
(% change compared with the previous year)
   || 2008 || 2009 || 2010 || 2011 || 2012 
 EU-27 || 0,44 || -1,67 || 1,04 || 0,26 || -0,74 
 Greece || 4,67 || -1,91 || -6,39 || -7,91 || -9,07 
Source: Eurostat.
13.         According to the ELSTAT
report on household income and living conditions, 23 % of Greeks were
below the poverty threshold[8]
in 2012.
14.         According to a recent study[9] by INE-GSEE[10], published in July
2014, three out of four workers or employees stated that their income level had
declined in 2014 compared with the previous year due to salary cuts. Moreover,
38 % of respondents believed that their salaries would be cut again in the
next quarter. A majority of respondents had reduced their expenses accordingly,
in particular the budget for non-essential items such as magazines and
newspapers.
15.         To date, the publishing
activities sector has been the subject of one more EGF application[11]also based on the
global financial and economic crisis.
Events giving rise to the
redundancies and cessation of activity 
16.         The events giving rise to
the redundancies according to the Greek authorities, were mainly two: (1) the
decrease in available household income ― due to the increase in the tax
burden, decreasing salaries (of both private and public employees) and rising
unemployment ― resulting in a huge drop of purchasing power and the need
to prioritise spending while dropping what is considered to be non-essentials
for everyday life; (2) the drastic reduction of loans to enterprises and
individuals due to the lack of cash in the Greek banks. According to the Bank
of Greece, the annual growth rate for loans granted to households and
enterprises (excluding financial undertakings) has been negative since 2010 due
to the cash shortfall in the Greek banks[12].
17.         During the years 2009-2012,
companies operating in the mass media sector, have terminated their activities
or have reduced the salaries of their staff[13].
In this context, mass media companies show shrinkage in their revenues, as the
advertising expenditure, comprising one of their basic sources of revenues,
dropped down drastically: in 2012 the advertising expenditure in mass media
reached EUR 1,14 billion, while in 2008 it had reached EUR 2,67 billion, a
decrease of 57 %[14].

18.         As a result, companies of all
types and categories in the mass media sector started to face serious problems
in being able to pay their liabilities. The balance of payments shows that the total
liabilities of the mass media companies were more than 3,2 billions € during
2010 and 2011, 50% of them being short-term liabilities[15].
19.         In this framework, publishing
companies have met serious problems in terms of viability, as their financing
elements and performance went from bad to worse during the crisis period. The
table below presents the publishing sector’s turnover and is illustrative for
the constant downward trends in the last years: the turnover index of the enterprises
in the publishing sector (div. 58) has decreased by more than 40% during the last
three years (2010-2013). This downward trend is also estimated for 2014. 
Table 1: Evolution of turnover index in
the publishing sector 
(div. 58 NACE rev. 2) in Greece, 2010-2014 
   || 2010 || 2011 || 2012 || 2013 || CHANGE 2010-13 || 2014 
 div. 58: Publishing activities (base year:2005=100) || 76,3 || 55,9 || 47,8 || 45,5 || -40,4 || 43,8 (estimate) 
20.         The cash flow shortage as a
side effect of the recession of the Greek economy added to the difficulties of
the enterprises in the publishing sector. 
21.         The enterprises in that
sector (newspapers, magazines, etc), experienced a 60 % reduction of their sales for the period 2009-2013, due to the fall of demand for their products. The continuing decline in the incomes of Greek consumers changed their
consumption habits and attitude and turned their attention to their “primary” needs.
This downward trend is characteristic for the newspaper companies in Attica -
which represent a big part of the mass media publishing companies- which lost
half of their readers during the crisis period (see table 2).
Table 2: Evolution of Attica’s newspaper
circulation in selected categories (2008-2013)
   || 2008 || 2009 || 2010 || 2011 || 2012 || 2013 
 SUNDAY NEWSPAPERS || 1.130.178 || 1.115.732 || 971.287 || 861.111 || 730.425 || 676.537 
 MORNING NEWSPAPERS || 59.581 || 52.280 || 41.262 || 31.686 || 28.385 || 6.916 
 EVENING PAPERS || 254.694 || 226.055 || 203.961 || 174.804 || 130.100 || 101.754 
 WEEKLY FINANCIAL NEWSPAPERS || 43.065 || 27.621 || 34.665 || 20.721 || 15.206 || 9.016 
 TOTAL || 1.487.518 || 1.421.688 || 1.251.175 || 1.088.322 || 904.116 || 794.223 
22.         The employment levels
consequently dropped significantly and during the period 2010-2013 employment
in the publishing sector (div. 58 NACE rev. 2) was reduced by 28.7 percentage
points[16]
according to the Greek Institute of Labour.
Expected impact of the redundancies
as regards the local, regional or national economy and employment
23.         The redundancies have a
significant adverse impact on the local, regional and national economy. The
number of unemployed in Greece in the period 2008-2013 increased four-fold.
Unemployment rate
Source: Eurostat[17]
24.         At the same time, the
unemployment rate in the region of Attica in the 1st quarter of 2014 was 28%
(while the average for Greece was 27,8%)[18].
This region contributes with 43 % to the Greek GDP (therefore, the crisis
suffered by enterprises in the region affects the entire Greek economy). It
also comprises the largest share of unemployed people in Greece, a fact which affects negatively the position of the labour force in Attica. 
25.         Moreover, it has been found
that most of the enterprises in the broader area of Athens face common
viability problems. It is obvious, therefore, that layoffs in publishing
enterprises have overburdened a region which has already been hit hard by the negative
consequences of the crisis. 
Targeted beneficiaries and proposed
actions
Targeted beneficiaries
26.         The estimated number of targeted
workers expected to participate in the measures is 705, i.e. all the eligible
redundant workers. The breakdown of these workers by sex, citizenship and age
group is as follows:
 Category || Number of  beneficiaries 
 Sex: || Men: || 391 || (55,46 %) 
   || Women: || 314 || (44,54 %) 
 Citizenship: || EU citizens: || 693 || (98,30 %) 
   || non-EU citizens: || 12 || (1,70 %) 
 Age group: || 15-24 years old: || 12 || (1,70 %) 
   || 25-29 years old: || 40 || (5,67 %) 
   || 30-54 years old: || 576 || (81.71 %) 
   || 55-64 years old: || 71 || (10,07 %) 
   || over 64 years old: || 6 || (0,85 %) 
Eligibility of the proposed actions
27.         The
personalised services which are to be provided to the redundant workers consist
of the following actions:. 
–              
Occupational quidance: This accompanying measure which will be offered to all
participants, covers the following stages:
1 Recording and investigation of the
needs. The first measure provided to all participants
includes recording of data and identifying the needs– personal, professional,
social as well as provision of information on available services and training
programmes and on skills and training requirements. 
2 Personal and occupational paper. This is intended to help workers to identify their own skills and
the opportunities related to their own interests and to establish a realistic
career plan. The skills assessment involves intensive and personalised
counselling, structured as a pathway consisting of various stages in which the
worker and the counsellor work on an issue (e.g. opportunities, interests,
analysis of the motivations and expectations, barriers, etc.). Following these
assessments, a personal and occupational paper is put together, setting out a
summary of the participant's skills, his/her individual project and an action
plan.
3 Personal and occupational development
procedure. This includes: (1) defining occupational
targets alongside with job-search activities; (2) determining and evaluation
the sources of job opportunities; (3) possible ways to submit a candidacy for a
position; (4) writing a CV and an accompaning letter; (5) preparing for an
interview; (6) provision of basic knowledge on the labour market and on
institutional, labour, business and legal issues.
4 Conducting the individual action plan. The counsellors will also accompany the workers during the
implementation of their training pathways and individual plans of reintegration
into employment. The participants interested in setting up a business will
receive general support and counselling towards entrepreneurship in the
framework of this occupational guidance measure.
5 Monitoring. This provides a follow up of the participants during the six
months after the end of the implementation of the measures.
–              
Training and vocational training. This measure consists in providing vocational training courses to
workers which correspond to their needs, as identified during the occupational
consultancy activity, and in areas and sectors with good development prospects
and that correspond to recognised needs in the labour market. Two types of
training will be provided: continuous vocational training programmes as well as
specialised courses or educational programmes.
–              
Self-employment subsidy. The workers who set up their own businesses will receive up to
EUR 15 000 as a contribution to cover setting-up costs. In Greece, one of the major difficulties that entrepreneurs face when starting up a business
is access to funding. Banks, due to the shortage of cash, turn down the
majority of loan requests. This measure aims to promote entrepreneurship
through this financial support.
–              
Job-search allowance and training allowance. To cover the expenses incurred when participating in the
occupational guidance measure, the beneficiaries will receive EUR 50 per
day of participation. While in training the allowance will be EUR 6 per
hour.
–              
Mobility allowance. Those workers who accept a job involving a change of residence
will receive a lump sum of EUR 2 000 to cover the necessary
expenditure.
28.         The
proposed actions, here described, constitute active labour market measures within
the eligible actions set out in Article 7 of the EGF Regulation. These
actions do not substitute for passive social protection measures. 
29.         The Greek authorities have provided
the required information on actions that are mandatory for the enterprises
concerned by virtue of national law or pursuant to collective agreements. They
have confirmed that a financial contribution from the EGF will not replace such
actions.
Estimated budget
30.         The estimated total costs are
EUR 6 244 500, comprising expenditure for personalised services of EUR 6
034 500 and expenditure for preparatory, management, information and publicity,
control and reporting activities of EUR 210 000.
31.         The
total financial contribution requested from the EGF is EUR 3 746 700
(60 % of total costs).
 Actions || Estimated number of participants || Estimated cost per participant (EUR) || Estimated total costs (EUR) 
 Personalised services (Actions under Article 7(1)(a) and (c) of the EGF Regulation) 
 Occupational consultancy || 705 || 1 250 || 881 250 
 Vocational training || 460 || 2 400 || 1 104 000 
 Specialized training/education || 245 || 4 000 || 980 000 
 Self-employment subsidy || 80 || 15 000 || 1 200 000 
 Sub-total (a): Percentage of the package of personalised services || – || 4 165 250 
 (69,02 %) 
 Allowances and incentives (Actions under Article 7(1)(b) of the EGF Regulation) 
 Job search allowances || 705 || 1 250 || 881 250 
 Training allowances || 460 || 1 800 || 828 000 
 Mobility allowances || 80 || 2 000 || 160 000 
 Sub-total (b): Percentage of the package of personalised services || – || 1 869 250 
 (30,98 %) 
  Actions under Article 7(4) of the EGF Regulation 
 1. Preparatory activities || – || 40 000 
 2. Management || – || 40 000 
 3. Information and publicity || – || 100 000 
 4. Control and reporting || – || 30 000 
 Sub-total (c): Percentage of the total costs: || – || 210 000 
 (3,36 %) 
 Total costs (a + b + c): || – || 6 244 500 
 EGF contribution (60 % of total costs) || – || 3 746 700 
32.         The costs of the actions
identified in the table above as actions under Article 7(1)(b) of the EGF
Regulation do not exceed 35 % of the total costs for the coordinated
package of personalised services. The Greek authorities confirmed that these actions
are conditional on the active participation of the targeted beneficiaries in
job-search or training activities.
33.         The Greek authorities
confirmed that the costs of investments for self-employment, business start-ups
and employee take-overs will not exceed EUR 15 000 per beneficiary. 
Period of eligibility of expenditure
34.         The Greek authorities started
providing the personalised services to the targeted beneficiaries on 28
November 2014. The expenditure on the actions referred to in point 27 will therefore
be eligible for a financial contribution from the EGF from 28 November 2014 to 28
November 2016.
35.         The Greek authorities started
incurring the administrative expenditure to implement the EGF on 3 November
2014. The expenditure for preparatory, management, information and publicity,
control and reporting activities will therefore be eligible for a financial
contribution from the EGF from 3 November 2014 to 28 May 2017. 
Complementarity with actions funded
by national or Union funds
36.         The source of national pre-financing
or co-funding is the Public Investment Programme of the Greek Ministry of
Development.
37.         The Greek authorities have confirmed
that the measures described above receiving a financial contribution from the
EGF will not also receive financial contribution from other Union financial
instruments.
Procedures for consulting the targeted
beneficiaries or their representatives or the social partners as well as local
and regional authorities
38.         The Greek authorities have indicated that the co-ordinated
package of personalised services has been drawn up in consultation with the
representatives of the targeted beneficiaries (the Journalists' Union of Athens Daily Newspapers (ΕΣΗΕΑ), the
Employees Union of Athens Daily Newspapers (ΕΠΗΕΑ)) and the GSEE Institute of Labour). On 17 June 2014 they sent a
letter to the Minister and Deputy Minister of Labour setting out information on
the prevailing crisis in the whole media sector as a result of the economic
recession in the country, reporting on the huge number of companies operating
in the media sector which were terminating their activities, reducing the
salaries of their staff, dismissing workers etc. and asking the authorities to
check the eligibility of a potential EGF application. A first meeting was
arranged between the management authority of the EGF in Greece (EYSEKT) and the
representatives of ΕΣΗΕΑ, ΕΠΗΕΑ and GSEE’s Labour
Institute on 27 June 2014. A second meeting was held on 31 July 2014 and was
attended by representatives of the ESF Coordination and Monitoring Authority
(EYSEKT), representatives of ΕΣΗΕΑ, ΕΠΗΕΑ and GSEE’s Labour
Institute and representatives of the workers. In this
meeting the representatives of
the workers gave detailed data concerning the potential case and the
representatives from ΕΣΗΕΑ, ΕΠΗΕΑ and GSEE’s Labour Institute undertook to inform all the workers about the request for
funding from the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund. After that all the
participants discussed the design of the proposed individualized actions for
the beneficiaries.
39.         The proposals of the representatives of the employees were based on
their needs, as well as the position of the social partners - on the basis of
the needs and particularities of the local labour market.
40.         EYSEKT cooperated with all
the parties involved on the design of the proposed individualised actions for the
beneficiaries.
Management and control systems
41.         The application contains a
description of the management and control system which specifies the
responsibilities of the bodies involved. Greece has notified the Commission
that the financial contribution will be managed and controlled by the same
bodies that manage and control the European Social Fund (ESF) funding in Greece. The ESF Actions Coordination and Monitoring Authority (EYSEKT) will act as managing
authority, the EDEL (Fiscal Audit Committee) as audit authority and the Special
Paying Authority Service as certification authority.
Commitments provided by the Member State concerned
42.         The Greek authorities have provided all necessary assurances
regarding the following: 
–              
the principles of equality of treatment and
non-discrimination will be respected in the access to the proposed actions and
their implementation;
–              
the requirements laid down in national and EU
legislation concerning collective redundancies have been complied with;
–              
where the dismissing enterprises have continued
their activities after the lay-offs, they have complied with their legal
obligations governing the redundancies and have provided for their workers
accordingly;
–              
the proposed actions will provide support for
individual workers and will not be used for restructuring companies or sectors;
–              
the proposed actions will not receive financial
support from other Union funds or financial instruments and any double
financing will be prevented;
–              
the proposed actions will be complementary with
actions funded by the Structural Funds; 
–              
the financial contribution from the EGF will comply
with the procedural and material Union rules on State aid.
BUDGETARY IMPLICATION
Budgetary proposal
43.         The EGF shall not exceed a
maximum annual amount of EUR 150 million (2011 prices), as laid down in
Article 12 of Council Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 1311/2013 of
2 December 2013 laying down the multiannual financial framework for the
years 2014-2020[19].
44.         Having examined the
application in respect of the conditions set out in Article 13(1) of the
EGF Regulation, and having taken into account the number of targeted beneficiaries,
the proposed actions and the estimated costs, the Commission proposes to
mobilise the EGF for the amount of EUR 3 746 700,
representing 60 % of the total costs of the proposed actions, in order to provide a financial
contribution for the application.
45.         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[20].
Related acts
46.         At the same time as it
presents this proposal for a decision to mobilise the EGF, the Commission will present
to the European Parliament and to the Council a proposal for a transfer to the
relevant budgetary line for the amount of EUR 3 746 700.
47.         At the same time as it
adopts this proposal for a decision to mobilise the EGF, the Commission will
adopt a decision on a financial contribution, by means of an implementing act,
which will enter into force on the date at which the European Parliament and
the Council adopt the proposed decision to mobilise the EGF.
Proposal for a
DECISION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
AND OF THE COUNCIL
on the mobilisation of the European
Globalisation Adjustment Fund
(application EGF/2014/015 GR/Attica Publishing activities)
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 (EU)
No 1309/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of
17 December 2013 on the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (2014-2020)
and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1927/2006[21], and in particular
Article 15(4) thereof,
Having regard to 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[22],
and in particular point 13 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the
European Commission,
Whereas:
(1)       The European Globalisation
Adjustment Fund (EGF) was established to provide support for workers made
redundant and self-employed persons whose activity has ceased as a result of
major structural changes in world trade patterns due to globalisation, as a
result of a continuation of the global financial and economic crisis addressed
in Regulation (EC) No 546/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council[23], or as a result of a
new global financial and economic crisis and to assist them with their
reintegration into the labour market.
(2)       The EGF shall not exceed a
maximum annual amount of EUR 150 million (2011 prices), as laid down in
Article 12 of Council Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 1311/2013[24] 
(3)       On 4 September 2014 Greece submitted an application to mobilise the EGF, in
respect of redundancies[25]
in 46 enterprises operating in the NACE Rev. 2 division 58 (publishing
activities)[26] in the NUTS 2 level region of Attica (EL 30) in Greece. It was supplemented
by additional information pursuant to Article 8(3) of Regulation (EU) No
1309/2013. The application complies with the requirements for determining a
financial contribution from the EGF in accordance with Article 13 of
Regulation (EU) No 1309/2013. The Commission, therefore, has proposed to
mobilise an amount of EUR 3 746 700.
(4)       The EGF should, therefore,
be mobilised in order to provide a financial contribution for the application
submitted by Greece,
HAVE ADOPTED THIS DECISION: 
Article 1
For the general budget of the European
Union for the financial year 2015, the EGF shall be mobilised to provide the
sum of EUR 3 746 700 in commitment and payment appropriations.
Article 2
This Decision shall enter into force on the
day of its adoption
Done at Brussels,
For the European Parliament                        For
the Council
The President                                                 The
President
[1]               OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 855.
[2]               Regulation (EC) No 1893/2006 of the European
Parliament and of the Council of 20 December 2006 establishing the statistical
classification of economic activities NACE Rev. 2 and amending Council
Regulation (EEC) No 3037/90 as well as certain EC regulations on specific
statistical domains (OJ L 393, 30.12.2006, p. 1).
[3]               Commission Regulation (EU) No 1046/2012 of 8 November
2012 implementing Regulation (EC) No 1059/2003 of the European Parliament
and of the Council on the establishment of a common classification of
territorial units for statistics (NUTS) as regards the transmission of the time
series for the new regional breakdown (OJ L 310, 9.11.2012, p. 34).
[4]               In accordance with the fourth paragraph of Article 7
of Regulation (EU) No 1309/2013.
[5]               Within the meaning of Article 3(a) of the EGF
Regulation.
[6]               For the list of enterprises concerned and the number
of workers made redundant in each enterprise see Annex.
[7]               http://ec.europa.eu/economy_finance/eu/forecasts/2014_autumn_forecast_en.htm
[8]               In Greece, the poverty line is EUR 5 708 per
year per person (for individuals) and EUR 11 986 for households comprising two
adults and two children up to 14 years old.
[9]               http://www.inegsee.gr/wp-content/uploads/2014/07/Symperasmata.pdf
[10]             The Institute of Labour of the Greek General
Confederation of Labour
[11]             EGF/2009/024 NL Noord Holland and Zuid Holland,
COM(2010) 532
[12]             http://www.bankofgreece.gr/BogEkdoseis/Summary_Annrep2013.pdf
[13]             http://www.efsyn.gr/?p=5033
[14]             http://www.3comma14.gr/pi/?survey=16005               
[15]             http://www.efsyn.gr/?p=5033
[16]             http://www.inegsee.gr
[17]             Code tsdec450
[18]             Source: Greek Statistical Authority, Labour Force
surveys, 1st quarter’s data
[19]             OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 884.
[20]             OJ C 373, 20.12.2013, p. 1.
[21]             OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 855.
[22]             OJ C 373, 20.12.2013, p. 1.
[23]             OJ L 167, 29.6.2009, p.26.
[24]             Council Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 1311/2013 of 2
December 2013 laying down the multiannual financial framework for the years
2014-2020 (OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 884).
[25]             Within the meaning of Article 3(a) of the EGF
Regulation.
[26]             Regulation (EC) No 1893/2006 of the European Parliament
and of the Council of 20 December 2006 establishing the statistical
classification of economic activities NACE Revision 2 and amending Council
Regulation (EEC) No 3037/90 as well as certain EC regulations on specific
statistical domains (OJ L 393, 30.12.2006, p. 1).
 Enterprises and number of dismissals 
 T.C.T. MEDIA GROUP ΕΚΔΟΣΕΙΣ ΑΝΩΝΥΜΗ ΕΤΑΙΡΕΙΑ || 2 
 D.A. ΑΝΩΝΥΜΗ ΕΜΠΟΡΙΚΗ ΕΚΔΟΤΙΚΗ  ΕΤΑΙΡΕΙΑ || 2 
 D.B.A.S. ΕΜΠΟΡΙΚΗ ΑΝΩΝΥΜΗ ΕΤΑΙΡΕΙΑ || 6 
 QUEUE PRINT ΜΟΝΟΠΡΟΣΩΠΗ ΕΤΑΙΡΕΙΑ ΠΕΡΙΟΡΙΣΜΕΝΗΣ ΕΥΘΥΝΗΣ || 1 
 METRORAMA ΕΚΔΟΤΙΚΗ ΕΤΑΙΡΕΙΑ ΠΕΡΙΟΡΙΣΜΕΝΗΣ ΕΥΘΥΝΗΣ || 1 
 MOTORPRESS HELLAS ΑΝΩΝΥΜΗ ΕΚΔΟΤΙΚΗ ΕΤΑΙΡΕΙΑ || 11 
 MULTIMEDIA ΕΦΑΡΜΟΓΕΣ ΠΛΗΡΟΦΟΡΙΚΗΣ ΜΕΣΩΝ ΕΝΗΜΕΡΩΣΗΣ ΑΝΩΝΥΜΗ ΕΤΑΙΡΕΙΑ || 10 
 PEGASUS MAGAZINES PUBLICATIONS AEE || 3 
 PRESS TABAC ΑΝΩΝΥΜΗ ΕΤΑΙΡΕΙΑ ΔΙΑΧΕΙΡΙΣΗΣ ΜΕΣΩΝ ΕΝΗΜΕΡΩΣΗΣ || 2 
 REAL MEDIA ΜΕΣΑ ΜΑΖΙΚΗΣ ΕΝΗΜΕΡΩΣΗΣ ΑΝΩΝΥΜΗ ΕΤΑΙΡΕΙΑ || 7 
 SPORTDAY ΑΝΩΝΥΜΗ ΕΜΠΟΡΙΚΗ ΠΑΡΑΓΩΓΙΚΗ & ΕΚΔΟΤΙΚΗ ΕΤΑΙΡΕΙΑ ΓΡΑΦΙΚΩΝ ΤΕΧΝΩΝ || 6 
 TRECK Α.Β.Ε.Ε.Ε. ΕΚΔΟΣΕΙΣ ΓΡΑΦΙΚΕΣ ΤΕΧΝΕΣ ΑΝΩΝΥΜΗ ΒΙΟΜΗΧΑΝΙΚΗ & ΕΜΠΟΡΙΚΗ ΕΤΑΙΡΕΙΑ || 6 
 UP ΕΚΔΟΣΕΙΣ ΑΝΩΝΥΜΗ ΕΤΑΙΡΕΙΑ || 22 
 WEB  ENTERTAINMENT ΕΚΔΟΤΙΚΗ ΑΝΩΝΥΜΗ ΕΤΑΙΡΕΙΑ || 8 
 ΑΝΕΞΑΡΤΗΤΑ ΜΕΣΑ ΜΑΖΙΚΗΣ ΕΝΗΜΕΡΩΣΗΣ ΑΝΩΝΥΜΗ ΕΤΑΙΡΕΙΑ || 9 
 ΑΝΝΑ ΒΕΝΕΤΣΑΝΟΥ & ΣΙΑ ΕΤΕΡΟΡΥΘΜΟΣ ΕΤΑΙΡΕΙΑ || 1 
 ΑΝΩΝΥΜΟΣ ΒΙΟΜΗΧΑΝΙΚΗ ΕΚΤΥΠΩΤΙΚΗ ΕΤΑΙΡΕΙΑ ΒΙΒΛΙΟΔΕΣΙΕΣ ΕΝΤΥΠΩΝ DIAMOND PRINT || 14 
 ΑΤΤΙΚΕΣ ΕΚΔΟΣΕΙΣ ΑΝΩΝΥΜΗ ΕΤΑΙΡΕΙΑ || 14 
 GRAFOPRINT Α.Β.Ε.Ε. ΓΡΑΦΙΚΩΝ ΤΕΧΝΩΝ || 10 
 ΔΗΜΟΚΡΑΤΙΚΟΣ ΤΥΠΟΣ ΕΙΔΗΣΕΟΓΡΑΦΙΚΗ ΕΚΔΟΤΙΚΗ ΕΜΠΟΡΙΚΗ ΑΝΩΝΥΜΗ ΕΤΑΙΡΕΙΑ || 25 
 ΔΗΜΟΣΙΟΓΡΑΦΙΚΟΣ ΟΡΓΑΝΙΣΜΟΣ ΛΑΜΠΡΑΚΗ ΑΝΩΝΥΜΗ ΕΤΑΙΡΕΙΑ - ΔΟΛ || 64 
 ΔΙΟΠΤΡΑ ΕΚΔΟΤΙΚΗ ΑΝΩΝΥΜΗ ΕΤΑΙΡΕΙΑ || 3 
 Ε. ΣΠΥΡΟΥ  - Γ. Κ. ΣΠΥΡΟΥ & ΣΙΑ ΟΜΟΡΡΥΘΜΟΣ ΕΤΑΙΡΕΙΑ || 1 
 ΕΚΔΟΣΕΙΣ ΕΘΝΟΣ ΑΝΩΝΥΜΗ ΕΤΑΙΡΕΙΑ || 21 
 ΕΚΔΟΣΕΙΣ ΛΥΜΠΕΡΗ ΑΝΩΝΥΜΗ ΕΤΑΙΡΕΙΑ || 92 
 ΕΚΔΟΣΕΙΣ ΠΡΩΤΟ ΘΕΜΑ ΕΚΔΟΤΙΚΗ ΑΝΩΝΥΜΗ ΕΤΑΙΡΕΙΑ || 19 
 ΕΚΤΥΠΩΣΕΙΣ IRIS Α.Ε.Β.Ε. || 32 
 ΕΝΤΥΠΟΕΚΔΟΤΙΚΗ Α.Ε.Β.Ε.Τ. || 2 
 ΕΞΕΡΕΥΝΗΤΗΣ - EXPLORER ΑΝΩΝΥΜΗ ΕΜΠΟΡΙΚΗ ΕΚΔΟΤΙΚΗ ΕΚΤΥΠΩΤΙΚΗ ΕΤΑΙΡΕΙΑ || 22 
 EXPRESS - Δ. ΚΑΛΟΦΩΛΙΑΣ ΕΚΔΟΤΙΚΗ ΕΚΤΥΠΩΤΙΚΗ ΑΝΩΝΥΜΗ ΕΤΑΙΡΕΙΑ || 16 
 ΖΑΓΚΛΗΣ || 2 
 Η ΕΠΟΧΗ ΕΚΔΟΤΙΚΟΣ ΔΗΜΟΣΙΟΓΡΑΦΙΚΟΣ ΣΥΝΕΤΑΙΡΙΣΜΟΣ ΠΟΛΙΤΙΚΩΝ & ΠΟΛΙΤΙΣΤΙΚΩΝ ΜΕΛΕΤΩΝ || 3 
 Η ΝΑΥΤΕΜΠΟΡΙΚΗ Π.ΑΘΑΝΑΣΙΑΔΗΣ & ΣΙΑ ΑΝΩΝΥΜΗ ΕΤΑΙΡΕΙΑ || 31 
 Η.ΜΕ.ΠΕ.Τ. ΑΝΩΝΥΜΗ ΕΤΑΙΡΕΙΑ ΕΚΔΟΣΕΩΝ ΗΜΕΡΗΣΙΟΥ - ΠΕΡΙΟΔΙΚΟΥ ΤΥΠΟΥ ΚΑΙ ΗΛΕΚΤΟΝΙΚΩΝ ΜΜΜ || 25 
 ΗΜΕΡΗΣΙΑ Α.Ε.Ε. || 9 
 Θ.Μ. ΝΙΚΟΛΑΪΔΗΣ ΔΗΜΟΣΙΟΓΡΑΦΙΚΕΣ & ΑΘΛΗΤΙΚΕΣ ΕΚΔΟΣΕΙΣ ΑΝΩΝΥΜΗ ΕΤΑΙΡΕΙΑ || 9 
 ΚΑΘΗΜΕΡΙΝΕΣ ΕΚΔΟΣΕΙΣ ΑΝΩΝΥΜΗ ΕΤΑΙΡΕΙΑ || 33 
 ΚΕΡΔΟΣ ΕΚΔΟΤΙΚΗ ΑΝΩΝΥΜΗ ΕΤΑΙΡΕΙΑ || 11 
 Κ.Μ.Π. ΕΚΔΟΤΙΚΗ ΑΝΩΝΥΜΗ ΕΤΑΙΡΕΙΑ || 6 
 ΠΑΡΟΝ ΕΚΔΟΣΕΙΣ Ε.Π.Ε. || 2 
 SELENA ΕΚΔΟΤΙΚΗ ΑΝΩΝΥΜΗ ΕΤΑΙΡΕΙΑ || 10 
 ΣΥΓΧΡΟΝΗ ΕΠΟΧΗ ΕΚΔΟΤΙΚΗ Α.Ε.Β.Ε. || 18 
 ΤΗΛΕΡΑΜΑ ΑΝΩΝΥΜΗ ΕΚΔΟΤΙΚΗ ΕΤΑΙΡΕΙΑ || 6 
 ΤΡΙΤΗ ΟΨΗ ΑΝΩΝΥΜΗ ΕΤΑΙΡΕΙΑ  ΗΛΕΚΤΡΟΝΙΚΩΝ ΕΚΔΟΣΕΩΝ || 35 
 Χ. Κ. ΤΕΓΟΠΟΥΛΟΣ ΕΚΔΟΣΕΙΣ ΑΝΩΝΥΜΗ ΕΤΑΙΡΕΙΑ || 52 
 ΧΡΥΣΗ ΕΥΚΑΙΡΙΑ ΑΝΩΝΥΜΗ ΕΤΑΙΡΕΙΑ || 21 
 Total no. of enterprises: 46 || Total no. of Dismissals: || 705