Decision (EU) 2015/468 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 March 2015 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, on cooperation in budgetary matters and on sound financial management (application EGF/2013/007 BE/Hainaut steel (Duferco-NLMK), from Belgium)
Date: 2015-03-11
Institutions: Council of the European Union, European Parliament
Subjects: Belgium, European Globalisation Adjustment Fund, collective dismissal, commitment of expenditure, economic recession, employment aid, financial aid, general budget (EU), iron and steel industry, payment appropriation, reintegration into working life








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Official Journal of the European Union


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            DECISION (EU) 2015/468 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL
         
of 11 March 2015
         
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, on cooperation in budgetary matters and on sound financial management (application EGF/2013/007 BE/Hainaut steel (Duferco-NLMK), from Belgium)


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 (1), and in particular Article 12(3) 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 (2), 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 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)


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 (3).












(3)


Belgium submitted an application to mobilise the EGF, in respect of redundancies in the enterprises Duferco Belgium SA and NLMK La Louvière SA, on 27 September 2013 and supplemented it by additional information up to 4 July 2014. This application complies with the requirements for determining the financial contributions as laid down in Article 10 of Regulation (EC) No 1927/2006.












(4)


The EGF should, therefore, be mobilised in order to provide a financial contribution of an amount of EUR 981 956 for the application submitted by Belgium,





HAVE ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



Article 1
For the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2015, the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund shall be mobilised to provide the sum of EUR 981 956 in commitment and payment appropriations.


Article 2
This Decision shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Union.




Done at Strasbourg, 11 March 2015.


For the European Parliament


The President

M. SCHULZ
            



For the Council


The President

Z. KALNIŅA-LUKAŠEVICA
            





(1)  
            OJ L 406, 30.12.2006, p. 1.

(2)  
            OJ C 373, 20.12.2013, p. 1.

(3)  
            OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 884.