Proposal for a DECISION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on the mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (application from Italy – EGF/2015/004 IT/Alitalia)
Date: 2015-08-07
Institutions: Directorate-General for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion, European Commission
Subjects: European Globalisation Adjustment Fund, Italy, Latium, air transport, collective dismissal, commitment of expenditure, distribution of EU funding, general budget (EU), payment appropriation

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   EUROPEAN COMMISSION  Brussels, 7.8.2015  COM(2015) 397 final   Proposal for a DECISION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on the mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund  (application from Italy – EGF/2015/004 IT/Alitalia)  
 
EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM 

CONTEXT OF THE PROPOSAL 

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3. 

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 1927/20061 (the ‘EGF Regulation’). 

On  24  March  2015,  Italy  submitted  application  EGF/2015/004 IT/Alitalia  for  a 
financial contribution from the EGF, following redundancies2 in Gruppo Alitalia3 in 
Italy. 

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 

Member State 

Region(s) concerned (NUTS level 2) 

EGF/2015/004 IT/Alitalia 

Italy 
Lazio (ITI4) 

Date of submission of the application 

24 March 2015 

Date of acknowledgement of receipt of the 
application 

7 April 2015 

Date of request for additional information 

7 April 2015 

Deadline for provision of the additional 
information 

19 May 2015 

Deadline for the completion of the 
assessment 

11 August 2015 

Intervention criterion 

Primary enterprise 

Article 4(a) of the EGF Regulation 

Gruppo Alitalia 

Number of enterprises concerned 

1 

Sector(s) of economic activity 
(NACE Revision 2 Division)4 

Division 51 (Air transport) 

Number of subsidiaries, suppliers and 
downstream producers 

0 

Reference period (four months) 

31 August 2014 – 30 December 2014 

Number of redundancies during the 

1 247 

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OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 855. 
Within the meaning of Article 3 of the EGF Regulation. 
Alitalia Compagnia Aerea Italiana S.p.A. and Air One S.p.A. (CAI First S.p.A., CAI Second S.p.A. and 
Alitalia Loyalty). 
OJ L 393, 30.12.2006, p. 1. 

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reference period (a) 

Number of redundancies before or after the 
reference period (b) 

2 

Total number of redundancies (a + b) 

Total number of eligible beneficiaries 

Total number of targeted beneficiaries 

Number of targeted young persons not in 
employment, education or training (NEETs) 
Budget for personalised services (EUR) 
Budget for implementing EGF5 (EUR) 
Total budget (EUR) 
EGF contribution (60 %) (EUR) 

1 249 

1 249 

184 

0 

2 264 080 
94 000 
2 358 080 
1 414 848 

ASSESSMENT OF THE APPLICATION 

Procedure 

4. 

Italy  submitted  application  EGF/2015/004 IT/Alitalia  on  24  March  2015  within  12 
weeks of the date on which the intervention criteria set out in Article 4 of the EGF 
Regulation  were  met.  The  Commission  acknowledged  receipt  of  the  application 
within two weeks of the date of submission of the application, on 7 April 2015, and 
requested  additional  information  from  Italy  on  the  same  date.  Such  additional 
information was provided within six weeks of the request. 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 11 August 2015. 

Eligibility of the application 

Enterprises and beneficiaries concerned 

5. 

The application relates to 1 249 workers made redundant in Gruppo Alitalia. Gruppo 
Alitalia  operates  in  the  economic  sector  classified  under  the  NACE  Revision  2 
Division  51  (air  transport).  The  redundancies  made  by  Gruppo  Alitalia  are  mainly 
located in the NUTS6 level 2 region of Lazio (ITI4). 

Intervention criteria 

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Italy submitted the application under the intervention criteria of Article 4(1)(a) of the 
EGF Regulation,  which requires at  least  500 workers being made  redundant  over  a 
reference  period  of  four  months  in  an  enterprise  in  a  Member  State,  including 
workers  made  redundant  by  suppliers  and  downstream  producers  and/or  self-
employed persons whose activity has ceased. 

The reference period of four months for the application runs from 31 August 2014 to 
30 December 2014. During the reference period 1 247 workers were made redundant 
in Gruppo Alitalia.  

In accordance with the fourth paragraph of Article 7 of Regulation (EU) No 1309/2013. 
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). 

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Calculation of redundancies and of cessation of activity 

8. 

The  1 247  redundancies  during  the  reference  period  have  been  calculated  from  the 
date of the de facto termination of the contract of employment or its expiry. 

Eligible beneficiaries 

9. 

In addition to the 1 247 workers already referred to, the eligible beneficiaries include 
two  workers  made  redundant  after  the  reference  period  of  four  months.  A  clear 
causal link can be established with the event which triggered the redundancies during 
the reference period. 

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The total number of eligible beneficiaries is therefore 1 249. 

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

globalisation. 

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In order to establish the link between the redundancies and major structural changes 
in world trade patterns due to globalisation, Italy argues that although globally, the 
international air transport market is still dominated by European airlines, this sector 
has  undergone  serious  economic  disruption,  in  particular  a  decline  of  the  EU’s 
market share. Over the period 2008-2012, global traffic increased by 4,6 % per year, 
as  part  of  a  trend  of  long-term  growth  observed  since  1970.  Air  traffic  between 
Europe and the rest of the world is however growing at a slower pace (2,4 %) which 
has  led  to  a  decrease  of  the  EU-27’s  market  share  in  air  transport  measured  in 
revenue  passenger-kilometres  (RPK).  Available  data  for  20137  and  20148  indicate 
that the trend shown for the period 2008-2012 continues. Europe grew by 3,8 % in 
2013  and  5,7 %  in  2014  compared  to  the  previous  year,  below  the  world  average 
(5,2 % and 6,3 % respectively), and accounts for 38 % of the world traffic (measured 
in RPK), one percentage point less than in 2012. The Middle East region remains the 
fastest growing in the world, expanding by 10,9 % in 2013 and 13,4 % in 2014 and 
accounting for 14 % of world international traffic. 

In  terms  of  connecting  air  traffic,  the  Middle  East  is  a  strong  performer,  with  the 
three key airports of Doha (Qatar), Abu Dhabi (UAE) and Dubai (UAE) all showing 
high  connecting  traffic  volumes  (around  50 %).  When  taken  as  a  group  the  three 
airports  now  serve  roughly  15 %  of  all  air  traffic  volume  that  goes  from  Asia  to 
Europe and from Europe to the South West Pacific. Overall traffic volume between 
Europe and Asia is growing by approximately 7 % each year, but Europe-Asia traffic 
routed via the Middle East is growing at roughly 20 % per annum9. 

The  recent  evolution  of  Turkish  Airlines  was  comparable  to  that  of  the  Gulf 
companies.  The  company  has  leveraged  its  hub  Istanbul–Atatürk  to  capture  a 
significant  share  of  traffic  flows  between  Asia  and  Europe  and,  to  that  end,  has 
doubled he total size of its fleet, which increased from 100 aircraft in 2006 to 200 in 
2012.  The  growth  of  Turkish  Airlines  was  even  more  marked  when  measured  in 
seat/kilometre offered on its long-haul network which increased from 5 000 million 
in 2004 to more than 30 000 million in 2013. 

http://www.icao.int/Newsroom/News%20Doc%202013/COM.43.13.ECON-RESULTS.Final-2.en.pdf 
http://www.icao.int/Newsroom/Pages/Strong-Passenger-Results-and-a-Rebound-for-Freight-Traffic-in-
2014.aspx 
http://www.amadeus.com/web/amadeus/en_US-US/Amadeus-Home/News-and-events/News/041713-
300-world-super-routes/1259071352352-Page-
AMAD_DetailPpal?assetid=1319526535668&assettype=PressRelease_C 

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International  passenger  traffic  from/to  Italy  and  the  UAE,  where  the  carriers 
Emirates and Etihad are based, grew on average 21 % each year over the period 2004 
to  2014.  The  number  of  passengers  increased  sixfold,  from  297 268  in  2004  to 
1,7 million in 201410. In the case of Turkey and Turkish Airlines, the average annual 
increase was 18 % and the passengers carried from/to Italy increased fivefold, from 
426 818  to  2 million  passengers  over  the  same  period11.  This  huge  increase  in  the 
number of passengers carried occurred at the expense of mainly Alitalia. 

The  effects  of  these  changes  in  trade  patterns  have  been  worsened  by other  factors 
such  as  a  decrease  in  demand  as  a  consequence  of  the  economic  crisis  and  the 
increase  of  oil  prices  (fuel  represents  sometimes  almost  one  third  of  seat/kilometre 
costs), resulting in a decline in employment in the air traffic sector by 6,6 % at EU 
level over the period 2008-201312. 
To date, the air transport sector has been the subject of two EGF applications13, both 
based on trade related globalisation. 

Events giving rise to the redundancies and cessation of activity 

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18. 

As already mentioned above, the huge increased in the number of passengers carried 
from/to  Italy  by  the  Gulf  carriers  and  Turkish  airlines  was  made  at  the  expense  of 
Alitalia.  The  decrease  in  the  number  of  passengers  transported  in  2014  back  to  the 
figures in 2010, which represent a decline by 3,6 % compared to 2013 and by 6,4 % 
compared with 2012 coupled with the losses accumulated since the full privatisation 
of Alitalia in 2009, which in Q1 2014 were EUR 1 137 million are the events giving 
rise to these redundancies in Gruppo Alitalia for which Italy has requested the EGF 
support. 

In  the  light  of  this  situation  (decrease  in  the  number  of  passengers  transported  and 
accumulated loss), on 12 July 2014 Gruppo Alitalia, in agreement with the relevant 
trade unions14, decided to submit to the Ministry of Labour a request for CIG15 for 
corporate  crisis,  concerning  1 635  workers.  Later  on  the  'mobilità'16  procedure  was 
launched for 1 249 workers. 

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

employment 

19. 

Lazio's production structure is characterized by the great importance of services and 
a  low  level  of  industrialisation.  Services  represent  85,4 %  of  the  added  value  at 

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ENAC. Dati di traffico. www.enac.gov.it 
Id. 
Eurostat, Employment by sex, age groups and detailed economic activity (from 2008, NACE Rev.2 (1 
000), http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/lfs/data/database. 
EGF/2013/014 FR  Air  France  (COM(2014) 701  final)  and  EGF/2015/004 IT  Alitalia,  the  present 
application. 
UIL-transporti, UGL transporti, FILT-CGIL, FIT-CISL. 
Cassa  Integrazione  Guadagno  (CIG)  is  a  benefit  designed  to  ensure  a  certain  level  of  income  to 
workers  prevented  for  undertaking  his/her  assignment.  CIG  is  triggered  in  case  of  reduction  or 
discontinuation of production activities due to restructuring, enterprise's reorganization, corporate crisis 
and bankruptcy proceedings which have serious consequences on the labour market at local level. CIG 
is a tool that prevents workers to be made redundant by allowing enterprises avoiding the cost of labour 
temporarily  not  needed,  while  waiting  to  resume  normal  production  activities.  However  CIG  is  often 
the prelude to mobilità.  
Mobilità  is  one  of  the  social  safety  net  provided  by  law  to  alleviate  the  consequences  of  being  made 
redundant. Through the procedure mobilità redundant workers are provided with financial support and 
mechanisms to facilitate their re-employment.  

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regional level, while the national average is 74,1 %. As a result of the constant and 
high flows of tourists and visitors in the region and of Rome in particular, the sectors 
related to tourism are among the most developed in Lazio. 

Employment in Lazio has been affected by the effects of the economic and financial 
crisis to a lesser extent then employment at national level. According to Eurostat in 
Lazio  over  the  period  2008-2013  employment  decreased  by  1,7 %,  (this  decrease 
representing  more  than  38 000  jobs  lost)  whilst  employment  in  Italy  declined  by 
4,2 % and nearly one million jobs were lost. 

In  2014  the  total  number  of  CIG  hours  authorized  in  Lazio  increased  by  12,3 % 
compared with 2013. Furthermore, as the number of CIG hours authorized is already 
at  a  very  high  level  since  2011  each  increase  has  an  impact  on  the  labour  market 
greater than the figures suggest. 

Additionally,  over  the  period  2008-2013,  employment  in  the  Italian  air  transport 
sector  declined  almost  by  20 %17.  The  redundancies  from  Gruppo  Alitalia  will 
further aggravate an already difficult employment situation. 

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Targeted beneficiaries and proposed actions 

Targeted beneficiaries 

23. 

The estimated number of redundant workers expected to participate in the measures 
is  184.  The  breakdown  of  these  workers  by  sex,  citizenship  and  age  group  is  as 
follows: 

Sex: 

Category 

Men: 

Women: 

Citizenship:  EU citizens: 

non-EU citizens: 

Age group: 

15-24 years: 

25-29 years: 

30-54 years: 

55-64 years: 

over 64 years: 

Number of  
targeted beneficiaries 

129 

(70,1 %) 

55 

(29,9 %) 

183 

(99,5 %) 

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0 

(0,5 %) 

(0 %) 

(0 %) 

178  (96,79 %) 

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0 

(3,3 %) 

(0 %) 

Eligibility of the proposed actions 

24. 

The  personalised  services  to  be  provided  to  the  redundant  workers  consist  of  the 
following actions:  

– 

Intake and skill assesstment:  The first  measure is  provided to  the participants 
by  the  Employment  Centres  and  includes  a  profile  of  the  workers  and  a  skill 
assessment  along  with  information  on  available  services  and  accredited 
agencies  delivering  the  services.  The  worker  interested  in  availing  of  the 
services selects the agency of his/her choice and enters into an agreement with 

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http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/lfs/data/database. 

Employment 

sex, 

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by 

groups 

and 

detailed 

economic 

activity 

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the  employment  centre  and 
'contratto  di 
the  agency, 
ricollocazione' (reemployment agreement). The worker agrees in participating 
actively while the operator undertakes the obligation to actively accompany the 
worker towards re-employment. 

the  so  called 

Active  job-search  support.  Accredited  agencies  will  provide  the  redundant 
workers with active job search support. The workers will be accompanied by a 
tutor who will assist and guide them. The tutor  also will  help the workers  by 
finding solutions which enable their re-employment. The agencies will be paid 
on the basis of results achieved. EUR 4 000 where a redundant worker found a 
permanent  job,  EUR 2 500  where  a  redundant  worker  found  work  with  a 
contract  of  twelve  months  or  more,  EUR 1 000  where  a  redundant  worker 
found  work  with  a  contract  of  at  least  six  months.  Where  it  had  not  been 
possible to find a solution for the redundant worker, the agency will receive per 
participant an amount equivalent to 20 % of the average contribution received 
per reemployed worker, for mentoring and support services18. 

Training.  The  participants  will  be  offered  vocational  training  aimed  at  the 
requalification  or  the  upskilling  of  the  workers,  at  the  request  of  potential 
employers.  The  preparatory  training  at  college  can  be  combined  with  on-the-
job  training  at  the  premises  of  the  potential  employer.  The  average  estimated 
cost for training is EUR 4 800.  

Reimbursement of mobility costs. The actual costs incurred by the workers in 
order to participate in on-the-job training in enterprises located 80 km or more 
from  the  participants'  home  will  be  reimbursed  up  to  EUR 5 000,  on 
presentation  of  invoices,  tax  receipts  or  any  other  equivalent  accounting 
document.  The  mobility  costs  include  travel  expenses,  living  expenses, 
accommodation costs, and installation expenses (moving expenses, electricity, 
water, gas, etc.). 

Hiring benefits for over 50s. This payment benefits the redundant workers by 
facilitating their re-employment under fixed-term or permanent contracts in an 
enterprise  other  than  Gruppo  Alitalia.  For  re-employment  under  permanent 
contracts the hiring company will receive EUR 7 000 per worker while for re-
employment  under  fixed-term  contracts  of  at  least  12  months,  the  hiring 
company  will  receive  EUR 3 000  per  worker  and  EUR 1 000  for  re-
employment  under  fixed-term  contracts  of  at  least  6  months.  If  during  the 
period  of  effectiveness  of  a  fixed  term  contract  the  employer  turns  it  into  a 
permanent  contract,  the  hiring  benefit  received  will  be  supplemented  up  to 
EUR 7 000. However, in case of renewal of fixed-term contracts the employer 
is not entitled to any additional bonus. 

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 passive social protection measures. 

Italy  has  provided  the  required  information  on  actions  that  are  mandatory  for  the 
enterprise concerned by virtue of national law or pursuant to collective agreements. 

For  budgeting  purposes  the  applicant  MS  has  estimated  at  EUR 3 000  the  average  retribution  per 
reintegrated worker and at EUR 600 the retribution for the workers for whom a solution had not been 
possible to find. 

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They have confirmed that a financial contribution from the EGF will not replace such 
actions. 

Estimated budget 

27. 

The  estimated 
personalised  services  of  EUR 2 264 080  and  expenditure 
management, 
EUR 94 000. 

total  costs  are  EUR 2 358 080,  comprising  expenditure  for 
for  preparatory, 
information  and  publicity,  control  and  reporting  activities  of 

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The total financial contribution requested from the EGF is EUR 1 414 848 (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) 

Intake and skill assessment 
(Bilancio di competenze) 

Active job-search support 
(Soggetto accreditato) 

Training 
(Formazione on demand)  

184 

184 

184 

70 

12 880 

4 000 

736 000 

4 800 

883 200 

Sub-total (a): 
Percentage of the package of personalised 
services  

– 

1 632 080 

(72,09 %) 

Allowances and incentives (Actions under Article 7(1)(b) of the EGF Regulation) 

Reimbursement of mobility costs 
(Bonus di mobilità per la formazione)  

Hiring benefits for over 50s 
(Bonus assunzione over 50) 

90 

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5 000 

450 000 

7 000 

182 000 

Sub-total (b): 
Percentage of the package of personalised 
services: 

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632 000 

(27,91 %) 

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Actions under Article 7(4) of the EGF Regulation 

1. Preparatory activities 

2. Management 

3. Information and publicity 

4. Control and reporting 

Sub-total (c): 
Percentage of the total costs : 

Total costs (a + b + c): 

EGF contribution (60 % of total costs) 

– 

– 

– 

– 

– 

– 

– 

8 500 

35 000 

8 500 

42 000 

94 000 

(3,99 %) 

2 358 080 

1 414 848 

29. 

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. 

Period of eligibility of expenditure 

30. 

31. 

Italy  started  providing  the  personalised  services  to  the  targeted  beneficiaries  on  1 
April 2015. The expenditure on the actions referred to in paragraph 24 shall therefore 
be  eligible  for  a  financial  contribution  from  the  EGF  from  1  April  2015  to  1  April 
2017. 

Italy  started  incurring  the  administrative  expenditure  to  implement  the  EGF  on  30 
January  2015.  The  expenditure  for  preparatory,  management,  information  and 
publicity,  control  and  reporting  activities  shall  therefore  be  eligible  for  a  financial 
contribution from the EGF from 30 January 2015 to 1 October 2017.  

Complementarity with actions funded by national or Union funds 

32. 

33. 

The  source of  national pre-financing  or  co-funding  is  the Fund  for  Active  Policies, 
referred to in Article 1, paragraph 215 of Law no. 147/201319. 

Italy  has  confirmed  that  the  measures  described  above  receiving  a  financial 
contribution  from  the  EGF  will  not  also  receive  financial  contributions  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 

34. 

Italy  has  consulted  and/or  informed  on  the  co-ordinated  package  of  personalised 
services the social partners, the accredited agencies which provide job-search support 
and the workers. The meeting with the trade unions was held on 4 March 2015 and 
with  the  employers'  associations  on  6  March  2015.  The  accredited  agencies  were 
informed on 23 February 2015, while the package of personalised services in support 
of former Alitalia workers was presented to the beneficiaries on 31 March 2015. To 
further  encourage  and  facilitate  the  exchange  of  information  and  clarifications 
regarding  the  case,  a  dedicated  e-mail  address  (alitalia2014@regione.lazio.it)  was 
circulated to the beneficiaries and the social partners. 

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Management and control systems 

35. 

The application contains a description of the management and control system which 
specifies  the  responsibilities  of  the  bodies  involved.  Italy  has  notified  the 
Commission  that  the  financial  contribution  will  be  managed  by  the  Ministero  del 
lavoro  e  delle  politiche  sociali  -  Direzione  generale  per  le  politiche  attive,  i  servizi 
per  il  lavoro  e  la  formazione  (MLPS — DG  PASLF)  as  follows:  MLPS —
 DG PASLF — Divisione  III  will  act  as  managing  authority,  MLPS — DG 
PASLF — Divisione IV  as  certification  authority  and  MLPS — Secretariato 
Generale — Divisione  II  as  audit  authority.  Regione  Lazio  will  be  the  intermediate 
body for the managing authority. 

Commitments provided by the Member State concerned 

36. 

Italy has provided all necessary assurances regarding the following:  

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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, 

Gruppo  Alitalia  the  dismissing  enterprise,  which  has  continued  its  activities 
after  the  lay-offs,  has  complied  with  its  legal  obligations  governing  the 
redundancies and provided for its workers accordingly, 

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 

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39. 

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 2014-202020. 

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 1 414 848, representing 60 % of the total 
costs  of  the  proposed  actions,  in  order  to  provide  a  financial  contribution  for  the 
application. 

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 

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the Commission on budgetary discipline, on cooperation in budgetary matters and on 
sound financial management21. 

Related acts 

40. 

41. 

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 1 414 848. 

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. 

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OJ C 373, 20.12.2013, p. 1. 

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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 from Italy – EGF/2015/004 IT/Alitalia) 

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 1927/200622, 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 management23, and in particular point 13 thereof, 

Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission, 

Whereas: 

(1) 

(2) 

(3) 

(4) 

(5) 

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The  European  Globalisation  Adjustment  Fund  (EGF)  aims  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, or as a result of a 
new  global  financial  and  economic  crisis,  and  to  assist  them  with  their  reintegration 
into the labour market. 

The  EGF  is  not  to  exceed  a  maximum  annual  amount  of  EUR 150  million  (2011 
in  Article 12  of  Council  Regulation  (EU,  Euratom) 
prices),  as 
No 1311/201324. 

laid  down 

On  24  March  2015,  Italy  submitted  an  application  EGF/2015/004 IT/Alitalia  for  a 
financial  contribution  from  the  EGF,  following  redundancies  in  Gruppo  Alitalia25  in 
Italy.  It  was  supplemented  by  additional  information  in  accordance  with  Article 8(3) 
of  Regulation  (EU)  No 1309/2013.  That  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 EGF should, therefore, be mobilised in order to provide a financial contribution of 
EUR 1 414 848 in respect of the application submitted by Italy. 

In  order  to  minimise  the  time  taken  to  mobilise  the  EGF,  this  decision  should  apply 
from the date of its adoption, 

OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 855. 
OJ C 373, 20.12.2013, p. 1. 
Council Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 1311/2013 laying down the multiannual financial framework for 
the years 2014-2020 (OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 884). 
Alitalia Compagnia Aerea Italiana S.p.A. and Air One S.p.A. (CAI First S.p.A., CAI Second S.p.A. and 
Alitalia Loyalty). 

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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 1 414 848  in 
commitment and payment appropriations. 

Article 2 

This Decision shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the 
European Union. It shall apply from [the date of its adoption]. 

Done at Brussels, 

For the European Parliament 
The President 

For the Council 
The President 

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Date to be inserted by the Parliament before the publication in OJ. 

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