Proposal for a DECISION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on the mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF/2016/000 TA 2016 - Technical assistance at the initiative of the Commission)
Date: 2016-02-22
Institutions: Directorate-General for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion, European Commission
Subjects: EU budget, European Globalisation Adjustment Fund, collective dismissal, commitment of expenditure, distribution of EU funding, payment appropriation

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   EUROPEAN COMMISSION  Brussels, 22.2.2016  COM(2016) 78 final   Proposal for a DECISION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on the mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF/2016/000 TA 2016 - Technical assistance at the initiative of the Commission)  
 
EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM 

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) 1927/20061 (the ‘EGF Regulation’). 

SUMMARY OF THE APPLICATION AND ANALYSIS 

Key data: 

EGF Reference no. 
European Commission 
Administrative expenditure: budget in EUR 
% administrative expenditure (ceiling: 0,5 %) 

EGF/2016/000 
Technical assistance 
380 000 
0,23 % 

In accordance with Article 11(1) of the EGF Regulation, a maximum of 0,5 % of the annual 
maximum amount of the EGF may be made available each year for technical assistance at the 
initiative of the Commission. 

Technical assistance to be funded and breakdown of its estimated costs 

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The contribution will be used for expenditure mentioned in Article 11(1) and (4) as 
well as Article 12(2), (3) and (4) of the EGF Regulation, as detailed hereunder. 

Monitoring  and  data  gathering:  The  Commission  will  collect  data  on  applications 
received,  paid  and  wound  up,  and  measures  proposed  and  implemented.  This  data 
will  be  made  available  on  the  web  site  and  compiled  in  appropriate  form  for  the 
Biennial Report of 2017. Building on the work of recent years, costs for this activity 
will be EUR 20 000. 
Information: The web site on the EGF2, which the Commission has set up within its 
Employment,  Social  Affairs  and  Inclusion,  and  it  maintains  as  required  under 
Article 12(2)  of  the  EGF  Regulation,  will  be  regularly  updated  and  expanded,  with 
each new element also being translated into all EU languages. General awareness of 
the  EGF  will  be  increased  and  its  visibility  promoted.  The  EGF  will  be  covered in 
various  Commission  publications  and  audio-visual  activities  as  provided  for  in 
Article 11(4)  of  the  EGF  Regulation.  Costs  of  all  these  items  are  estimated  at 
EUR 20 000 in 2016. 

Creation of a knowledge base / application interface: The Commission is continuing 
its work setting up standardised procedures  for EGF applications  and  management, 
using the functionalities of SFC 20143, into which it is being integrated. This allows 
applications  under  the  EGF  Regulation  to  be  simplified,  their  processing  to  be 
speeded  up  and  reports  to  be  more  easily  extracted  for  varying  needs.  Preparation 
and  fine  tuning  of  the  module  for  final  reports  closing  the  implementation  of  each 
EGF  case  will  be  the  priority  of  the  year,  with  the  objective  of  easing  the 
administrative  burden  for  the  Member  States  and  the  integration  of  the  EGF  cases 
under the current Regulation into SFC from beginning to end. The cost of these items 
is estimated at EUR 100 000, being the EGF contribution to the development of SFC 
and its regular maintenance. It is expected that this level of contributions will need to 

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OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 855. 
http://ec.europa.eu/egf 
https://ec.europa.eu/sfc/en/2014/about-sfc2014 

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be  maintained  for  a  further  year,  so  that  all  the  EGF  modules  in  SFC  can  be 
constructed, after which the cost will drop, as the main focus will be on maintenance. 

Administrative  and  technical  support:  The  Expert  Group  of  Contact  Persons  of  the 
EGF, with one member from each Member State, will be holding two meetings (end 
of 2016 / first half of 2017), together estimated at EUR 70 000. 

In  addition,  in  order  to  promote  networking  among  the  Member  States,  the 
Commission will organise two seminars with the participation of EGF implementing 
bodies  and  social  partners.  To  the  extent  possible,  these  will  be  scheduled  to  take 
place around the same dates as the Expert Group meetings and will focus on issues 
arising from the practical implementation of the EGF Regulation at grassroots level. 
The cost of these seminars is estimated at EUR 120 000. 

Evaluation: Public procurement for the mid-term evaluation was completed in 2015, 
with  a  view  to  concluding  the  evaluation  by  30  June  2017  (as  required  by 
Article 20(1)(a) of the EGF Regulation). In 2016, EUR 50 000 are budgeted to allow 
finalisation, translations and publication of the report in time for presentation in mid-
2017. No evaluation expenditure will be budgeted in 2017. 

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Items 

Estimated 
number 

Estimated cost 
per item 
(in EUR) 

Total costs 
(in EUR) 

Various 

Various 

Various 

Various 

Various 

20 000 

20 000 

Various 

100 000 

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2 

35 000 

70 000 

60 000 

120 000 

Various 

50 000 

50 000 

380 000 

Monitoring and data gathering 

Information activities 

Creation of a knowledge base / 
application interface in SFC 

Administrative and technical support: 
Meetings of the Expert Group of Contact 
Persons of the EGF 

Administrative and technical support: 
Networking seminars on the 
implementation of the EGF 

Evaluation 

Total estimated costs 

Financing 

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The  maximum  annual  budget  available  for  the  EGF  in  2016  is  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 2014-20204. 

Article 11(1)  of  the  EGF  Regulation  states  that  0,5 %  of  this  amount  (i.e. 
EUR 828 060 in 2016) can be made available for technical assistance at the initiative 

OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 884. 

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of the Commission. Currently, the entire amount for 2016 remains available; nothing 
has yet been allocated to technical assistance. The proposed amount corresponds to 
about 0,23 % of the maximum annual budget available for the EGF in 2016. 

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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 management5. 

Related acts 

11. 

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 380 000. 

Source of payment appropriations 

12. 

Appropriations  from  the  EGF  budget  line  will  be  used  to  cover  the  amount  of 
EUR 380 000 needed for technical assistance. 

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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 (EGF/2016/000 TA 
2016 - Technical assistance at the initiative of the Commission) 

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) 1927/20066, and in particular Article 11(2) 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 management7, and in particular point 13 thereof, 

Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission, 

Whereas: 

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(2) 

(3) 

(4) 

The  European  Globalisation  Adjustment  Fund  (EGF)  was  established  to  provide 
support for workers made redundant and self-employed persons whose activities have 
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 546/20098,  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 1311/2013. 

laid  down 

Regulation  (EU)  No 1309/2013  provides  that  a  maximum  of  0,5 %  of  the  annual 
maximum  amount  of  the  EGF  may  be  used  each  year  for  technical  assistance  at  the 
initiative of the Commission.  

The EGF should, therefore, be mobilised in order to provide the sum of EUR 380 000 
for technical assistance at the initiative of the Commission. 

HAVE ADOPTED THIS DECISION: 

For  the  general  budget  of  the  European  Union  for  the  financial  year  2016,  the  European 
Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF) shall be mobilised to provide the sum of EUR 380 000 
in commitment and payment appropriations. 

Article 1 

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OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 855. 
OJ C 373, 20.12.2013, p. 1. 
OJ L 167, 29.6.2009, p. 26. 

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Article 2 

This Decision shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official 
Journal of the European Union. 

Done at Brussels, 

For the European Parliament 
The President 

For the Council 
The President 

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