Proposal for a DECISION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on the mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund following an application from Belgium – EGF/2017/010 BE/Caterpillar
Date: 2018-03-23
Institutions: Directorate-General for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion, European Commission
Subjects: Belgium, European Globalisation Adjustment Fund, Province of Hainault, commitment of expenditure, dismissal, employment aid, financial aid, general budget (EU), globalisation, mechanical engineering, reintegration into working life

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   EUROPEAN COMMISSION  Brussels, 23.3.2018 COM(2018) 156 final  Proposal for a DECISION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on the mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund following an application from Belgium – EGF/2017/010 BE/Caterpillar   
 
 
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  18  December  2017,  Belgium  submitted  an  application  EGF/2017/010 
BE/Caterpillar for a financial contribution from the EGF, following redundancies2  in 
Caterpillar and 5 suppliers  (hereafter referred to as ‘redundancies’).  

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/2017/010 BE/Caterpillar  

Member State 
Region(s) concerned (NUTS3 level 2) 

Belgium 

Prov. Hainaut (BE32) 

Date of submission of the application 

18 December 2017 

Date of acknowledgement of receipt of the 
application 

18 December 2017 

Date of request for additional information 

24 December 2017 

Deadline for provision of the additional 
information 

  4 February 2018  

Deadline for the completion of the assessment 

29 April 2018 

Intervention criterion 

Primary enterprise 

Article 4(1)(a) of the EGF Regulation 

Caterpillar – Solar Gosselies 

Number of enterprises concerned 

1 

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

28 (Manufacture of machinery and 
equipment n.e.c.) 

Number of subsidiaries, suppliers and 
downstream producers 

55 

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4 
5 

OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 855. 
Within the meaning of Article 3 of the EGF Regulation. 
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). 
OJ L 393, 30.12.2006, p. 1. 
Fours  suppliers  made  workers  redundant  within  the  reference  period  and  one  has  dismissed  workers 
outside this period.  

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Reference period (four months): 

31 May 2017 – 30 September 2017  

Number of redundancies during the reference 
period (a) 

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

Total number of redundancies  

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 EGF6 (EUR) 
Total budget (EUR) 
EGF contribution (60 %) (EUR) 

ASSESSMENT OF THE APPLICATION 

Procedure 

1 364 

   921 

2 287 

2 287 

2 287 

   300 

7 575 294 
   127 400 
7 702 694 
4 621 616 

4. 

Belgium submitted application EGF/2017/010 BE/Caterpillar within 12 weeks of the 
date  on  which  the  intervention  criteria  set  out  in  Article 4  of  the  EGF  Regulation 
were  met,  on  18  December  2017.  The  Commission  acknowledged  receipt  of  the 
application on the same day and requested additional information from Belgium on 
24  December  2017.  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 will expire on 
29 April 2018. 

Eligibility of the application 

Enterprises and beneficiaries concerned 

5. 

The  application  relates  to  2 287  workers  made  redundant  in  Caterpillar  Solar 
Gosselies (Caterpillar) and five suppliers. Caterpillar operates in the economic sector 
classified  under  NACE  Rev.  2  division  28  (Manufacture  of  machinery  and 
equipment). The redundancies made by the enterprises concerned are located in the 
NUTS level 2 Hainaut region BE32. 

Enterprises and number of dismissals  

Caterpillar  
Cediwal 
Eutraco 
Yusen 
Attecam 
MHP 
Total no. of enterprises: 6 
Total no. of self-employed persons whose activity has ceased:  

1 997 
68 
63 
125 
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25 
Total no. of dismissals: 2 287 
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In accordance with the fourth paragraph of Article 7 of Regulation (EU) No 1309/2013. 

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Total no. of eligible workers and self-employed persons:           

2 287 

Intervention criteria 

6. 

7. 

8. 

Belgium 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..  

The reference period of four months for the application runs from 31 May 2017 to 30 
September 2017.  

The redundancies during the reference period are as follows: 

– 

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1 161workers made redundant in Caterpillar  

  203 workers made redundant in four suppliers of Caterpillar. 

Calculation of redundancies and cessation of activity 

9. 

All 1 364 redundancies during the reference period have been calculated as from the 
date of the facto termination of the contract or its expiry. 

Eligible beneficiaries 

10. 

In addition to the workers already referred to, the eligible beneficiaries include 923 
workers  made  redundant  before  or  after  the  reference  period  of  four  months.  The 
total number of eligible beneficiaries is therefore 2 287. There is no overlap between 
the  workers  supported  through  the EGF/2014/011  BE/Caterpillar  case  and  the  ones 
included in the current application. 

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

due to globalisation 

11. 

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13. 

In order to establish the link between the redundancies and major structural changes 
in  world  trade  patterns  due  to  globalisation  Belgium  argues  that  the  main  reason 
behind  the  workforce  reductions  is  the  worldwide  competition  in  the  construction 
and mining machinery sectors, and the consequent loss of machinery market share by 
Caterpillar.7 

The  mining  sector´s  production  in  Europe  has  decreased  from  EUR  234  million  in 
2012  to  EUR  180  million  in  20158  and  the  EU  28  exports  have  been  in  dramatic 
declining since 2014. 9 

According  to  information  provided  by  the  Belgian  authorities,  Caterpillar’s 
production sites are located close to their markets, which explains the link between 
the European and global market developments and the reduction in workforce at the 
site in  Gosselies.  In  particular,  Asia’s share in Caterpillar  sales  has  almost  doubled 
between 2003 and 2013.10 

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From 26% in 2003 to 13% in 2013, Caterpillar, Communication to the Board of Directors, 28 February 
2013. 
Eurostat, Annual detailed enterprise statistics for industry (NACE Rev. 2, B-E). 
From EUR 3,1 billion in 2014 to EUR 8 million in 2016, Eurostat 
Eurostat: Code DS016890 
From 25% in 2003 to 48% in 2013. 

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In 2008, the European steel price has increased sharply while the Chinese price has 
decreased, and currently is still lower than the European one.11 Therefore, producing 
a machine in Gosselies is 21% more expensive than the ones produced in China.12 

Events giving rise to the redundancies and cessation of activity 

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18. 

The  primary  event  giving  rise  to  these  redundancies  is  the  announcement  by 
Caterpillar Belgium S.A. on 2 September 2016 of starting the collective redundancy 
procedure at its production plant located in Gosselies.  

This is already Belgium's second EGF application in relation to Caterpillar. In 2014, 
1 399 workers were the subjects of the first EGF application involving redundancies 
at  the  enterprise.  The  current  proposal  includes  the  remaining  1 997  workers  at  the 
site.  

In  2015,  Caterpillar  invested  in  a  new  assembly  line  to  boost  its  position  on  the 
market.  However,  contrary  to  expectations,  economic  growth  in  Europe  was  very 
slow  and  consequently  the  economic  situation  of  the  enterprise  did  not  recover  as 
expected.  

Compared to other plants, its Gosselies facility in Belgium is no longer competitive. 
Consequently, Caterpillar has been relocating its production in emerging countries in 
Asia and Latin America, such as China and South Korea because of the fast-growing 
new  markets  and  low  production  costs,  linked  to  less  restrictive  environmental 
regulation and lower hourly labour costs. The company is now closing down all its 
activities in Belgium.  

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

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The  unemployment  rate  is  expected  to  rise  by  6,1 %  in  the  region  of  Hainaut, 
according to the Public Employment Service of Wallonia (FOREM).13  

The closure of Caterpillar´s plant has led to the dismissal of 288 workers amongst the 
suppliers. 

More than 11 % of the targeted workers are over 55 years old.  

The  job  seekers  in  Charleroi  are  mostly  low-skilled  (50,6 %  do  not  have  an  upper 
secondary  education)  and  40 %  are  long-term  unemployed  (more  than  24  months). 
The employment rate in Charleroi is only 52,2%, almost five percentage points lower 
than the average rate in the Walloon Region (57,1 %) (Source: FOREM)14. 

Targeted beneficiaries and proposed actions 

Targeted beneficiaries 

23. 

All  2 287  redundant  workers  are  expected  to  participate  in  the  measures.  The 
breakdown of these workers by sex, citizenship and age group is as follows: 

Category 

Number of  
targeted beneficiaries 

Sex: 

Men: 

2 115 

(92,47 %) 

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http://steelbenchmarker.com/files/history.pdf 
Caterpillar, Communication to the Board of Directors, 28 February 2013. 
Calculation based on the number of  job-seeker in December 2016. 
https://www.leforem.be/MungoBlobs/44/644/20180212_Chiffres_SeriesStatistiquesMde201801.pdf 

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Women: 

 172 

(7,53 %) 

Citizenship:  EU citizens: 

2 233 

(97,64 %) 

non-EU citizens: 

Age group: 

15-24 years: 

25-29 years: 

30-54 years: 

55-64 years: 

 54 

 2 

 70 

(2,36 %) 

(0,09 %) 

(3,06 %) 

1 952 

(85,34 %) 

 263 

(11,51 %) 

over 64 years: 

 0 

(0,00 %) 

24. 

25. 

Additionally, Belgium will provide personalised services co-financed by the EGF to 
up to 300 young people not in employment, education or training (NEETs) under the 
age  of  30  on  the  date  of  submission  of  the  application,  given  that  1 364  of  the 
redundancies referred to in paragraph 8 occur in the NUTS level 2 region of Hainaut 
(BE32), which is eligible under the Youth Employment Initiative. 

Article  6(2)  of  the  EGF  Regulation  establishes  that  Member  States  may  provide 
personalised  services  co-financed  by  the  EGF  also  to  NEETs,  until  31  December 
2017. The proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council 
on the financial rules applicable to the general budget of the Union15 (the 'Omnibus 
regulation')  includes  an  amendment  to  Article  6(2)  of  the  EGF  Regulation  so  as  to 
extend  the  derogation  for  NEETs.  According  to  data  released  by  Eurostat  on  17 
January  2018,  the  unemployment  rate  of  people  between  15-24  years  old  in  the 
Hainaut region is 33.3%. Therefore, the region remains eligible under Article 6(2) of 
the  EGF  Regulation.  This  amendment  would  apply  with  retroactive  effect  from  1 
January  2018.  As  a  consequence  this  Decision,  which  includes  support  to  NEETs, 
can be adopted once the Omnibus regulation is adopted and enters into force. 

26. 

The  total  estimated  number  of  targeted  beneficiaries  expected  to  participate  in  the 
measures, including NEETs, is therefore 2 587. 

Eligibility of the proposed actions 

27. 

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

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Individual  job  search  assistance,  case  management  and  general  information 
services.  These  measures  include  personalised  job  search  assistance,  such  as 
counselling  and  career  guidance,  as  well  as  open  information  services  for 
workers and NEETs. 

Training  and  re-training.  This  includes  vocational  and  continuing  training 
addressed  to  workers  and  NEETs.  The  courses  were  designed  to  match  the 
training  offer  with  the  development  prioriorities  of  Charleroi  set  out  in  the 
CATCH plan16.  

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http://eur-lex.europa.eu/resource.html?uri=cellar:a59b6beb-7a4f-11e6-b076-01aa75ed71a1.0001.02/DOC_1&format=PDF 

Plan CATCH, Accélérer la Croissance de l'Emploi dans la Région de Charleroi, Septembre 2017 
http://www.catch-charleroi.be/ 

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Promotion of entrepreneurship. This measure will provide the participants with 
a  system  of  support  for  entrepreneurs,  which  foresees  a  close  collaboration 
with the regional authorities dedicated to support self-employment. 

Contribution to business Start up. This measure will provide start-up grants to 
promote  self-employment,  the  creation  of  business  activity,  to  launch  and 
establish a full-time or a part-time business. 

Allowances. These include: 1) training allowances to cover costs incurred for 
the  job-seeker  or  the  NEET,  during  a  training;  2)  mobility  allowances  to 
support  receiving  work  located  at  a  longer  commuting  distance;  3)  back  to 
education allowances to promote the return on education system, will be paid 
for no more than 12 months and will be conditional on the applicants providing 
proof  on  their  enrolled  on  a  tertiary  education  course;  4)  job  search 
allowances  to  help  both  jobseekers  and  NEETs  to  pay  the  costs  incurred  in 
order  to  attend  the  activities  related  to  job  search;  5)  entrepreneurship 
allowance to cover costs incurred for the job-seeker during the participation in 
the  activities  related  to  job  search  and  will  be  conditional  on  the  applicants 
presenting an individual or collective project of self-employment. 

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The  personalised  services  which  are  to  be  provided  to  NEETs  consist  of  the  same 
actions as those for the redundant workers. 

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. 

Belgium has provided the required information on actions that are mandatory for the 
enterprise 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 

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The  estimated 
personalised  services  of  EUR 7 575 294  and  expenditure 
management, 
EUR 127 400. 

total  costs  are  EUR 7 702 694,  comprising  expenditure  for 
for  preparatory, 
information  and  publicity,  control  and  reporting  activities  of 

32. 

The total financial contribution requested from the EGF is EUR 4 621 616 (60 % of 
total costs). 

Actions 

Estimated 
number of 
participants 

Estimated cost 
per participant 
(EUR) 

Estimated total 
costs 
(EUR)17  

Personalised services (Actions under Article 7(1)(a) and (c) of the EGF Regulation) 

Coaching measures and other preparatory 
measures (Reconversion: 
accompagnement/orientation/insertion) 

2 587 

1 852 

4 790 323 

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Totals do not tally due to rounding. 

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Training and re-training 
(Formations spécifiques) 

Promotion of entrepreneurship 
(Dispositif d'accompagnement à 
l'entreprenariat) 

Start-up grant 
(Bourse de lancement) 

1 050 

841 

883 265 

250 

463 

115 743 

75 

10 000 

750 000 

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

– 

6 539 331 

(86,32 %) 

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

Allowances for training, mobility, back to 
education, job search and entrepreneurship 
(formation, prime à l'emploi distant, reprise 
d'étude, recherche d'emploi et création 
d'activité) 

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

 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) 

2 587 

400 

1 035 963 

– 

– 

– 

– 

– 

– 

– 

– 

1 035 963 

(13,68 %) 

82 000 

10 400 

5 000 

 30 000 

127 400 

(1,65 %) 

7 702 694 

4 621 616 

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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.  Belgium  confirmed  that  these  actions  are 
conditional  on  the  active  participation  of  the  targeted  beneficiaries  in  job-search  or 
training activities. 

34. 

Belgium 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 

35. 

Belgium started providing the personalised services to  the targeted beneficiaries  on 
22  October  2016.  The  expenditure  on  the  actions  will  therefore  be  eligible  for  a 
financial contribution from the EGF from 22 October 2016 to 18 December 2019. 

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36. 

Belgium started incurring the administrative expenditure to implement the EGF on 5 
September  2016.  The  expenditure  for  preparatory,  management,  information  and 
publicity,  control  and  reporting  activities  shall  therefore  be  eligible  for  a  financial 
contribution from the EGF from 5 September 2016 to 18 June 2020.  

Complementarity with actions funded by national or Union funds 

37. 

38. 

The  sources  of  national  pre-financing  or  co-funding  are  the  Walloon  Public 
Employment Service (FOREM) and the Region of Wallonia. 

Belgium  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 

39. 

Belgium  has  indicated  that  the  co-ordinated  package  of  personalised  services  was 
drawn  up  in  consultation  with  a  working  group,  which  included  the  Public 
Employment  Service  for  Wallonia,  the  SOGEPA18,  the  representatives  of  the  trade 
unions and other social partners.  

Management and control systems 

40. 

Belgium has notified the Commission that the financial contribution will be managed 
and  controlled  by  the  same  bodies  which  are  responsible  for  the  European  Social 
Fund (ESF). 

Commitments provided by the Member State concerned 

41. 

Belgium has provided all necessary assurances regarding the following:  

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– 

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– 

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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, 

the dismissing  enterprises,  which have  continued their activities after  the  lay-
offs,  have  complied  with  their  legal  obligations  governing  the  redundancies 
and provided for their 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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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) 

Sogepa  is  as  an  investment  fund  that  provides  investment  services  and  accompanies  business 
reorganization initiatives driven by credible and sustainable economic and industrial projects. 

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44. 

No 1311/2013  of  2  December  2013  laying  down  the  multiannual  financial 
framework for the years 2014-202019. 

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 4 621 616, 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 
the Commission on budgetary discipline, on cooperation in budgetary matters and on 
sound financial management20. 

Related acts 

45. 

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 4 621 616. 

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 L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 884. 
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 following an 
application from Belgium – EGF/2017/010 BE/Caterpillar  

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 1927/200621, 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 management22, 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 1311/201323. 

laid  down 

On  18  December  2017,  Belgium  submitted  an  application  to  mobilise  the  EGF,  in 
respect  of  redundancies  in  Caterpillar  and  5  suppliers  and  cessations  of  activities 
(hereafter  referred  to  as  ‘redundancies’).  It  was  supplemented  by  additional 
information  provided 
(EU) 
No 1309/2013.  That  application  complies  with  the  requirements  for  determining  a 
financial contribution from the EGF as laid down in Article 13 of Regulation (EU) No 
1309/2013. 

in  accordance  with  Article 8(3)  of  Regulation 

In  accordance  with  Article 6(2)  of  Regulation  (EU)  No 1309/2013,  Belgium  has 
decided  to  provide  personalised  services  co-financed  by  the  EGF  also  to  300  young 
persons not in employment, education or training (NEETs). 

The EGF should, therefore, be mobilised in order to provide a financial contribution of 
EUR 4 621 616 in respect of the application submitted by Belgium. 

OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 855. 
OJ C 373, 20.12.2013, p. 1. 
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). 

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(6) 

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

HAVE ADOPTED THIS DECISION:  

For the general budget of the Union for the financial year 2018, the European Globalisation 
Adjustment Fund shall be mobilised to provide the amount of EUR 4 621 616 in commitment 
and payment appropriations. 

Article 1 

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 

  

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

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