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 Portugal – EGF/2018/002 PT/Norte – Centro – Lisboa wearing apparel
Date: 2018-09-10
Institutions: Directorate-General for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion, European Commission
Subjects: Central Portugal, European Globalisation Adjustment Fund, Lisbon and the Tagus Valley, Northern Portugal, Portugal, clothing industry, commitment of expenditure, dismissal, employment aid, globalisation, reintegration into working life

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   EUROPEAN COMMISSION  Brussels, 10.9.2018 COM(2018) 621 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 Portugal – EGF/2018/002 PT/Norte – Centro – Lisboa wearing apparel   
 
 
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  April  2018,  Portugal  submitted  an  application  EGF/2018/002 PT/Norte  – 
Centro - Lisboa wearing apparel for a financial contribution from the EGF, following 
redundancies2 in the economic sector classified under the NACE Revision 2 Division 
14 (Manufacture of wearing apparel) in the NUTS level 2 regions of Norte (PT11), 
Centro (PT16) and Lisboa (PT17) in Portugal. 

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 (NUTS3 level 2) 

Date of submission of the application 

EGF/2018/002 PT/Norte - Centro - 
Lisboa wearing apparel  

Portugal 
Norte (PT11), Centro (PT16) and 
Lisboa (PT17) 
24 April 2018 

Date of acknowledgement of receipt of the 
application 

24 April 2018 

Date of request for additional information 

  8 May 2018 

Deadline for provision of the additional 
information 

19 June 2018 

Deadline for the completion of the assessment 

11 September 2018 

Intervention criterion 

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

Number of enterprises concerned 

2 

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

Division 14 - Manufacture of wearing 
apparel  

Reference period (nine months): 

1 May 2017 – 1 February 2018 

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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. 

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Number of redundancies during the reference 
period (a) 

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) 

1 161 

1 161 

   730 

   730 

7 742 160 
     17 646 
7 759 806 
4 655 883 

ASSESSMENT OF THE APPLICATION 

Procedure 

4. 

Portugal submitted application EGF/2018/002 within 12 weeks of the date on which 
the intervention criteria set out in Article 4 of the EGF Regulation were met, on 24 
April  2018.  The  Commission  acknowledged  receipt  of  the  application  on  the  same 
date,  and  requested  additional  information  from  Portugal  on  8  May  2018.  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 September 2018. 

Eligibility of the application 

Enterprises and beneficiaries concerned 

5. 

The  application  relates  to  1 161  workers  made  redundant  in  the  economic  sector 
classified  under  the  NACE  Revision  2  Division  14  (Manufacture  of  wearing 
apparel). The redundancies occurred in  the NUTS level 2 regions  of Norte (PT11), 
Centro (PT16) and Lisboa (PT17). 

Enterprises and number of dismissals within the reference period 

Ricon Group 

Têxtil Gramax Internacional 

Total no. of enterprises: 2 

Total no. of dismissals:  

Total no. of self-employed persons whose activity has ceased:  

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

709 

452 

1 161 

       0 

1 161 

Intervention criteria 

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Portugal submitted the application under the intervention criteria of Article 4(1)(b) of 
the EGF Regulation, which requires at least 500 workers being made redundant over 
a  reference  period  of  nine  months  in  enterprises  operating  in  the  same  economic 
sector defined at NACE Revision 2 division level and located in one region or two 
contiguous regions, or in more than two contiguous regions defined at NUTS 2 level  

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

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provided  that  there  are  more  than  500  workers  affected  in  two  of  the  regions 
combined in a Member State. There were 1 161 redundancies in total, distributed at 
NUTS  level  2  regions  as  follows:  609  redundancies  in  Norte  (PT11),  17  in  Centro 
(PT16) and 535 in Lisboa (PT17).  

7. 

The reference period of nine months for the application runs from 1 May 2017 to 1 
February 2018. 

Calculation of redundancies and of cessation of activity 

8. 

All  the  redundancies  have  been  calculated  as  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 1 161. 

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

10. 

In order to establish the link between the redundancies and major structural changes 
in world trade patterns due to globalisation, Portugal argues that the wearing apparel 
sector has undergone serious economic disruption, in particular a decline of the EU’s 
market share, following the end of the Multifibre Agreement6 in 2004. 

EU28 clothing imports and exports (million euro) 

2004 

2005 

2006 

2007 

2008 

2009 

2010 

IMPORTS 

49 674,5 

54 379,5 

61 409,9 

64 479,0 

65 990,0 

63 735,6 

71 169,7 

EXPORTS 

14 929,5 

15 684,1 

17 095,7 

18 368,8 

19 159,5 

16 218,6 

17 346,2 

2011 

2012 

2013 

2014 

2015 

2016 

IMPORTS 

77 866,3 

75 008,4 

74 830,4 

82 016,8 

90 256,8 

91 002,5 

EXPORTS 

20 555,7 

22 857,5 

23 888,9 

24 990,4 

25 944,7 

26 149,1 

From  2004  to  2016,  the  imports  into  EU  28  have  increased  by  83,19%.  Over  the 
same  period  the  EU  28  exports  grew  as  well,  although  to  a  lesser  extent.  Clothing 
exports increased by 75,15 % in 2016 compared to 2004. As a consequence, the trade 
balance remains in deficit. 

China  is  currently  the  largest  EU  supplier  with  an  increase  of  108%  of  its  exports 
into EU 28 from 2008 to 2016, followed by Bangladesh and Turkey7. 

To date, the manufacture of wearing apparel sector has been the subject of six EGF 
applications, four of which based on trade related globalisation and two on the global 
financial and economic crisis8. 

The Multifiber Agreement entered in force in 1974 and expired in 2004. 
https://www.odi.org/sites/odi.org.uk/files/odi-assets/publications-opinion-files/6604.pdf 
https://www.wto.org/english/tratop_e/texti_e/texintro_e.htm#MFA 
From  2008  to  2016,  imports  from  Bangladesh  and  Turkey  have  increased  by  314%  and  119%, 
respectively. http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/newxtweb/ 
Based  on  trade  related  globalisation:  EGF/2018/002 PT  (current  proposal  for  decision),  as  well  as, 
EGF/2007/008 MT/Textiles,  COM(2008) 94,  EGF/2010/003 ES/Galicia  textile,  COM(2010) 437  and 

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Events giving rise to the redundancies and cessation of activity 

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The increase of imports into the EU put a downward pressure on prices which had a 
negative effect on the financial position of enterprises in the textiles sector in the EU 
and  triggered  a  general  trend  in  the  textiles  and  clothing  industry  to  off-shore 
production to lower cost countries outside the EU, such as China and various Asian 
countries9. In Portugal in the regions of Norte, Centro and Lisboa, this has resulted in 
a constant decrease in the number of workers in the wearing apparel sector (from 130 
000 in 2005 to 90 000 in 2016)10. 

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

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In  2017,  the  unemployment  rate  in  both  regions  of  Norte  and  Lisboa  (9.5%)  was 
higher  than  the  national  average  (8.9%)  and  the  massive  dismissal  occurred  in  the 
economic sector of wearing apparel will aggravate this situation11. 

The  unemployment  rate  in  the  wearing  apparel  sector  in  the  districts  where the 
redundancies  occurred  is  higher  than  the  one  in  the  regions  –  Norte,  Centro  and 
Lisboa – they belong to12. 

REGION 

NORTE 

Penafiel 

CENTRO 

Coimbra 

LISBOA 

Lisboa (district) 

2017 

6,88 

7,13 

4,66 

5,60 

5,18 

7,39 

Therefore the dismissals had a significant negative impact on the existent situation of 
the local labour markets13. 

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EGF/2017/006 ES/Galicia apparel, COM(2017) 686. Based on the global financial and economic crisis: 
EGF/2009/018 LT/Wearing apparel, COM(2010) 56 and  EGF/2010/014 SI/Mura, COM(2010) 582. 
Source: Cointega, the textile fashion cluster of Galicia (www.cointega.com) 
http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/newxtweb/-EUROSTAT:  Structural  business  statistics  (sbs)  Annual 
detailed enterprises statistics   
https://www.ine.pt/xportal/xmain?xpid=INE&xpgid=ine_indicadores&indOcorrCod=0006186&context 
o=bd&selTab=tab2 
IEFP, IP - Direção de Serviços de Estudos, Planeamento e Controlo de Gestão 
https://www.iefp.pt/documents/10181/6814977/SIE+-
+Desemprego+registado+por+concelhos+dezembro+2017.pdf/ab672c06-ce47-42c4-af0a-
8d4c1ac62003 
https://www.ine.pt/xportal/xmain?xpid=INE&xpgid=ine_indicadores&indOcorrCod=0008273&context
o=bd&selTab=tab2 
https://www.iefp.pt/documents/10181/7971477/Informa%C3%A7%C3%A3o+Mensal+janeiro+2018.pd 
f/bea9ab6a-899c-4e92-a63b-5f2d12b5d259 
https://www.iefp.pt/documents/10181/6817457/Informa%C3%A7%C3%A3o+Mensal+dezembro+2017
.pdf/31a5727c-fd90-47f0-8e7c-8fc087d5e18b 
https://www.iefp.pt/documents/10181/5565497/Informa%C3%A7%C3%A3o+Mensal+dezembro+2016
.pdf/663d49b3-2cbe-4869-9f7c-4856af399891 

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More than 20 % of the targeted workers are over 55 years old and 88% are women. 

The expected impact of the redundancies is linked to the difficulties of redeployment 
for workers with low skills. The dismissed workers are mostly low-skilled (78 % do 
not have an upper secondary education). Data regarding the period between 2014 and 
2017  show  that  the  unemployment  rate  of  people  with  a  higher  education  level  is 
lower than the total unemployment rate (6,5 % against 8,9 % in 2017 for example).  
On the other hand, the unemployment rate of people with lower or no education level 
is usually higher than the national unemployment rate (all education levels included). 

Unemployment rate by educational level14 

No educational level  Primary 

Secondary 

Tertiary  Total 

and post-secondary 

2017 

2016 

2015 

2014 

11,1 % 

9,5 % 

9,9 % 

6,5 % 

8,9 % 

13,1 % 

11,8 % 

12,2 % 

8,4 % 

11,1 % 

13,2 % 

13,3 % 

13,9 % 

9,2 % 

12,4 % 

13,9 % 

15 % 

15,3 % 

10 % 

13,9 % 

Targeted beneficiaries and proposed actions 

Targeted beneficiaries 

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The estimated number of redundant workers expected to participate in the measures 
is  730.  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 

83 

(11,37 %) 

 647 

(88,63 %) 

730 

(100,00 %) 

 0 

 12 

 21 

547 

 150 

 0 

(0,00 %) 

(1,64 %) 

(2,88 %) 

(74,93 %) 

(20,55 %) 

(0,00 %) 

Additionally,  Portugal  will  provide  personalised  services  co-financed  by  the 
EGF to up to 730 young people not in employment, education or training (NEETs) 

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https://www.iefp.pt/documents/10181/3943898/Informa%C3%A7%C3%A3o+Mensal+dezembro+2015
.pdf/ff648dba-07db-4853-aced-ae4a44ceed61 
https://www.pordata.pt/Portugal/Taxa+de+desemprego+total+e+por+n%C3%ADvel+de+escolaridade+ 
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under the age of 30 on the date of submission of the application, given that 1 161 of 
the  redundancies  referred  to  in  paragraph  9  occur  in  the  NUTS  level  2  regions  of 
Norte (PT11), Centro (PT16) and Lisboa (PT17) that had youth unemployment rates 
for young people aged 15 to 24 of at least 20 % based on the annual data available 
for 2017. 

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The  total  estimated  number  of  targeted  beneficiaries  expected  to  participate  in  the 
measures, including NEETs, is therefore 1 460. 

Eligibility of the proposed actions 

22. 

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

– 

– 

– 

Training  and  re-training.  This  includes  traineeship,  vocational  and  continuing 
training and integration plans addressed to workers and NEETs. The activities 
were  designed  to  match the offer  with  the labour  market demand and to  help 
the participants to develop their skills. 

Promotion of entrepreneurship. This measure will provide the participants with 
a grant to promote self-employment together with entrepreneur training and the 
possibility  to  join  the  Startup  Incubation  supported  by  the  Portuguese  Public 
Employment Service (IEFP). 

Allowances.  These  include:  1)  training  allowances  to  cover  costs  incurred  by 
the  job-seeker  or  the  NEET  during  a  training;  2)  mobility  allowances  to 
compensate for travel from residence to and from respective training activities' 
location;  3)  meal  allowances  to  help  covering  expenses  by  the  participants 
when forced to eat out.  

23. 

24. 

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. 

Portugal 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 

25. 

The  estimated 
personalised  services  of  EUR 7 742 160  and  expenditure 
management, 
EUR 17 646. 

total  costs  are  EUR 7 759 806,  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 4 655 883 (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) 

Training and re-training (Estágios 
Profissionais/Cursos de Formação 

1 571*** 

3 147  

4 943 633  

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Profissional/Plano de Integração) 

Promotion of entrepreneurship (Bolsa de 
criação de emprego por conta 
própria/Formação em 
empreendedorismo/Possibilidade de 
integração do Ninho de Empresas do 
IEFP) 

30 

15 000  

450 000  

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

– 

5 393 633  

(69,67%) 

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

Allowances for training, mobility and meal 
(Bolsa de formação, transporte e 
alimentação)  

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) 

861 

2 728  

2 348 527  

– 

– 

– 

– 

– 

– 

– 

– 

2 348 527  

(30,33 %) 

0,00 

15 236  

0,00 

2 410  

17 646  

(0,23 %) 

7 759 806  

4 655 883  

    * To avoid decimals, the estimated costs per participant have been rounded. However the 
rounding has no impact on the total cost of each measure which remains as in the application 
submitted by Portugal. 

  ** Totals do not tally due to rounding. 

***  The  number  of  participants  is  higher  than  the  total  estimated  number  of  targeted 
beneficiaries, as some participants take part in more than one training activity. 

27. 

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

28. 

Portugal confirmed that the costs of investments for self-employment, business start-
ups and employee take-overs will not exceed EUR 15 000 per beneficiary. 

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Period of eligibility of expenditure 

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30. 

Portugal started providing the personalised services to the targeted beneficiaries on 1 
June  2018.  The  expenditure  on  the actions  will therefore  be  eligible  for  a  financial 
contribution from the EGF from 1 June 2018 to 1 June 2020. 

Portugal started incurring the administrative expenditure to implement the EGF on 1 
June 2018. The expenditure for preparatory, management, information and publicity, 
control and reporting activities shall therefore be eligible for a financial contribution 
from the EGF from 1 June 2018 to 1 December 2020.  

Complementarity with actions funded by national or Union funds 

31. 

32. 

The  source  of  national  pre-financing  or  co-funding  is  the  Portuguese  Public 
Employment Service (IEFP). 

Portugal  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 

33. 

Portugal  has  indicated  that  the  co-ordinated  package  of  personalised  services  has 
been  drawn  up  in  consultation  with  a  working  group,  which  included  the  Public 
Employment  Service, the  representatives of the trade unions, the Institute of Social 
Security and the Authority for Work Conditions.  

Management and control systems 

34. 

The application contains a description of the management and control system which 
specifies  the  responsibilities  of  the  bodies  involved.  Portugal  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 

35. 

Portugal has 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, 

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 

36. 

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) 

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37. 

38. 

No 1311/2013  of  2  December  2013  laying  down  the  multiannual  financial 
framework for the years 2014-202015. 

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 4 655 883, 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 management16. 

Related acts 

39. 

40. 

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 4 655 883. 

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 Portugal – EGF/2018/002 PT/Norte – Centro – Lisboa wearing apparel

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 1927/200617, 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 management18, and in particular point 13 thereof, 

Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission, 

Whereas: 

(1) 

(2) 

(3) 

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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 
prices),  as 
in  Article 12  of  Council  Regulation  (EU,  Euratom) 
No 1311/201319. 

laid  down 

On 24 April 2018, Portugal submitted an application to mobilise the EGF, in respect of 
redundancies  in  the  economic  sector  classified  under  the  Statistical  classification  of 
economic  activities  in  the  European  Community  ('NACE')  Revision  2  Division  14 
(manufacture  of  wearing  apparel)  in  the  Nomenclature  of  Territorial  Units  for 
Statistics  ('NUTS')20  level  2  regions  of  Norte  (PT11),  Centro  (PT16)  and  Lisboa 
(PT17), in Portugal. 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. 

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). 
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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In  accordance  with  Article 6(2)  of  Regulation  (EU)  No 1309/2013,  Portugal  has 
decided  to  provide  personalised  services  co-financed  by  the  EGF  also  to  730  young 
people not in employment, education or training (NEETs). 

The EGF should, therefore, be mobilised in order to provide a financial contribution of 
EUR 4 655 883 in respect of the application submitted by Portugal. 

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 4 655 883 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 

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

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