Proposal for a DECISION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on the mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF/2020/000 TA 2020 - Technical assistance at the initiative of the Commission)
Date: 2020-04-16
Institutions: Directorate-General for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion, European Commission
Subjects: European Globalisation Adjustment Fund, commitment of expenditure, dismissal, employment aid, financial aid, general budget (EU), globalisation, payment appropriation, reintegration into working life, technical cooperation

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   EUROPEAN COMMISSION  Brussels, 16.4.2020 COM(2020) 146 final  Proposal for a DECISION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on the mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF/2020/000 TA 2020 - 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/2020/000 
Technical assistance 
345 000 
0,19% 

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 

1. 

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. 

Description 

Total costs 
(in EUR) 

Administrative support 

Technical support 

210 000 

135 000 

Total estimated costs 

                                                 345 000 

2. 

Administrative support: 

  The Expert Group of Contact Persons of the EGF, with two members from each 
Member State, will be holding its two regular meetings (second half of 2020 and 
first half of 2021). 
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. These will be scheduled to possibly take place around the same 

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dates as the Expert Group meetings. The seminars will focus on the EGF ex-post 
evaluation and on the implementation of the post-2020 EGF Regulation.  
Information activities. The web site on the EGF2, which the Commission has set 
up  within  its  Employment,  Social  Affairs  and  Inclusion  area,  and  which  it  is 
maintaining  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.  

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Technical support:  

  Maintenance  and  updating  of  an  electronic  data  exchange  system.  The 
Commission  is  continuing  its  work  on  standardised  procedures  for  EGF 
applications  and  management,  using  the  functionalities  of  the  Shared  Fund 
Management  Common  System  (SFC),  into  which  the  EGF  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. The SFC interface is also facilitating the EGF financial operations.  

  Development  of  the  post-2020  interface  in  SFC  which  will  require  additional 
funds for creation of new functionalities and adjustments to possible changes in 
the post-2020 EGF Regulation.  

  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 Reports of 2021. 

Financing 

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The  maximum  annual  budget  available  for  the  EGF  in  2020  is  EUR 150 million  in 
2011 prices (EUR 179 264 000 in 2020 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 2014-20203. 

Article 11(1)  of  the  EGF  Regulation  states  that  0,5 %  of  this  amount  can  be  made 
available for technical assistance at the initiative of the Commission. Currently, the 
entire amount for 2020 remains available; nothing has yet been allocated to technical 
assistance.  The  proposed  amount  corresponds  to    0,19%  of  the  maximum  annual 
budget available for the EGF in 2020. 

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 management4. 

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OJ L 347, 20.12.2013, p. 884. 
OJ C 373, 20.12.2013, p. 1. 

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7. 

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 345 000. 

Source of payment appropriations 

8. 

Appropriations  from  the  EGF  budget  line  will  be  used  to  cover  the  amount  of 
EUR 345 000 needed for technical assistance. 

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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/2020/000 TA 
2020 - 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) 1927/20065, 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 management6, and in particular point 13 thereof, 

Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission, 

Whereas: 

(1) 

(2) 

(3) 

(4) 

(5) 

The  European  Globalisation  Adjustment  Fund  (EGF)  aims  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, 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 1311/20137. 

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 345 000 
for technical assistance at the initiative of the Commission. 

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

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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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HAVE ADOPTED THIS DECISION: 

Article 1 

For the general budget of the Union for the financial year 2020, the European Globalisation 
Adjustment Fund shall be mobilised to provide the sum of EUR 345 000 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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