Proposal for a DECISION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on the mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Displaced Workers following an application from Spain – EGF/2021/001 ES/País Vasco metal
Date: 2021-10-07
Institutions: Directorate-General for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion, European Commission
Subjects: Basque Country, European Globalisation Adjustment Fund, Spain, commitment of expenditure, dismissal, employment aid, financial aid, general budget (EU), globalisation, metal product, reintegration into working life

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   EUROPEAN COMMISSION  Brussels, 7.10.2021 COM(2021) 618 final 2021/0316 (BUD)  Proposal for a DECISION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on the mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Displaced Workers following an application from Spain – EGF/2021/001 ES/País Vasco metal  
 
EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM 

CONTEXT OF THE PROPOSAL 

1. 

2. 

3. 

The  rules  applicable  to  financial  contributions  from  the  European  Globalisation 
Adjustment  Fund  for  Displaced  Workers  (EGF)  are  laid  down  in  Regulation  (EU) 
2021/691  of  the  European  Parliament  and  of  the  Council  of  28  April  2021  on  the 
European  Globalisation  Adjustment  Fund  for  Displaced  Workers  (EGF)  and 
repealing Regulation (EU) No 1309/20131 (hereinafter called EGF Regulation). 

On  25  June  2021,  Spain  submitted  an  application  EGF/2021/001 ES/País  Vasco 
metal  for  a  financial  contribution  from  the  EGF,  following  displacements  in  the 
economic sector classified under the NACE Revision 2 division 25 (Manufacture of 
fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment) in the NUTS 2 region of 
País Vasco (ES21) in Spain. 

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 (NUTS2 level 2) 

Date of submission of the application 

Date of acknowledgement of receipt of the 
application 

EGF/2021/001 ES/País Vasco metal 

Spain 

País Vasco (ES21) 

25 June 2021 

28 June 2021 

Date of request for additional information 

9 July 2021 

Deadline for provision of the additional 
information 

30 July 2021 

Deadline for the completion of the assessment 

8 October 2021 

Intervention criterion 

Article 4(2)(b) of the EGF Regulation 

Number of enterprises concerned 

6 

Sector(s) of economic activity 
(NACE Revision 2 division)3 

Division 25 (Manufacture of 
fabricated metal products, except 
machinery and equipment) 

Reference period (six months): 

2 June 2020 – 2 December 2020 

Number of displacements during the reference 

491 

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OJ L 153, 3.5.2021, p. 48. 
Commission Delegated Regulation 2019/1755 of 8 August 2019 amending the Annexes to 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). OJ L 270, 24.10.2019, p. 1–56  
OJ L 393, 30.12.2006, p. 1. 

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Total number of targeted beneficiaries 
Budget for personalised services (EUR) 
Budget for implementing EGF4 (EUR) 
Total budget (EUR) 
EGF contribution (85 %) (EUR) 

300 
1 384 950 
0 044 000 
1 428 950 
1 214 607 

ASSESSMENT OF THE APPLICATION 

Procedure 

4. 

Spain submitted application EGF/2021/001 ES/País Vasco metal within 12 weeks of 
the date on which the intervention criteria set out in Article 4 of the EGF Regulation 
were  met,  on  25  June  20215.  The  Commission  acknowledged  receipt  of  the 
application  on  28 June  2021  and  requested  additional  information  from  Spain  on  9 
July 2021. Such additional information was provided within 15 working days of the 
request. The deadline of 50 working days 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  8 
October 2021.  

Eligibility of the application 

Enterprises and beneficiaries concerned 

5. 

The  application  relates  to  491  displaced  workers  whose  activity  has  ceased  in  the 
economic sector classified under the NACE Revision 2 division 25 (Manufacture of 
fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment), out of which 192 in the 
course  of  collective  redundancies  notified  to  the  authorities.  The  collective 
redundancies  concern  6  enterprises  in  total6.  All  the  displacement  occurred  in  the 
NUTS 2 region of País Vasco (ES21). 

Intervention criteria 

6. 

7. 

Spain  submitted  the  application  under  the  intervention  criteria  of  Article 4(2)(b)  of 
the EGF Regulation, which requires the cessation of activity of at least 200 displaced 
workers  over  a  reference  period  of  six  months  in  enterprises  operating  in  the  same 
economic sector defined at NACE Revision 2 division and located in one region or 
two contiguous regions defined at NUTS 2 level in a Member State. There were 491 
displaced workers in the NUTS 2 region of País Vasco (ES21). 

The  reference  period  of  six months  for  the  application  runs  from  2  June  2020  to  2 
December 2020. 

Calculation of displacements and of cessation of activity 

8. 

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The cessation of activities of the displaced workers during the reference period have 
been calculated as follows: 

In accordance with the fifth paragraph of Article 7 of Regulation (EU) 2021/691. 
The  time  limit  of  12  weeks  was  suspended  between  1  January  2021  and  3  May  2021,  in  accordance 
with Article 8(2) of Regulation (EU) 2021/691.  
Auxiliar  Troquelería  SL,  Calderería  del  Oria,  Matricería  Deusto,  Mecanizados  de  la  Industria  Vasca 
SLU, Taller Mecanizado Pablo López Lacalle SL, Tratamientos Superficiales Iontech SA. 

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192  from  the  date  on  which  the  employer,  in  accordance  with  Article 3(1)  of 
Council Directive 98/59/EC7, notified the competent public authority in writing 
of the projected  collective redundancies. Spain  confirmed prior to  the date of 
the  completion  of  the  assessment  by  the  Commission  that  these  192 
redundancies have actually been effected, and 

299 from the date of the employer's individual notice to lay off or to terminate 
the contract of employment of the worker. 

Eligible beneficiaries 

9. 

The total number of eligible beneficiaries is therefore 491. 

Description of the events that led to the displacements and cessation of activity 

10. 

11. 

12. 

13. 

The  event  giving  rise  to  these  displacements  is  the  economic  crisis  caused  by  the 
COVID-19 pandemic.  

The strict lockdown measures implemented in Spain in Q2 2020 resulted in a curtail 
of  non-essential  economic  activities  and  services,  which  hit  the  metal  sector  hard. 
When  the  lockdown  measures  were  softened  other  issues  linked  to  the  pandemic, 
such as shortages of supplies and raw materials, difficulties to adapt facilities to anti-
COVID19  protocols,  contagions  and  workers'  confinement,  or  mobility  issues,  also 
hit the metal sector. 
According to data from Confemetal8, the pandemic has had a significant impact on 
the  activity  and  turnover  of  the  enterprises  operating  in  the  metal  sector,  with 
negative consequences on employment and on the liquidity of enterprises (payment 
defaults, access to credit, etc.). 

In  2020  (year  on  year  variation),  production  fell  by  more  than  50%  in  18%  of  the 
metal enterprises. Turnover fell by more than 50% in 16% of the businesses. A third 
of  metal  enterprises  experienced  a  decrease  between  30%  and  50%  of  both 
production and turnover9.  

14. 

The production, turnover and prices indices for the fabricated metal products sector 
declined year on year in all quarters in 2020.  

2019 

2020 

Q1 

Q2 

Q3 

Q4 

Q1 

Q2 

Q3 

Q4 

6,4 

4,5 

1,9 

3,6 

-9,4 

-32,9 

-8,2 

-2,7 

4,9 

2,8 

-0,7 

1,6 

-10,4 

-34,5 

-8,5 

-3,9 

Production index 
(IPIMET) 

Metal industry 
turnover index 
(ICNMET) 

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Council  Directive  98/59/EC  of  20 July  1998  on  the  approximation  of  the  laws  of  the  Member  States 
relating to collective redundancies (OJ L 225, 12.8.1998, p. 16). 
Confemetal  is  the  Spanish  Confederation  of  Metal  Business  Organizations,  which  represents  about 
220,000 enterprises and more than one and a half million workers. 
Report  on 
https://atra.gal/files/noticias/Archivos_3680.pdf 

impact  of  COVID-19  on 

sector.  October  2020- 

the  economic 

the  metal 

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Industrial Price 
Index (IPRIMET) 

2019 

2020 

Q1 

Q2 

Q3 

Q4 

Q1 

Q2 

Q3 

Q4 

1,3 

0,9 

0,4 

0,2 

-0,3 

-0,7 

-0,5 

0,2 

Source: Confemetal10 

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The decline in activity and turnover resulted in displacements. Despite the extensive 
use of short-time work schemes11, displacements occurred in 14% of the enterprises 
in  the  metal  sector,  affecting  10,6%  of  their  workforce12.  The  displacements 
concerned by this application started in 2020 Q2. 

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

16. 

17. 

In  the  Basque  region,  the  fabricated  metal  products  sector  represents  27,4%  of  the 
gross value added (GVA) of the industry. The relative weight of the industry over the 
regional  GVA  as  a  whole  is  around  24%.  At  the  national  level,  the  GVA  of  the 
industry represents 14,5% of the GVA13, while the EU-28 average is 18,8%14. 

Due  to  its  high  weight  in  the  regional  economy,  the  difficulties  in  the  fabricated 
metal  products  sector  has  had  a  significant  impact  on  the  regional  economy  and 
employment. At the beginning of 2020, unemployment  (year on  year) in  the sector 
was decreasing. However, since March 2020, the trend changed drastically, because 
of the pandemic. In August 2020, there were 25%15 more unemployed persons than 
six  months  before.  Job  destruction  in  industry  has  been  greater  than  in  all  other 
sectors together. 

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14 

15 

the  economic 

Confemetal. Monthly newsletter nº 185 and nº 197 
Short  time  work  schemes  were  applied  by  60%  of  the  enterprises  and  half  of  the  sector  workforce 
(56,71%) were in short time work. 
Report  on 
https://atra.gal/files/noticias/Archivos_3680.pdf 
https://es.statista.com/estadisticas/1220166/porcentaje-del-vab-total-en-espana-por-sector/ 
https://www.eustat.eus/elementos/El-32-del-VAB-industrial-esta-generado-por-sectores-de-nivel-
tecnologico-alto-o-medio-alto-en-2019/not0018911_c.html 
Avance de los datos del mercado laboral del año 2020 (labor market data for 2020). 

the  Metal  sector.  October  2020- 

impact  of  COVID-19  on 

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Unemployment in Basque region in 2020 
(year on year) 
(%) 

Source: Lanbide - Servicio Vasco de Empleo16 

18. 

Although  from  January  to  May  2021,  registered  unemployment  has  been  declining 
(6,21%), it is still 4,6% higher than the pre-pandemic levels17. Moreover, recovery is 
not benefiting all groups equally. In May 2021, long-term unemployment represented 
55,6% of total unemployment (3,6 p.p. higher than in January 2021) and unemployed 
persons  with  basic  education  or  less  represented  60,8%  (1,1  p.p.  higher  than  in 
January). 

Application of the EU Quality Framework for anticipation of change and restructuring 

19. 

In its application for EGF support, Spain has described how the recommendations set 
out in the EU Quality Framework for anticipation of change and restructuring were 
taken  into  account.  Spain  highlights  the  key  concepts  of  the  Basque  Vocational 
Training  Plan,  Basque  Employment  Strategy  and  the  Green  jobs  program.  The 
Observatory  of  Industrial  Situation  monitors  the  economic  situation.  HOBETUZ 
(Basque  Foundation  for  Continuing  Professional  Training  continuing  education) 
offers  training  for  people  in  active  employment,  while  AukerabeRRi18  is  a  new 
outplacement program launched in 2021 with the aim of reskilling and redeploying 
workers  displaced  from  sectors  in  crisis.  Both  are  integrated  into  the  structure  of 
Lanbide  (País  Vasco  Public  Employment  Service).  Social  partner  involvement  is 
ensured by their representation in Lanbide's governance board, which is made up of 
trade  unions  and  employers 
representatives  of 
organizations. 

regional  government, 

the 

20. 

Regarding  the  activities  already  undertaken  for  the  assistance  of  the  displaced 
workers Spain has indicated that Lanbide (País  Vasco Public Employment Service) 
has provided the workers with access to its general services. The workers were also 

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Avance de los datos del mercado laboral del año 2020 (labor market data for 2020). 
February 2020. 
https://www.lanbide.euskadi.eus/general/-/aukeraberri/ 

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informed of their eligibility to participate in the pilot programme AukerabeRRi. The 
178 workers entitled to outplacement plans19 have already completed them. 

Complementarity with actions funded by national or Union funds 

21. 

22. 

Spain  has  confirmed  that  the  measures  receiving  a  financial  contribution  from  the 
EGF  will  not  also  receive  financial  contributions  from  other  Union  financial 
instruments. 

The  coordinated  package  of  personalised  services  complements  actions  funded  by 
other national or EU funds such as AukerabeRRi or the outplacement plans, already 
mentioned. 

Consultation of targeted beneficiaries or their representatives or the social partners as well 
as local and regional authorities 

23. 

24. 

Spain has indicated that the co-ordinated package of personalised services has been 
drawn  up  in  consultation  with  the  social  partners..  The  application,  previously 
discussed in various technical meetings, was aproved by Lanbide’s governance board 
in the meeting held on 2 July 2021. 

Additional meetings were held on 19 January and 2 February 2021 with Federación 
Vizcaína  de  Empresas  del  Metal,  (federation  of  metal  enterprises  of  Biscay), 
Asociación de Empresas de Guipúzcoa - ADEGI (Business association of Gupúzcoa) 
and  SEA-Empresas  Alavesas  (business  associations  of  Alava).  All  these  employers 
organisations along with relevant cluster associations20 contributed to the proposal.  

Targeted beneficiaries and proposed measures 

Targeted beneficiaries 

25. 

The estimated number of displaced workers expected to participate in the measures is 
300. The breakdown of these workers by gender, age group and educational level is 
as follows: 

Category 

Gender: 

Men: 

Women: 

Non-binary 

Number of  
expected 
beneficiaries 

265 

(88,3 %) 

35 

(11,7 %) 

0 

(0,0 %) 

19 

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The  outplacement  plans  are  a  legal  obligation  for  the  enterprise  that  dismisses  50  or  more  workers. 
Their  duration  is  6  months  and  they  must  offer  job-search  assistance,  occupational  guidance  and 
training  to  the  workers.  The  178  displaced  workers  in  Matricería  Deusto  were  entitled  to  an 
outplacement plan. 

(Basque  Country  construction  cluster),  meeting  held  on  26 

Eraikune 
January  2021,  
GAIA  (Association  of  knowledge  and  applied  technologies  industries  in  the  Basque  Country)  and 
January  2021, 
Aclima 
January  2021,  
ACICAE 
2021, 
Clúster  Energía 
AFM 
and 
HEGAN (Basque aerospace cluster), meeting held on 4 March 2021. 

(Basque  Country  environmental  cluster)  meetings  held  on  27 
cluster),  meeting  held  on  28 

advanced  manufacturing),  meeting  held  on  3  March  2021, 

(Basque  Country 
(Basque 

automotive 
energy 

cluster),  meeting 

February 

(cluster 

held 

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Age group: 

Below 30 years: 

Educational 
level 

30-54 years: 

Over 54 years: 

Lower  secondary 
education or less21  
Upper  secondary22 
or  post-secondary 
education23 

Tertiary 
education24 

Number of  
expected 
beneficiaries 

22 

(7,3 %) 

216 

(72,0 %) 

62 

(20,7 %) 

107 

(35,7 %) 

68 

(22,6 %) 

125 

(41,7 %) 

Proposed measures 

26. 

The  personalised  services  to  be  provided  to  displaced  workers  consist  of  the 
following measures:  

– 

– 

– 

– 

– 

– 

General information, welcome and profiling sessions: The information session 
is  the  first  measure  to  be  offered  to  all  targeted  beneficiaries  and  includes 
general  information  on  available  vocational  counselling,  training  programmes 
and incentives. The individual information sessions include the profiling of the 
participant and the allocation of the counsellor who will accompany the worker 
along the process towards reemployment. 

Occupational  guidance  will  be  provided  through  collective  and  individual 
sessions.  

Intensive  job-search  assistance,  including  workshops  on  job-search  and 
recruiting  processes,  the  active  search  for  local  and  regional  employment 
opportunities, and job-matching. 

Support  for  business  creation:  Workers  interested  in  becoming  self-employed 
will  receive  individual  tutoring  sessions  and  training,  which  might  cover 
planning,  carrying  out  feasibility  studies,  preparing  business  plans,  help  with 
identifying financing possibilities, etc. 

Contribution to business start-up: Workers who start a business or an activity 
as self-employed persons will receive a contribution up to EUR 8 000, to help 
them with setting-up costs. 

Training: This will include (1) training on key and horizontal competencies, 
such  as  digital  skills,  quality  management,  prevention  of  occupational  risks, 
etc.;  (2) re-skilling  vocational  training   for  those  who  choose  to  redirect 
their  career  outside  the  metal  sector ,  such  as  logistics,  warehouse 

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ISCED 3 
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management,  construction  and  energy  efficiency,  food  industry,  urban  and 
industrial  waste  management,  recreational  activities  for  the  elderly,  etc.; 
(3) up-skilling  vocational  training  to  cater  for  the  skills  in  demand  in  the 
metal sector such as 3D CAD25 assembly and part modelling; CNC26 machine 
tool programming; CATIA27 mechanical design; forklifts, overhead cranes and 
lifting  platforms;  fine  sheet  metal  work  and  boilermaking;  welding  (oxy-fuel, 
semi-automatic, TIG28, etc.); machining by chip removal, abrasive machining, 
deformation  machining  etc.;  and  (4) On-the-job  training  designed  for 
vacancies  that  lack  suitable  candidates.  After  successfully  completing  the 
training, the worker in question will be offered a contract. 

– 

Participation, job-search and training allowances: A participation allowance up 
to EUR 300 is foreseen for those participating in all the individual counselling 
insertion.  The  workers 
session  set 
participating  actively  in  the  measure  'Intensive  job  search  assistance'  or 
completing training will receive a lump sum of EUR 400. 

their  personalised 

itinerary  of 

in 

27. 

28. 

29. 

The  Measures  were  planned  to  be  in  line  with  the  Spanish  Circular  Economy 
Strategy29. Training contributes to boost the process of digital transformation in the 
industry. The conclusions of the DESI 2020 report30 have been taken into account to 
set  the  contents  of  the  training  in  digital  skills.  The  package  will  contribute  to  the 
dissemination of horizontal skills required in the digital industrial age as well as in a 
resource-efficient economy, in line with Article 7.2 of the EGF Regulation. 

The  proposed  coordinated  package  of  personalised  services,  here  described, 
constitutes of active labour market measures within the eligible measures set out in 
Article  7  of  the  EGF  Regulation.  The  proposed  services  do  not  substitute  passive 
social protection measures. 

Spain has provided the required information on measures 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 
measures. 

Estimated budget 

30. 

31. 

32. 

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26 

27 

28 
29 
30 

The  estimated 
personalised  services  of  EUR 1 384 950  and  expenditure 
management, 
EUR 44 000. 

total  costs  are  EUR 1 428 950,  comprising  expenditure  for 
for  preparatory, 
information  and  publicity,  control  and  reporting  activities  of 

The total financial contribution requested from the EGF is EUR 1 214 607 (85 % of 
total costs).  

The national pre-financing and co-funding is provided by Lanbide, the Basque public 
employment service. 

Computer-aided design (CAD). 
CNC  programming  (Computer  Numerical  Control  Programming)  is  used  by  manufacturers  to  create 
program instructions for computers to control machine tools. 
CATIA  (acronym  of  computer-aided  three-dimensional  interactive  application)  is  a  multi-platform 
software  suite  for  computer-aided  design  (CAD),  computer-aided  manufacturing  (CAM),  computer-
aided engineering (CAE), product lifecycle management (PLM) and 3D. 
Tungsten inert gas. 
https://www.miteco.gob.es/es/calidad-y-evaluacion-ambiental/temas/economia-circular/estrategia/ 
https://digital-strategy.ec.europa.eu/en/policies/desi 

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Measures 

Estimated 
number of 
participants 

Estimated cost 
per participant 
(EUR)31 

Estimated total 
costs 
(EUR)32  

Personalised services (measures under Article 7(2)(a) of the EGF Regulation) 

General information. Welcome and profiling 
sessions 
(Difusión y presentación del proyecto. 
Acogida) 

Occupational guidance 
(Asesoramiento y orientación laboral)  

Intensive job-search assistance 
(Apoyo a la búsqueda de empleo) 

Support for business creation 
(Apoyo a personas emprendedoras)  

Contribution to business start-up 
(Ayuda al emprendimiento)  

Training 
(Desarrollo profesional y prácticas en 
empresas)  

300 

406 

121 800 

300 

280 

20 

10 

455 

136 500 

750 

210 000 

1 838 

36 750 

8 000 

80 000 

300 

1 486 

445 900 

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

– 

1 030 950 

(74,44 %) 

Allowances and incentives (measures under Article 7(2)(b) of the EGF Regulation) 

Incentives 
(Ayuda por la participación)  

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

Activities under Article 7(5) of the EGF Regulation 

1. Preparatory activities 

2. Management 

3. Information and publicity 

300 

1 18033 

354 000 

– 

– 

– 

– 

354 000 

(25,56 %) 

3 000 

3 000 

3 000 

31 

32 
33 

To avoid decimals, the estimated costs per worker have been rounded. However, the rounding has no 
impact on the total cost of each measure, which remains as in the application submitted by Spain. 
Totals do not tally due to rounding. 
The  cost  per  participant  for  this  measure  is  provided  for  presentation  purposes  only.  The  cost  per 
participant of the incentives will depend on the individual situation of each worker and on its eligibility 
for the different types of incentives. 

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

Total costs (a + b + c): 

EGF contribution (85 % of total costs) 

– 

– 

– 

– 

35 000 

44 000 

(3,08 %) 

1 428 950 

1 214 607 

33. 

The  costs  of  the  measures  identified  in  the  table  above  as  measures  under 
Article 7(2)(b) of the EGF Regulation do not exceed 35 % of the total costs for the 
coordinated  package  of  personalised  services.  Spain  confirmed  that  these  measures 
are conditional on the active participation of the targeted beneficiaries in job-search 
or training activities. 

34. 

Spain confirmed that the costs of investments for self-employment, business start-ups 
and employee take-overs will not exceed EUR 22 000 per beneficiary. 

Period of eligibility of expenditure 

35. 

36. 

Spain started providing the personalised services to the targeted beneficiaries on 11 
June 2021. The expenditure on the measures will therefore be eligible for a financial 
contribution from the EGF from 11 June 2021 until 24 months after the date of the 
entry into force of the Financing Decision. 

Spain  started  incurring  the  administrative  expenditure  to  implement  the  EGF  on  1 
February  2021.  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  February 2021 until  31 months after the date of 
the entry into force of the Financing Decision.  

Management and control systems 

37. 

The application contains a description of the management and control system, which 
specifies  the  responsibilities  of  the  bodies  involved.  Spain  has  notified  the 
Commission  that  the  financial  contribution  will  be  managed  and  controlled  by  the 
same bodies that manage and control the European Social Fund Plus. Lanbide will be 
the intermediate body for the managing authority. 

Commitments provided by the Member State concerned 

38. 

Spain has provided all necessary assurances regarding the following:  

– 

– 

– 

– 

– 

the principles of equality of treatment and non-discrimination will be respected 
in 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 and provided for their workers 
accordingly, 

any double financing will be prevented, 

the  financial  contribution  from  the  EGF  will  comply  with  the  procedural  and 
material Union rules on State aid. 

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BUDGETARY IMPLICATION 

Budgetary proposal 

39. 

40. 

41. 

The EGF shall not exceed a maximum annual amount of EUR 186 million (in 2018 
prices),  as 
in  Article 8  of  Council  Regulation  (EU,  Euratom) 
No 2020/2093  of  17  December  2020  laying  down  the  multiannual  financial 
framework for the years 2021 to 202734. 

laid  down 

Having examined the application in respect of the conditions set out in Article 13(1) 
and (2) 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 1 214 607, representing 85 % 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  9  of  the  Interinstitutional 
Agreement of 16 December 2020 between the European Parliament, the Council of 
the  European  Union  and  the  European  Commission  on  budgetary  discipline,  on 
cooperation in budgetary matters and on sound financial management, as well as on 
new  own  resources,  including  a  roadmap  towards  the  introduction  of  new  own 
resources35. 

Related acts 

42. 

43. 

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 the amount of EUR 1 214 607. 

At the same time as it adopted this proposal for a decision to mobilise the EGF, the 
Commission  adopted  a  decision  on  a  financial  contribution  that  constitutes  a 
financing decision within the meaning of Article 110 of the Financial Regulation36. 
That financing decision will enter into force on the date on which the Commission is 
notified of the approval of the budgetary transfer by the European Parliament and the 
Council. 

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OJ L 433, 22.12.2020, p. I/11. 
OJ L 433, 22.12.2020, p. I/29. 
Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2018/1046 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 July 2018 on 
the  financial  rules  applicable  to  the  general  budget  of  the  Union,  amending  Regulations  (EU)  No 
1296/2013, (EU) No 1301/2013, (EU) No 1303/2013, (EU) No 1304/2013, (EU) No 1309/2013, (EU) 
No  1316/2013,  (EU)  No  223/2014,  (EU)  No  283/2014,  and  Decision  No  541/2014/EU  and  repealing 
Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 966/2012 OJ L 193, 30.7.2018, p. 1 

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2021/0316 (BUD) 

Proposal for a 

DECISION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL 

on the mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Displaced 
Workers following an application from Spain – EGF/2021/001 ES/País Vasco metal 

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) 2021/691 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 
28 April 2021 on the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Displaced Workers (EGF) 
and repealing Regulation (EU) No 1309/201337, and in particular Article 15(1) thereof, 

Having  regard  to  the  Interinstitutional  Agreement  of  16  December  2020  between  the 
European Parliament, the Council of the European Union and the European Commission on 
budgetary  discipline,  on  cooperation  in  budgetary  matters  and  on  sound  financial 
management, as well as on new own resources, including a roadmap towards the introduction 
of new own resources38, and in particular point 9 thereof, 

Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission, 

Whereas: 

(1) 

(2) 

(3) 

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The European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Displaced Workers (EGF)  aims to 
demonstrate solidarity and promote decent and sustainable employment in the Union 
by  providing  support  for  workers  made  redundant  and  self-employed  persons  whose 
activity  has  ceased  in  the  case  of  major  restructuring  events  and  assisting  them  in 
returning to decent and sustainable employment as soon as possible.  

The  EGF  is  not  to  exceed  a  maximum  annual  amount  of  EUR 186  million  (in  2018 
prices), as laid down in Article 8 of Council Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2020/209339. 

On 25 June 2021, Spain  submitted an application to  mobilise the EGF, in respect  of 
worker’s  displacements  in  the  economic  sector  classified  under  the  Statistical 
classification of economic activities in the European Community ('NACE')40 Revision 
2  division  25  (Manufacture  of  fabricated  metal  products,  except  machinery  and 
equipment  in  the  Nomenclature  of  Territorial  Units  for  Statistics  ('NUTS')41  level  2 
region of País Vasco (ES21) in Spain. It was supplemented by additional information 

OJ L 153, 3.5.2021, p. 48. 
OJ L 433, 22.12.2020, p. I/29 
Council Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 2020/2093 of 17 December 2020 laying down the multiannual 
financial framework for the years 2021 to 2027 (OJ L 433, 22.12.2020, p. I/11). 
Regulation (EC) No 1893/2006 of the  European Parliament and of the Council of 20 December 2006 
establishing the statistical classification of economic activities NACE Revision 2 and amending Council 
Regulation (EEC) No 3037/90 as well as certain EC Regulations on specific statistical domains (OJ L 
393, 30.12.2006, p. 1). 
Commission Delegated Regulation 2019/1755 of 8 August 2019 amending the Annexes to 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). OJ L 270, 24.10.2019, p. 1–56 

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provided  in  accordance  with  Article 8(5)  of  Regulation  (EU)  2021/691.  That 
application complies with the conditions for a financial contribution from the EGF as 
laid down in Article 13 of Regulation (EU) 2021/691. 

(4) 

(5) 

The EGF should, therefore, be mobilised in order to provide a financial contribution of 
EUR 1 214 607 in respect of the application submitted by Spain. 

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 2021, the European Globalisation 
Adjustment  Fund  for  Displaced  Workers  shall  be  mobilised  to  provide  the  amount  of 
EUR 1 214 607 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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