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 Italy – EGF/2021/002 IT/Air Italy
Date: 2021-10-28
Institutions: Directorate-General for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion, European Commission
Subjects: European Globalisation Adjustment Fund, Italy, Sardinia, air transport, commitment of expenditure, dismissal, employment aid, general budget (EU), globalisation, reintegration into working life

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   EUROPEAN COMMISSION  Brussels, 28.10.2021  COM(2021) 936 final 2021/0338 (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 Italy – EGF/2021/002 IT/Air Italy  
 
EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM 

CONTEXT OF THE PROPOSAL 

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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  15  July  2021,  Italy  submitted  an  application  EGF/2021/002 IT/Air  Italy  for  a 
financial  contribution  from  the  EGF,  following  displacements  in  Air  Italy  SpA  in 
Italy. 

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/2021/002 IT/Air Italy 

Italy 
Sardegna (ITG2) 

15 July 2021 

29 July 2021 

Date of request for additional information 

29 July 2021 

Deadline for provision of the additional 
information 

19 August 2021 

Deadline for the completion of the assessment 

29 October 2021 

Intervention criterion 

Primary enterprise 

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

Air Italy SpA 

Number of enterprises concerned 

1 

Sector of economic activity 
(NACE Revision 2 division)3 

Division 51 (Air transport) 

Reference period (four months): 

1 September 2020 - 1 January 2021 

Number of displacements during the reference 
period (a) 

4664 

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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. 
The number of displacements during the reference period, and before or after it, refers only to the Air 
Italy displaced workers based in Sardinia. 

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

Total number of displacements (a + b) 

Total number of eligible beneficiaries 

Total number of targeted beneficiaries 
Budget for personalised services (EUR) 
Budget for implementing EGF5 (EUR) 
Total budget (EUR) 
EGF contribution (85 %) (EUR) 

145 

611 

611 

611 
4 376 000 
0 182 400 
4 558 400 
3 874 640 

ASSESSMENT OF THE APPLICATION 

Procedure 

4. 

Italy  submitted  application  EGF/2021/002 IT/Air  Italy  within  12  weeks  of  the  date 
on  which  the  intervention  criteria  set  out  in  Article 4  of  the  EGF  Regulation  were 
met, on 15 July 20216. The Commission acknowledged receipt of the application and 
requested  additional  information  from  Italy  on  29  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 29 October 2021. 

Eligibility of the application 

Enterprises and beneficiaries concerned 

5. 

The  application  relates  to  466  displaced  workers  whose  activity  has  ceased  in  Air 
Italy  SpA.  This  enterprise  operated  in  the  economic  sector  classified  under  the 
NACE  Revision  2  division  51  (Air  transport).  The  redundancies  made  by  Air  Italy 
are located in the NUTS 2 region of Sardegna (ITG2). 

Intervention criteria 

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Italy submitted the application under the intervention criteria of Article 4(2)(a) of the 
EGF  Regulation,  which  requires  the  cessation  of  activity  of  at  least  200  displaced 
workers over a reference period of four months in an enterprise in a Member State. 

The reference period of four months for the application runs from 1 September 2020 
to 1 January 2021. 

There were 466 displaced workers in Air Italy during the reference period.  

Calculation of displacements and of cessation of activity 

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The cessation of activities of all displaced workers during the reference period have 
been calculated 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.  Italy  confirmed  prior  to  the  date  of  the 

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. 
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). 

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completion of the assessment by the Commission that  these 466 redundancies have 
actually been effected. 

Eligible beneficiaries 

10. 

In addition to the workers already referred to, the eligible beneficiaries include 145 
displaced workers whose activity ceased before or after the reference period of four 
months.  In  line  with  Article  6  (b)  of  the  EGF  Regulation,  all  these  workers  ceased 
their  activity  within  the  six  months  before  the  start  of  the  reference  period  on  1 
September 2020 and/or between the end of the reference period and the day before of 
the adoption of this  proposal. A clear causal  link can be  established with the  event 
that triggered the cessations of activity of the displaced workers during the reference 
period.. 

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The total number of eligible beneficiaries is therefore 611. 

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

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In  1963,  Alisarda,  a  privately  owned  airline,  was  set  up  with  the  aim  of  boosting 
tourism  development  in  Costa  Smeralda  (northeast  Sardinia)  served  only  by  sea  at 
the  time.  In  1991,  Alisarda  changed  its  name  to  Meridiana  as  part  of  a  strategic 
repositioning  on  the  international  market.  In  the  1990s,  Meridiana's  operating 
turnover increased annually by around 10%, on average. In 2004, Meridiana carried 
3.5 million passengers and competed directly with Alitalia and AirOne on the Milan 
Linate-Rome  Fiumicino  route,  the  route  with  the  highest  traffic  in  Italy.  In  2006, 
Meridiana took over Eurofly, initiating an integration process that was completed in 
2010. The airline was rebranded Meridiana Fly. 

In  2013,  Meridiana  Fly  acquired  Air  Italy,  an  air  carrier  founded  for  charter  and 
scheduled short, medium and long haul air transport in 2005. 

In  2018,  the  two  companies  merged  to  create  the  new  Air  Italy  owned  by  AQA 
Holding8.  AQA  Holding  presented  an  ambitious  plan  to  cover  a  wide  range  of 
destinations  in  Italy,  and  to  boost  intercontinental  flights  from  the  airline's 
international hub at Milan Malpensa airport9.  

Since its inception, Air Italy faced various issues, such as the disputes with Alitalia 
over routes between mainland Italy and Sardinia10 or the strong reaction of American 
Airlines,  Delta  and  United  that  viewed  Air  Italy  as  a  way  for  Qatar  Airways  to 
expand in the United States. In an open letter to President Trump11, the three carriers 
asked to stop Air Italy’s increase of nonstop flights between the U.S. and Europe12. 
The  request  made  it  difficult  for  any  potential  partnerships  when  Air  Italy  was 
seeking its first interline and codeshare deals across the Atlantic13. 

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Moreover,  the  fleet  grew  less  quickly  than  expected  (in  January  2020,  the  fleet 
consisted  of  11  aircraft,  four  Airbus  A330s  and  seven  Boeing  737s);  and  the 
purchased  three  new  Boeing  737  Max  had  to  be  grounded  due  to  security  flaws 

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AQA Holding shareholders are Alisarda with 51% of the shares and Qatar Airways with 49%. Alisarda 
is an industrial group, which also holds the majority of the shares in Olbia airport. 
https://www.ilsole24ore.com/art/air-italy-quel-piano-ambizioso-qatar-airways-mai-decollato-
ACS5ggIB 
www.quifinanza.it/soldi/air-italy 
https://www.politico.com/f/?id=0000016a-26c5-d80c-a7ea-7fc56fae0000 
https://www.inc.com/bill-murphy-jr/american-delta-united-airlines-just-begged-president-trump-to-do-
1-very-big-thing-for-them-was-asking-for-this-brilliant-or-insane.html 
https://www.flightglobal.com/strategy/why-did-air-italy-fail/136685.article 

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found in the tragic accidents in Indonesia and Ethiopia14. Some routes were cancelled 
shortly after starting15 and others were announced and never launched16. 

In  2018,  the  first  year  of  operations  of  Air  Italy,  losses  amounted  to  almost  160 
million (57% of turnover). In 2019, despite the increase in turnover (about EUR 330 
million), the losses reached EUR 230 million, i.e. 70% of turnover17. 

Air Italy needed EUR 200 million to continue operations. Qatar Airways seemed to 
be willing to invest additionally, but a further purchase of shares would have turned 
Qatar Airways into the major shareholder and Air Italy would have lost its license of 
airline of the European Union18. 

On  11  February  2020,  Air  Italy  announced  that  its  shareholders  had  approved  a 
voluntary  liquidation  and  the  cancellation  of  all  operations  as  from  25  February 
2020. 

Two days after the stop of all operations, Air Italy initiated a collective redundancy 
procedure  concerning  its  whole  workforce  (1 453  employees).  However,  the 
procedure was put on hold until September 2020, because of the entry into force of 
the decree law19 preventing the displacement of workers during the early months of 
the pandemic. 

Application of the EU Quality Framework for anticipation of change and restructuring 
(QFR) 

21. 

In  its  application,  Italy  has  described  how  the  recommendations  set  out  in  the  EU 
Quality  Framework  for  anticipation  of  change  and  restructuring  were  taken  into 
account. The authorities involved in the case of Air Italy (Ministries of Labour and 
Social  Policy,  Transport,  and  Economic  Development  along  with  the  Regions 
concerned)  tried  to  identify  any  possible  measures  to  avoid  the  collective 
redundancies such as identifying a buyer for the company put into liquidation on 11 
February 2020.  

Faced with the impossibility of avoiding Air Italy collective redundancies, ASPAL, 
the regional public employment services, and Regione Sardegna took direct actions 
to  achieve the objectives recommended in  the  QFR regarding training,  certification 
and re-employment. ASPAL identified the  most appropriate measures to ensure the 
workers'  re-employability,  providing  them  with  transferable  skills  such  as  IT, 
languages  or  entrepreneurial  skills.  The  social  partners  were  fully  involved  in 
planning  the  measures.  Local  enterprises  expressed  interest  in  participating  in  job-
matching exercises involving former Air Italy employees. During the meetings held 
in  the  context  of  the  collective  redundancy  procedure,  the  trade  unions  asked  Air 
Italy  to  consider  requesting  the  special  wage  integration  scheme20  to  mitigate  the 
social impact of its decision to stop activities, while supporting the redeployment of 
displaced workers through the intensive relocation assistance services21 linked to the 

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The routes Milan-Bangkok and Milan-Delhi stopped at the end of March 2019. 
The  route  Milan-Chicago,  announced  in  December  2018  with  an  estimated  start  date  of  March  2019 
was never launched. 
https://www.ilsole24ore.com/art/air-italy-quel-piano-ambizioso-qatar-airways-mai-decollato-
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www.quifinanza.it/soldi/air-italy  
Decreto Legge 17 marzo 2020, n.18. art. 46  
The special wage integration referred to in Article 94 of Decree-Law n. 18/2020, 
Assegno di ricollocazione-CIGS. 

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wage  integration  scheme.  All  displaced  workers  were  granted  the  wage  integration 
scheme and the associated relocation assistance services. 

Regarding the activities undertaken to assist the displaced workers, Italy has reported 
that  the  'general  information  and  vocational  guidance'  measure  has  already  been 
implemented. Forty workers chose the path of self-employment. As a contribution to 
the  measures  implemented  by  Regione  Sardegna,  Air  Italy  provided  support 
(including  medical  examinations)  for  the  licenses  renewal  up  to  30  June  2021. 
Several  trainings,  such as  Basic  Life Support  and Defibrillation  or  Pilots  Recurring 
Training, took place in May 2021. 

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

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The  pandemic  crisis  has  led  to  a  significant  deterioration  of  the  Sardinian  labour 
market,  which  due  to  its  insularity  away  from  the  mainland,  constitutes  a  small 
labour market.  

The number of people in employment, which had been increasing over 2018-19, fell 
sharply  in  2020.  According  to  the  Italian  National  Institute  of  Statistics  (ISTAT) 
labour force survey, the decline (-4,6%) was 2,6 percentage points (pp)  higher than 
the average of Italy as a whole (-2,0%)22. 

In 2020, the difference between job creation and job destruction was negative (-6 000 
jobs).  This  represents  a  loss  of  2,6  full  jobs  per  every  100  employees.  The  decline 
was  mainly  driven  by  tourism,  entertainment  and  leisure  services,  and  maritime 
freight  (mainly  transhipment),  while  the  construction  sector  recorded  positive 
developments.  The  activity  rate  decreased  by  3,1  pp.  compared  with  2019,  to 
60,3%23.  

In  the  first  half  of  2020,  hours  worked  in  Sardinia  decreased  by  almost  20% 
compared to the same period in 2019. The reduction in the number of hours worked 
did  not  result  in  unemployment  thanks  to  the  extensive  use  of  short-time  work 
schemes and the decree law referred to in paragraph 20. 

The  Sardinian  economy  is  not  only  suffering  from  the  negative  impact  of  the 
displacements in Air Italy but also from the displacements in Porto Canale, subject of 
another EGF application24. In the general employment context and when the situation 
of  air  transport  is  still  fragile,  the  workers  displaced  from  Air  Italy  will  need 
additional support to overcome the issues of the Sardinian small labour market and 
find new jobs. 

Targeted beneficiaries and proposed measures 

Targeted beneficiaries 

28. 

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

Category 

Number of  
expected 
beneficiaries 

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Banca d’Italia. L'economia della Sardegna. Rapporto annuale, giugno 2021. 
Ibid. 
EGF/2021/004 IT / Porto Canale. COM(2021) 935 

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Gender: 

Men: 

Women: 

Non-binary 

Age group: 

Below 30 years: 

Educational 
level 

30-54 years: 

Over 54 years: 

Lower  secondary 
education or less25  
Upper  secondary26 
or  post-secondary 
education27 

Tertiary 
education28 

317  (51,89 %) 

294  (48,11 %) 

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0 

(0,0 %) 

(0,0 %) 

423  (69,23 %) 

188  (30,77 %) 

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(1,0 %) 

570 

(93,3 %) 

35 

(5,7 %) 

Proposed measures 

29. 

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

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General  information  and  vocational  guidance:  After  general  information  on 
available measures, vocational guidance (including profiling) is provided to all 
the  workers.  Profiling  is  designed  to  foster  a  process  of  personal  awareness 
aimed at identifying areas of interest, skills, capabilities and competences, and 
areas  for  improvement.  The  outcome  of  this  process  will  be  the  worker’s 
personalised pathway for reintegration into employment. 

Job  search  assistance,  including  the  active  search  for  local  and  regional 
employment opportunities, and job-matching. 

Training. To avoid the downgrading of their professional profiles, pilots, flight 
attendants  and  aircraft  maintenance  technicians  will  follow  the  required 
training  to  retain  their  licences.  The  workers,  who  are  short-listed  for  a  job 
offer  following  job-matching,  will  receive  training  to  address  any  skill 
shortages  identified  by  the  potential  employer.  Priority  will  be  given  to  the 
most vulnerable groups of workers, particularly those aged over 55). Training 
will focus on the green economy, blue economy29, personal services, health and 
social services, promotion of cultural heritage and cultural activities. Training 
on  digital  skills  (up  to  90  hours)  and  on  vocational  qualifications  included  in 
the national or regional catalogues are also part of the training offer. 

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Support  for  business  creation:  Workers  interested  in  becoming  self-employed 
will  receive  group/individual  tutoring  sessions,  which  might  cover  planning, 
carrying out feasibility studies, preparing business plans, help with identifying 

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tool 
'WeRentrepreneur'30 will be at their disposal.  

possibilities, 

etc.  The 

for 

entrepreneurial 

skills 

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– 

Contribution  to  business  start-up:  Beneficiaries  who  start  a  business  or  an 
activity as self-employed persons will receive a contribution up to EUR 22 000 
per each, to help them with setting-up costs. 

Incentives and contribution to specific costs: (1) Hiring incentives. Enterprises 
recruiting  former  Air  Italy  workers  will  receive  EUR 3 500  for  full-time 
permanent contract and EUR 1 500 for fixed-term contracts (2) Reimbursement 
of  mobility  costs.  To  support  the  geographical  mobility  of  the  workers  in  the 
case  of  re-employment  in  an  enterprise  in  a  different  region  or  at  200  km  or 
more from the place of residence of the worker, a reimbursement of the moving 
expenses  is  foreseen31.  (3) Contribution  to  the  accommodation  and  traveling 
cost  incurred  when  participating  in  licencing  training32.  (4) Job-search 
allowance. The workers will receive an allowance equivalent to one day of the 
Italian subsistence allowance 'CIGS'33 for each day of participation. 

The  Measures  were  planned  to  be  in  line  with  the  Italian  National  Strategy  for 
Sustainable  Development  (SNSvS)34.  The  training  on  digital  skills  (middle  level 
general  IT  training,  IT  security  and  web)  caters  for  the  dissemination  the  skills 
required in the digital industrial age and in a resource-efficient economy, in line with 
Article 7.2 of the EGF Regulation.  

The  proposed  coordinated  package  of  personalised  services  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. 

Italy  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. 

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Estimated budget 

33. 

The  estimated 
personalised  services  of  EUR 4 376 000  and  expenditure 
management, 
EUR 182 400. 

total  costs  are  EUR 4 558 400,  comprising  expenditure  for 
for  preparatory, 
information  and  publicity,  control  and  reporting  activities  of 

34. 

The total financial contribution requested from the EGF is EUR 3 874 640 (85 % of 
total costs). 

35. 

The national pre-financing and co-funding is provided by Regione Sardegna. 

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EUR 1 500 on average. 
EUR 350 on average. 
CIGS  is  a  scheme  under  Italian  law,  consisting  of  a  financial  benefit  paid  by  Istituto  Nazionale  della 
Previdenza  Sociale-INPS  (National  Institute  of  the  Social  Security)  in  favour  of  workers  suspended 
from undertaking the work performance or working reduced hours. 
Strategia Nazionale per lo Sviluppo sostenibile (SNSvS) 

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Measures 

Estimated 
number of 
participants 

Estimated cost 
per participant 
(EUR)35 

Estimated total 
costs 
(EUR)36  

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

General information and vocational guidance 
(Presa in carico e orientamento) 

611 

327 

200 000 

Job search assistance 
(Assistenza alla ricerca e servizi di 
accompagnamento al lavoro) 

Training 
(Formazione e riqualificazione professionale. 
Voucher formativo specialistico)  

Support for business creation 
(Assistenza all’autoimprenditorialità) 

Contribution to business start-up 
(Bonus per la creazione di un'impresa)  

569 

439 

250 000 

611 

2455 

1 500 000 

42 

42 

500 

21 000 

20 952 

880 000 

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

– 

2 851 000 

(65,15 %) 

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

Hiring benefits 
(Incentivo all’assunzione)  

Reimbursement of mobility costs 
(Bonus per la mobilità territoriale) 

Accomodation and travelling when in 
training 
(Contributo per le spese di formazione:  
viaggi  e pernottamenti)  

Job-search allowances 
(Indennità CIGS)   

400 

100 

2 500 

1 000 000 

1 500 

150 000 

221 

339 

75 000 

611 

491 

300 000 

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

Measures under Article 7(5) of the EGF Regulation 

1. Preparatory activities 

– 

– 

1 525 000 

(34,85 %) 

65 000 

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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 Italy. 
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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 (85 % of total costs) 

– 

– 

– 

– 

– 

– 

60 000 

8 000 

49 400 

182 400 

(4,00 %) 

4 558 400 

3 874 640 

36. 

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

37. 

Italy 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 

38. 

39. 

Italy  started  providing  the  personalised  services  to  the  targeted  beneficiaries  on  4 
November  2020.  The  expenditure  on  the  measures  will  therefore  be  eligible  for  a 
financial contribution from the EGF from 4 November 2020 until 24 months after the 
date of the entry into force of the Financing Decision. 

Italy  started  incurring  the  administrative  expenditure  to  implement  the  EGF  on  4 
November  2020.  The  expenditure  for  preparatory,  management,  information  and 
publicity,  control  and  reporting  activities  shall  therefore  be  eligible  for  a  financial 
contribution from the EGF from 4 November 2020 until 31 months after the date of 
the entry into force of the Financing Decision.  

Complementarity with actions funded by national or Union funds 

40. 

41. 

Italy  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. 

The coordinated package of personalised services complements measures funded by 
other  national  or  EU  funds  such  as  the  relocation  assistance  service  linked  to  the 
wage  integration  scheme,  or  the  support  for  the  licenses  renewal  provided  by  Air 
Italy. 

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

42. 

On  6  November  2020,  the  Regione  Sardegna  and  ASPAL  met  by  videoconference 
with  Air  Italy  and  the  relevant  trade  unions37  to  discuss  the  planned  package  of 
measures to promote the redeployment of Air Italy displaced workers. 

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Federazione Italiana Lavoratori Trasporti- Confederazione Generale Italiana del Lavoro (FILT-CGIL), 
Federazione  Italiana  Trasporti-Confederazione  Italiana  Sindacati  Lavoratori  (FIT-CISL),  Unione 
Italiana del Lavoro (UIL) – trasporti; and Unione Generale del Lavoro (UGL) - transporto aereo. 

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Management and control systems 

43. 

The application contains a description of the management and control system, which 
specifies  the  responsibilities  of  the  bodies  involved.  Italy  has  notified  the 
Commission  that  the  financial  contribution  will  be  managed  by  Agenzia  Nazionale 
per  le  Politiche  Attive  del  Lavoro  (ANPAL)38  as  follows:  ANPAL—Divisione  IV 
will act as managing authority and ANPAL—Divisione VI as certification authority. 
The  Ministero  del  Lavoro  e  delle  Politiche  Sociali-MLPS—Segretariato  Generale 
will  act  as  audit  authority.  ASPAL  will  be  the  intermediate  body  for  the  managing 
authority. 

Commitments provided by the Member State concerned 

44. 

Italy 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 measures and their implementation, 

the  requirements  laid  down  in  national  and  EU  legislation  concerning 
collective redundancies have been complied with, 

any double financing will be prevented, 

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

BUDGETARY IMPLICATION 

Budgetary proposal 

45. 

46. 

47. 

The EGF shall not exceed a maximum annual amount of EUR 186 million (in 2018 
in  Article 8  of  Council  Regulation  (EU,  Euratom) 
prices),  as 
No 2020/2093  of  17  December  2020  laying  down  the  multiannual  financial 
framework for the years 2021 to 202739. 

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  measures  and  the  estimated  costs,  the  Commission 
proposes to mobilise the EGF for the amount of EUR 3 874 640, representing 85 % 
of  the  total  costs  of  the  proposed  measures,  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 
resources40. 

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Agenzia  Nazionale  per  le  Politiche  Attive  del  Lavoro  (ANPAL),  the  Italian  national  agency  for 
employment active policies. 
OJ L 433, 22.12.2020, p. I/11. 
OJ L 433, 22.12.2020, p. I/29. 

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Related acts 

48. 

49. 

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 3 874 640. 

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 Regulation41. 
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. 

41 

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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2021/0338 (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 Italy – EGF/2021/002 IT/Air Italy 

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 1309/201342, 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 resources43, and in particular point 9 thereof, 

Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission, 

Whereas: 

(1) 

(2) 

(3) 

(4) 

(5) 

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43 
44 

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 displaced workers 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) 2020/209344. 

On  15  July  2021,  Italy  submitted  an  application  to  mobilise  the  EGF,  in  respect  of 
workers’  displacements  in  Air  Italy  SpA  in  Italy.  It  was  supplemented  by  additional 
information  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. 

The EGF should, therefore, be mobilised in order to provide a financial contribution of 
EUR 3 874 640 in respect of the application submitted by Italy. 

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

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). 

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HAVE ADOPTED THIS DECISION:  

Article 1 

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 3 874 640 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 

  

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

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