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/2021/003 IT Porto Canale
Date: 2021-10-28
Institutions: Directorate-General for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion, European Commission
Subjects: European Globalisation Adjustment Fund, Italy, Sardinia, commitment of expenditure, dismissal, employment aid, general budget (EU), globalisation, harbour installation, reintegration into working life, storage

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   EUROPEAN COMMISSION  Brussels, 28.10.2021  COM(2021) 935 final 2021/0337 (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/2021/003 IT Porto Canale  
 
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/2021/003 IT/Porto Canale for a 
financial contribution from the EGF, following displacements in Porto Industriale di 
Cagliari 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/2021/003 IT/Porto Canale 

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 

20 August 2021 

Deadline for the completion of the assessment 

29 October 2021 

Intervention criterion 

Primary enterprise 

Article 4(3) of the EGF Regulation 

Porto Canale 
(Porto Industriale di Cagliari SpA) 

Number of enterprises concerned 

1 

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

Division 52 (Warehousing and 
support activities for transportation) 

Reference period (four months): 

1 September 2020 -1 January 2021 

Number of displacements during the reference 
period (a) 

190 

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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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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 EGF4 (EUR) 
Total budget (EUR) 
EGF contribution (85 %) (EUR) 

0 

190 

190 

190 
1 686 750 
0 070 200 
1 756 950 
1 493 407 

ASSESSMENT OF THE APPLICATION 

Procedure 

4. 

Italy  submitted  application  EGF/2021/003 IT/Porto  Canale  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  20215.  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 190 displaced workers whose activity has ceased in Porto 
Canale (Porto Industriale di Cagliari SpA). This enterprise operated in the economic 
sector classified under the NACE Revision 2 division 52 (Warehousing and support 
activities for transportation). The displacements from Porto Canale 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(3) 
derogating from the 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,  including  workers  displaced  in 
suppliers and downstream  producers and /  or self-employed persons whose activity 
has ceased.  

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

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. 

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Calculation of displacements and of cessation of activity 

8. 

The cessation of activities of the displaced workers during the reference period has 
been  calculated  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 therefore 190. 

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

10. 

In  2018,  Mediterranean  ports  handled  35%  of  European  port  traffic,  an  increase  of 
seven  percentage  points  (pp)  compared  to  2008.  However,  the  Italian  ports  did  not 
benefit from this trend. Between 2011 and 2018, the tonnes in transit along the Suez 
Canal increased by 42%, while the activity of the Italian ports increased only by 2%6 
and activity in the port of Cagliari has been steadily declining over this period. 

Maritime transport of goods, total flows in and out of the Sardinian ports 
(millions of tonnes) 

In 

Out 

Source: Banca d'Italia7 
The process of concentration involving global shipping lines8, has lead to changes in 
the  transhipment  operations  in  the  Mediterranean  Sea.  Container  volumes  and 
operations  have  been  moved  to  the  hubs  located  at  the  edges  of  the  Mediterranean 
basin, such as Piraeus, Port Said, Tanger-Med and Algeciras.  

The  Port  of  Cagliari  has  a  significant  disadvantage  in  the  global  trade  network:  it 
cannot offer land connections with the rest of Italy and Europe. In 2018, traffic fell 
by  90%  and  losses  amounted  to  more  than  EUR 3  million.  In  2019,  the  container 
terminal of Cagliari did not receive any ship calls during a few months, as a result of 

Riflessioni sul sistema dei trasporti in Italia (2nd edition, October 2019) .  
Banca d’Italia. L'economia della Sardegna. Rapporto annuale, giugno 2021 
Three large alliance groups, Ocean alliance, 2M and The Alliance, have together 100% of the stowage 
capacity on the Asia-North Europe and Asia-Med routes. 

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its main customer's (Hapag Lloyd) strategic choices9. Consequently, Contship  Italia 
Group, the sole shareholder of Porto Industriale di Cagliari S.p.A, the concessionaire 
of the container terminal, decided to end its operations in Cagliari and to voluntarily 
liquidate its subsidiary Porto Industriale di Cagliari SpA. 

In September 2019, to avoid layoffs while the Italian authorities searched for a new 
concessionaire for the container terminal, the 207 Porto Canale workers were granted 
CIGS  a social safety net that replaces or complements the salary of the workers of 
enterprises in difficulty   for 12 months. Dismissal notice letters were sent with a 
contract termination date of 1 September 2020. 

The  call  for  tender  to  find  a  new  concessionaire  attracted  no  bidder,  despite  three 
extensions. In September 2020 the 190 workers who were still part of the enterprise 
were laid off. 

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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  far  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%)10. 

In 2020, the difference between job creation and job destruction was negative (-6 000 
jobs).  This  representes  a  loss  of  2,6  fulltime  jobs  per  every  100  employees.  The 
decline  was  mainly  driven  by  tourism,  entertainment  and  leisure  services,  and 
maritime  freight  transport  (mainly  transhipment),  while  the  construction  sector 
recorded  positive  developments.  The  activity  rate  decreased  by  3,1  pp.  compared 
with 2019, to 60,3%11.  

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 entry into force of the decree law 12 preventing the displacement of 
workers during the early months of the pandemic. 

The  Sardinian  economy  is  not  only  suffering  from  the  negative  impact  of  the 
displacements in Porto Canale but also from the displacements in Air Italy, object of 
another EGF application13. 

In a general context of employment decline, the workers displaced from Porto Canale 
will  need  additional  support  to  overcome  the  issues  of  the  Sardinian  small  labour 
market and find new jobs. 

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Hapag Lloyd eliminates Cagliari port from its services. 
Banca d’Italia. L'economia della Sardegna. Rapporto annuale, giugno 2021. 
Banca d’Italia. L'economia della Sardegna. Rapporto annuale, giugno 2021. 
Decreto Legge 17 marzo 2020, n.18. art. 46 
EGF/2021/002 IT / Air Italy. COM(2021) 936 

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Explanation of circumstances underlying the admissibility of the application 

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Italy argues that, despite the fact that fewer than 200 displacements occurred within 
the four-month reference period, this application should nevertheless be assimilated 
to  an  application  under  Article 4(2)(a)  of  the  EGF  Regulation,  as  the  redundancies 
occurred in a small labour market.  

Sardinia  is  a  small  labour  market  given  its  insularity  far  away  from  the  mainland. 
Furthermore,  the  island  is  sparsely  populated.  Its  population  density  is  68 
inhabitants/km2, which is below the EU-27 average (109) and about one third of the 
Italian average (201)14. Furthermore, the island is losing population (-5,4% in 2019 
compared  to  2018)15.  The  geographical  distribution  of  the  population,  natural 
resources,  economic  wealth,  and  economic  infrastructures  is  heterogeneous  and 
concentrated  in  the  South  and  Northwest  of  the  island.  One  third  of  all  jobs  of 
Sardegna are in Cagliari. 
GDP in PPS16 per capita in Sardinia is much lower than the Italian average. In 2018, 
it  was  EUR 21 600,  far  below  the  Italian  (EUR 29 700)  and  the  European  average 
(EUR 31 000) (Eurostat, 2020)17.  

Sardinia has been severely affected by the economic crisis. Since 2008, the economy 
has suffered from low growth and increasing unemployment18.  

The  pandemic  has  hit  hard  the  Sardinian  service  sector:  for  two  out  of  three 
enterprises,  the  turnover  declined.  Tourism  related  enterprises  were  particularly 
affected,  the  number  of  visitors  fell  by  58%  in  2020  compared  to  201919.  The 
manufacturing activity, more resilient to the effects of the pandemic, represents only 
7%  of  the  total  activity  in  Sardinia,  1,7  pp  lower  than  the  national  average  of  the 
manufacturing activity (ISTAT, 2020)20. 

In  2020,  the  available  income  at  constant  prices  of  Sardinian  families  fell  by  5,1% 
compared  to  2019  (-2,7%  in  Italy).  The  decline  was  driven  by  the  contraction  in 
labour income, which contributes more than four-fifths to the total income. Total net 
earnings of employees fell sharply, mainly affected by the decline in worked hours 
(13% less than in 2019)21. 

Because  of  the  pandemic,  the  number  of  Sardinian  households  without  labour 
income increased up to 16,5% in 2020 (+3,5 pp from 2019). In a context of reduced 
household  income,  the  use  of  the  basic  income  (reddito  di  cittadinanza)  in  2020 
increased by 7,3% compared to 2019. The number of beneficiary households at the 
end of 2020 was 47 604 or 6,5% of the Sardinian households, 1,7 pp. higher than the 
Italian average (4,8%)22.  

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In  May  2020,  the  emergency  income  (reddito  di  emergenza),  a  temporary  measure 
similar to the basic income but with less restrictive access criteria, was launched to 

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https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/demo_r_d3dens/default/table?lang=en 
https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/cache/digpub/regions/ 
Gross domestic product in purchasing power standards. 
https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/regional-innovation-monitor/base-profile/sardinia 
https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/regional-innovation-monitor/base-profile/sardinia. 
https://www.ansa.it/sardegna/notizie/2021/06/22/bankitalia-pandemia-affossa-pil-della-sardegna-giu-
dell8_c3e46d5b-cc14-4605-aeeb-308b6ac8d54c.html 
https://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools-databases/regional-innovation-monitor/base-profile/sardinia 
Banca d’Italia. L'economia della Sardegna. Rapporto annuale, giugno 2021. 
Banca d’Italia. L'economia della Sardegna. Rapporto annuale, giugno 2021. 

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provide immediate help to families severely affected by the economic effects of the 
pandemic. At the end of 2020, around 8 500 households in the region had benefited 
from  this  measure.  Both  income  schemes  supported  7,7%  of  the  Sardinian 
households23. 
The basic income helped reducing poverty24, which, according to the relative poverty 
index,  affected  25%  of  the  Sardinian  population  in  2018,  10  pp  above  the  national 
average.  The  family  poverty  index  is  higher  than  the  Italian  average,  as  well.  In 
2018, it was 19,3% for Sardinia and 11,8% for Italy. The index declined in 2019, to 
12,8%  (Sardinia)  and  11,4%  (Italy).  The  decline  of  the  index  for  Sardinia  was 
certainly  triggered  by  the  basic  income  that  benefited  about  40 000  Sardinian 
people25. 

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

30. 

31. 

Italy has described how the recommendations set out in the EU Quality Framework 
for  anticipation  of  change  and  restructuring  were  taken  into  account.  After  Porto 
Canale  launched  a  collective  redundancy  procedure  for  the  entire  workforce,  the 
Sardinian  authorities,  the  relevant  ministries26,  the  unions27  and  the  dismissing 
enterprise  set  roundtable  discussions  with  the  twofold  objective  of  protecting 
workers’  income  through  wage  supplement  schemes  and  ensuring  that  workers 
maintain their vocational skills  and knowledge,  and of increasing the  attractiveness 
of the Port of Cagliari for potential investors, provided that investors could generate 
new job prospects. 

Regione Sardegna and ASPAL, the regional public employment services, 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  or  upskilling  in  logistics.  The  workers  were 
granted CIGS for 12 months and intensive relocation assistance services28 linked to 
the CIGS scheme. The social partners were fully involved in planning the measures. 

32. 

Regarding the activities undertaken to assist the displaced workers, Italy has reported 
that the 'general information and vocational guidance' had already been implemented 
and 179 displaced workers participated in up-skilling training related to logistics.  

Complementarity with actions funded by national or Union funds 

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

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Banca d’Italia. L'economia della Sardegna. Rapporto annuale, giugno 2021. 
Banca d’Italia. L'economia della Sardegna. Rapporto annuale, giugno 2021. 
Banca d’Italia. L'economia della Sardegna. Rapporto annuale, giugno 2021. 
Ministry  of  Infrastructures  and  Transport,  Ministry  of  Labour  and  Social  Policies,  Ministry  of 
Economic Development and Ministry for the South and Territorial Cohesion. 
Confederazione  Generale  Italiana  del  Lavoro  (CGIL),  Unione  Italiana  del  Lavoro  (UIL),  Federazione 
Italiana Lavoratori Trasporti- Confederazione Generale Italiana del Lavoro (FILT-CGIL), Federazione 
Italiana  Trasporti-Confederazione  Italiana  Sindacati  Lavoratori  (FIT-CISL),  UIL  Trasporti,  Unione 
Generale  del  Lavoro  (UGL)  Mare  e  Porti,  Unione  Sindacale  di  Base  (USB)  lavoro  privato,  and 
Rappresentanza Sindacale Unitaria (RSU). 
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The  coordinated  package  of  personalised  services  complements  actions  funded  by 
other  national  or  EU  funds  such  as  the  relocation  assistance  service  linked  to  the 
CIGS scheme already mentioned. 

Procedures  for  consulting  the  targeted  beneficiaries  or  their  representatives  or  the  social 
partners as well as local and regional authorities 

35. 

The  Sardinia  Region,  ASPAL,  the  Municipality  of  Cagliari,  the  Cagliari  Port 
Authority and trade unions have jointly worked to identify appropriate measures and 
pathways  to  ensure  the  reemployment  of  former  Porto  Canale  workers.  Since 
November  2020,  ANPAL29  and 
several 
videoconferences  with  the  aim  of  fine-tuning  the  package  of  measures  and  prepare 
the EGF application.  

the  Sardinian  authorities  held 

Targeted beneficiaries and proposed measures 

Targeted beneficiaries 

36. 

All  190  displaced  workers  are  expected  to  participate  in  the  measures.  The 
breakdown  of  these  workers  by  gender,  age  group  and  educational  level  is  as 
follows: 

Category 

Gender: 

Men: 

Women: 

Non-binary 

Age group: 

Below 30 years: 

Educational 
level 

30-54 years: 

Over 54 years: 

Lower  secondary 
education or less30  
Upper  secondary31 
or  post-secondary 
education32 

Tertiary 
education33 

Number of  
expected 
beneficiaries 

172 

(90,5 %) 

18 

(9,5 %) 

0 

0 

(0,0 %) 

(0,0 %) 

187 

(98,4 %) 

3 

18 

(1,6 %) 

(9,5 %) 

159 

(83,7 %) 

13 

(6,8 %) 

Proposed measures 

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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  is  provided  to  all  the  workers.  This 
measure,  already  carried  out,  is  not  part  of  the  EGF  co-financed  package. 
Nevertheless,  the  measure  is  described  for  the  sake  of  coherence  of  the 
measures proposed to displaced workers. 

Counseling  for  career  development:  Profiling,  which  is  part  of  the  content  of 
this  measure,  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. 

–  Mentoring for adjusting to a new job. Mentoring sessions are foreseen to help 
workers to adjust to the new job environment and organisational context. 

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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 
skills 
financing 
'WeRentrepreneur'34 will be at their disposal. 

entrepreneurial 

possibilities, 

etc.  The 

tool 

for 

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

Training.  Training  offer  related  to  logistics  such  as  goods  movements, 
transportation  planning,  etc.,  maintenance  of  machinery  involved  in  freight 
distribution,  or  management  and  organization  of  logistic  infrastructures.  The 
main training is  complemented by 30 hours of horizontal training (English or 
software related to the content of the main training).  

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 with low schooling or aged over 55. Training will focus on 
the  green  economy,  blue  economy35,  personal  services,  health  and  social 
services,  promotion  of  cultural  heritage  and  cultural  activities.  Training  on 
vocational  qualifications  included  in  the  national  or  regional  catalogues  are 
also part of the training offer. 

Workers aiming at self-employment will receive a training voucher to be used 
for training related to business creation and management.  

Incentives and contribution to specific costs. (1) Hiring incentives. Enterprises 
recruiting  former  Porto  Canale  workers  will  receive  EUR 3 500  for  full-time 
permanent 
contracts. 
EUR 1 500 
(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 

fixed-term 

contracts 

and 

for 

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reimbursement of the moving expenses is planned. (3) Training incentive. The 
workers  who  actively  participate  in  training  will  receive  a  lump  sum  of 
EUR 500.  

The  Measures  were  planned  to  be  in  line  with  the  Italian  National  Strategy  for 
the 
Sustainable  Development 
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. 

(SNSvS)36.  The  package  will  contribute 

to 

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. 

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. 

Estimated budget 

41. 

The  estimated 
personalised  services  of  EUR 1 686 750  and  expenditure 
management, 
EUR 70 200. 

total  costs  are  EUR 1 756 950,  comprising  expenditure  for 
for  preparatory, 
information  and  publicity,  control  and  reporting  activities  of 

42. 

The total financial contribution requested from the EGF is EUR 1 493 407 (85 % of 
total costs). 

43. 

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

Measures 

Estimated 
number of 
participants 

Estimated cost 
per participant 
(EUR)37 

Estimated total 
costs 
(EUR)38  

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

Counseling for career development 
(counselling per lo sviluppo di carriera e 
patto di azione) 

Job search assistance 
(accompagnamento e assistenza alla ricerca 
attiva di lavoro) 

Mentoring for adjusting to a new job 
(accompagnamento all'inserimento 
lavorativo)  

Support for business creation 
(accompagnamento alla creazione d'impresa) 

190 

280 

53 200 

150 

280 

42 000 

150 

175 

26 250 

20 

525 

10 500 

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37 

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Strategia Nazionale per lo Sviluppo sostenibile (SNSvS) 
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. 
Totals do not tally due to rounding. 

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Contribution to business creation 
(bonus per la creazione di un'impresa)  

Training 
(formazione professionale su misura, voucher 
formativo specialistico, formazione 
specialistica in gestione aziendale)   

20 

22 000 

440 000 

176 

2 993 

526 800 

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

– 

1 098 750 

(65,14 %) 

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

Hiring incentives 
(Incentivo all’assunzione)  

Reimbursement of mobility costs 
(bonus per la mobilità territoriale) 

170 

2 235 

380 000 

80 

1 500 

120 000 

Training incentive 
(indennità per la frequenza della formazione)   

176 

500 

88 000 

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 

4. Control and reporting 

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

Total costs (a + b + c): 

EGF contribution (85 % of total costs) 

– 

– 

– 

– 

– 

– 

– 

– 

588 000 

(34,86 %) 

15 000 

30 000 

4 200 

21 000 

70 200 

(4,00 %) 

1 756 950 

1 493 407 

44. 

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. 

45. 

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

Period of eligibility of expenditure 

46. 

Italy  started  providing  the  personalised  services  to  the  targeted  beneficiaries  on  8 
October  2020.  The  expenditure  on  the  measures  will  therefore  be  eligible  for  a 

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financial contribution from the EGF from 8 October 2020 until 24 months after the 
date of the entry into force of the Financing Decision".  

47. 

Italy  started  incurring  the  administrative  expenditure  to  implement  the  EGF  on  18 
January  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  18 January 2021 until  31 months  after the date of 
the entry into force of the Financing Decision.  

Management and control systems 

48. 

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 ANPAL 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 

49. 

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 

50. 

51. 

52. 

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 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 1 493 407, 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 

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OJ L 433, 22.12.2020, p. I/11. 

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new  own  resources,  including  a  roadmap  towards  the  introduction  of  new  own 
resources40. 

Related acts 

53. 

54. 

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 1 493 407. 

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. 

40 
41 

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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2021/0337 (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/2021/003 IT Porto Canale 

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) 

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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  Porto  Industriale  di  Cagliari  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. 

In  accordance  with  Article 4(3)  of  Regulation  (EU)  2021/691,  the  application  from 
Italy  is  considered  admissible  since  the  territory  concerned  by  the  redundancies  is  a 
small labour market and the redundancies have a serious impact on employment and 
the regional economy. 

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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(5) 

(6) 

The EGF should, therefore, be mobilised in order to provide a financial contribution of 
EUR 1 493 407 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, 

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 1 493 407 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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