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 France – EGF/2021/007 FR/ Selecta
Date: 2022-02-07
Institutions: Directorate-General for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion, European Commission
Subjects: European Globalisation Adjustment Fund, France, automatic vending machine, commitment of expenditure, dismissal, employment aid, general budget (EU), globalisation, reintegration into working life, wholesale trade

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   EUROPEAN COMMISSION  Brussels, 7.2.2022  COM(2022) 35 final 2022/0023 (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 France – EGF/2021/007 FR/ Selecta  
 
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 12 October 2021, France submitted an application EGF/2021/007 FR/Selecta for 
a financial contribution from the EGF, following displacements in Selecta in France. 

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/2021/007 FR/Selecta 

France 
All French NUTS level 2 regions in 
mainland France are affected, except 
Limousin (FRI2) 
12 October 2021 

26 October 2021 

Date of request for additional information 

26 October 2021 

Deadline for provision of the additional 
information 

18 November 2021 

Deadline for the completion of the assessment 

7 February 2022 

Intervention criterion 

Primary enterprise 

Number of enterprises concerned 

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

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

Selecta 

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Division 46 (Wholesale trade, except 
of motor vehicles and motorcycles) 

Reference period (four months): 

1 June 2021 – 1 October 2021 

Number of displacements during the reference 
period (a) 

294 

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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) 

179 

473 

473 

473 
4 766 930 
26 360 
4 793 290 
4 074 296 

ASSESSMENT OF THE APPLICATION 

Procedure 

4. 

France submitted application EGF/2021/007 FR/Selecta within 12 weeks of the date 
on  which  the  intervention  criteria  set  out  in  Article 4  of  the  EGF  Regulation  were 
met, on 12 October 2021. The Commission acknowledged receipt of the application 
and  requested  additional  information  from  France  on  26  October  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 7 February 2022.  

Eligibility of the application 

Enterprises and beneficiaries concerned 

5. 

The  application  relates  to  473  displaced  workers  whose  activity  has  ceased  in 
Selecta. This  enterprise  operates in  the economic  sector classified under the NACE 
Revision 2 division 46 (Wholesale trade, except of motor vehicles and motorcycles). 
The redundancies are spread throughout mainland France5.  

Intervention criteria 

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France 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, 
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 June 2021 to 1 
October 2021 during which 294 workers were displaced by Selecta. 

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

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In accordance with the fifth paragraph of Article 7 of Regulation (EU) 2021/691. 
Only the NUTS level 2 region Limousin (FRI2) is  not concerned by the redundancies. 

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Eligible beneficiaries 

9. 

In addition to the workers already referred to, the eligible beneficiaries include  179 
displaced workers whose activity ceased before or after the reference period of four 
months. All these workers ceased their activity within six months before the start of 
the reference period on 1 June 2021 and/or between the end of the reference period 
and  the  day  before  the  adoption  of  this  proposal.  A  clear  causal  link  can  be 
established  with  the  event  that  triggered  the  cessation  of  activity  of  the  displaced 
workers during the reference period. 

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Therefore the total number of eligible beneficiaries is 473. 

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

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Sales  by  vending  machines  have  been  hit  hard  by  the  economic  and  financial 
consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic. According to EVA (European Vending & 
Coffee  Association6),  the  drop  in  sales  and  turnover  was  much  larger  in  2020  than 
during  the  economic  and  financial  crisis 7 .  In  April  2020,  58%  of  the  vending 
machine operators in Europe declared turnover losses between 61% and 99%, year-
on-year.  In  September,  48%  of  the  operators  declared  a  reduction  in  turnover 
between 21% and 40% year-on-year8. 

In France there are about 600 000 vending machines, 70% in businesses and 30% in 
public places. According to NAVSA9, the French Organization for Automatic Sales 
and Services, although vending machines were allowed to continue operating during 
the pandemic, the sector found itself in a situation of inactivity/limited functioning. 
The  inactivity  was  triggered  either  by  the  closure  of  the  sites  where  the  machines 
were located (business and public places such as airports, railway stations, etc.) or by 
lack  of  access  to  the  vending  machines  in  the  open  sites.  Access  to  the  vending 
machines was restricted to avoid people gathering at the machines’ vicinity and not 
because of health threatens related with the functioning of the machines. 

Once the lockdown was softened, machine/site access was eased. However, sanitary 
measures still lead to interruption or restriction of sales by vending machine (e.g. ban 
on  selling  non-essential  items;  recommendation  not  to  drink  or  eat  in  the  public 
transport network; etc.10). Furthermore, massive teleworking caused a sharp drop in 
consumption  at  the  workplaces.  A  majority  (90%)  of  European  vending  machine 
operators reported being affected by people working from home, as more than 80% 
of  vending  activity  occurs  in  workplaces 11 .  In  France,  the  vending  machine 
businesses  in  the  Île-de-France  region  lost  70%  of  turnover  (September  2020  year-
on-year) because of telework12. 

The  European  Vending  &  Coffee  Service  Association  (EVA)  is  a  not-for-profit  organisation  that 
represents  the  interests  of  the  European  coffee  service  and  vending  industry  vis-à-vis  the  European 
Institutions and other relevant authorities or bodies. 
Planet Vending citing EVA’s Report 8 
EVA Report on the Economic Situation of European vending & Office Coffee Service (OCS) industry 
(July 2021). The report draws on survey responses from both vending operators and suppliers to a range 
of questions in relation to the recent economic landscape as well as business expectations for the rest of 
this year and 2022. 
Communiqué de presse (novembre 2020) https://navsa.net/ 
NAVSA. Report on the situation of the sector. September 2020 
Comunicaffe citing EVA’s report 8 
NAVSA. Report on the situation of the sector. September 2020 

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According to NAVSA the turnover of the sector in France dropped between 50 and 
90%  in  2020  compared  to  2019,  putting  at  risk  about  25 000  jobs13.  For  2021,  the 
forecast is that the activity of the sector will reach 25% of the pre-pandemic level14. 

The  fall  in  the  number  of  visitors  to  places  where  Selecta’s  vending  machines  are 
located,  following  the  lockdown,  resulted  in  a  drastic  fall  in  turnover  per  machine. 
According  to  Selecta,  despite  the  recovery  of  activity  in  summer  2020,  the 
replenishment of the machines was down by 47%, compared to  February 2020, the 
last pre-pandemic month. 

Selecta operates in a mature market. Thus, the competition is fierce and leads to low 
sales  prices  for  products  sold  from  vending  machines  and  high  fees  paid  for  the 
rented  space  where  the  machines  are  installed.  This  narrows  the  operators'  profit 
margins. 

Despite  re-negotiating  contracts  in  an  attempt  to  curb  loss-making,  exacerbated  by 
fixed cost and falling sales, Selecta recorded operating losses of EUR 60 million in 
2020.  In  the  first  half  of  2021,  turnover  improved  by  0,4%  compared  to  2020. 
However the turnover is about half (-48,3%) of what it was in 201915. 

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Faced  with  these  economic  difficulties,  the  enterprise  drew  up  a  plan  consisting  of 
the reorganization of activities and the displacement of 473 workers. 

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

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The  region  Île-de-France  (32%)  and  and  the  city  of  Lille  (13%)  have  been  most 
affected by displacements in Selecta.  

The  French  authorities  explain  that  the  deterioration  of  the  labor  market  in  Île  de 
France,  as  in  the  rest  of  France,  was  a  consequence  of  the  health  crisis,  and 
particularly  the  first  confinement  (March  17-May  10)  during  which  economic 
activity  almost  stopped.  The  number  of  unemployed  in  Île-de-France  increased  by 
8,6% (2020 Q4  year-on-year), with more than one million16 registered job seekers17 
and  an  unemployment  rate  of  8,3%.    In  October  2021,  the  unemployment  rate  was 
7,6% and the number of job seekers was slightly down compared with 2020 Q4, but 
still above one million18 job seekers19. 

In  2021 Q3  year-on-year,  the  number  of  job  seekers  fell  by  1,8%  for  men  and  by 
2,3% for women in Île-de-France. Per age group, the number of job seekers under 25 
years old fell by 5,7% and by 3,2% for the age group 25 to 49, while number of job 
seekers aged 50+ increased by 2,1%20. 

NAVSA Communiqué de presse (novembre 2020) 
Ibid. 
https://www.droits-salaries.com/552014201-selecta/55201420101907-/T09321007764-accord-relatif-a-
la-mise-en-place-d-un-dispositif-specifique-d-activite-partielle-longue-duree-apld--autres-temps-de-
travail.shtml 
1 058 690 registered job seekers. 
https://idf.drieets.gouv.fr/sites/idf.drieets.gouv.fr/IMG/pdf/synthese_trimestrielle_2020t4.pdf 
1 035 750 registered job seekers. 
https://idf.drieets.gouv.fr/sites/idf.drieets.gouv.fr/IMG/pdf/defm_ile-de-france_2021t3.pdf  
Ibid. 

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Lille  ranks  195th  out  of  321  French  employment  zones 21 .  The  registered 
unemployment  rate  in  2021 Q1  in  Hauts  de  France,  where  Lille  is  located,  was 
9,4%22.  In  October  2021,  52%  of  the  registered  unemployed  were  men  and  48% 
women.  By  age  group,  the  unemployed  up  to  30  years  represented  32%;  the  54+ 
represented 12% and the group 30 to 54 years old 56%. 

The  French  labour  administration  specified  that  Selecta’s  restructuring  affected  the 
employment  balance  in  the  territories  concerned.  Consequently,  it  notified  the 
enterprise  of  its  obligations  regarding  the  revitalisation  of  employment  in  such 
territories.  The  enterprise  has  to  provide  actions  such  as  direct  employment  aid, 
funding  of  prospective  studies,  financial  contribution 
to  mutual  funds  for 
revitalization  in  the  region,  etc.23 designed  to  promote  new  economic  activities  and 
the creation of jobs to make up for those lost. 

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

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France  has  described  how  the  recommendations  set  out  in  the  EU  Quality 
Framework  for  anticipation  of  change  and  restructuring  were  taken  into  account. 
According  to  the  French  Labour  Code,  a  company  in  bonis  (i.e.  not  in  liquidation) 
and  employing  1 000  employees  or  more,  is  responsible  for  the  full  costs  of 
accompanying active labour market measures for staff dismissed as a consequence of 
organisational restructuring for four months. On a voluntary basis the enterprise may 
extend the compulsory four months period. An intervention by public authorities is 
foreseen only after the end of the measures provided by the dismissing enterprise. 

The  French  authorities  indicated  that  staff  and  union  representatives  are  closely 
involved  in  the  organisational  plans  to  adapt  to  change.  They  also  highlighted  that 
Selecta  put  in  place  a  very  active  training  policy  that  goes  far  beyond  its  legal 
obligations.  In  2021,  the  training  budget  per  worker  was  30%  higher  than  in  2019 
with the aim of improving staff’s employability and mobility. 

Regarding  the  activities  already  undertaken  for  the  assistance  of  the  displaced 
workers,  France  has  indicated  that  the  implementation  of  accompanying  active 
labour  market  measures  part  of  Selecta’s  legal  obligation  started  immediately  after 
the dismissals. 

Complementarity with actions funded by national or Union funds 

27. 

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

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

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France  has  indicated  that  the  co-ordinated  package  of  personalised  services  was 
drawn up in consultation with staff and union representatives. In a series of meetings 

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https://ville-data.com/chomage/Lille-59-59350 
https://hauts-de-france.dreets.gouv.fr/sites/hauts-de-
france.dreets.gouv.fr/IMG/pdf/suivi_du_taux_de_chomage_2021_t1.pdf 
https://travail-emploi.gouv.fr/emploi-et-insertion/accompagnement-des-mutations-
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between  Selecta  and  CGT,  FO,  CFDT  and  CFE-CGC 24 ,  the  negotiating  parties 
designed the package of measures to help the employees concerned. These rounds of 
internal negotiations started on 14 October 2020 and ended on 12 February 2021.  

Targeted beneficiaries and proposed measures 

Targeted beneficiaries 

29. 

All  473  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 less25  
Upper  secondary26 
or  post-secondary 
education27 

Tertiary 
education28 

Number of  
expected 
beneficiaries 

367 

106 

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(77,6 %) 

(22,4 %) 

(0,0 %) 

(7,6 %) 

348 

(73,6 %) 

89 

(18,8 %) 

141 

(29,8 %) 

189 

(40,0 %) 

143 

(30,2 %) 

Proposed measures 

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The measures for which the French  authorities seek EGF co-financing relate to  the 
extension  of  the  duration  of  the  redeployment  leave  ("congé  de  reclassement")29, 

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Confédération Générale du Travail (CGT), https://www.cgt.fr/ 
Force ouvrière (FO), https://www.force-ouvriere.fr 
CFDT, https://cfdt.fr/ 
Confédération Française de l'Encadrement CGC (CFE-CGC), https://www.cfecgc.org/ 
ISCED 0-2 
ISCED 3 
ISCED 4 
ISCED 5-8 
As regards the redeployment leave (‘congé de reclassement’), Article L1233-71 of the French Labour 
Code provides that a company which employs more than one thousand people is required to propose the 
measures  set  out  therein  for  a  minimum  duration  of  four  months.  According  to  the  above-mentioned 
legislation, the period as from the fifth month is therefore optional and may be subject to a contribution 
from  the  EGF  in  accordance  with  Article  9(1)  of  Regulation  (EU) 2021/691.  Selecta  has  decided  to 
propose this measure for a period of 12 months. The application does not provide for any contributions 
for  the  first  four  months  of  the  redeployment  leave,  which  correspond  to  the  minimum  duration 
stipulated by law. 

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beyond  the  enterprise’s  legal  obligation.  This  measure  is  intended  for  dismissed 
workers  and  for  workers  who  at  the  time  of  their  voluntary  departure,  did  not  yet 
have  any  precise  plans  for  redeployment  and  wished  to  benefit  from  retraining 
measures, advice, guidance or assistance to set up or take over a business, etc.  

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

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Advisory services and vocational guidance: The workers will be accompanied 
and  oriented  towards  their  projects  for  redeployment  as  workers  or  self-
employed  persons.  The  participants  will  receive  job-to-job  counselling  and 
guidance, job search support, coaching, information on available training, and  
promotion of entrepreneurship. Within this measure, workers will be provided 
with outplacement opportunities resulting from active job-search carried out by 
specialists. 

Psychological support unit: Face-to-face and online psychological support will 
be  provided  by  specialists  in  psychosocial  risk  prevention  in  reorganisation 
contexts. 

Training:  The  workers  will  be  offered  a  variety  of  trainings  tailored  to  their 
needs,  as  identified  by  the  counsellors  providing  the  advisory  services.  Some 
examples  of  possible  vocational  trainings  are:  landscaper  in  eco-gardening, 
CPA 30  Butcher,  CPA  Cook,  cook  assistance,  technician  in  industrial 
maintenance,  thermal  and  sanitary  installer,  smart  (connected)  building 
technician,  road  freight  transport  driver  licensing,  SDC 31  construction 
machinery and SDC crane, CPA concierge-building care-taker, etc. Training in 
business  creation  is  also  foreseen  for  the  workers  willing  to  become  self-
employed. 

Contribution to business creation: Workers returning into employment as self-
employed  persons  will  receive  up  to  EUR 6 000  to  cover  setting-up  costs, 
investment  in  assets,  etc.  The  contribution  will  be  paid  in  two  instalments  of 
EUR 3 000. The first payment upon presentation of the proof of registration of 
the  business32 or  the  declaration  of  registration  of  the  self-employed  person. 
The  second  payment  after  proving  to  have  been  in  business  for  at  least  12 
months. 

Job search allowance. This monthly allowance amounts to 65% of the worker's 
last  gross  salary.  This  amount  is  calculated  based  on  the  workers'  full-time 
participation  in  active  labour  market  measures;  if  participation  is  lower,  the 
the  actual 
EGF  will  co-finance  only 
participation. 

the  allowance  proportionate 

to 

Allowance  for  quick  reemployment.  Workers  who  return  quickly 
to 
employment will receive an allowance equivalent to 20-30% of the job search 
allowance33 they would have received if they had not found the job. 

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CPA stands for certificate for professional aptitude. 
SDC stands for safe driving certificate 
Registration in the Registre du Commerce et des sociétés (RCS).  
If reemployment within the first three months of redeployment leave, 30%. If between the 4th and 6th 
month, 20%. 

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Outplacement  incentive.  This  monthly  allowance  (up  to  6  months)  aims  to 
compensate for the possible loss of income when a displaced worker accepts a 
new job (permanent or fixed term of at least six months) with a lower salary. 
The  allowance  will  be  80%  of  the  difference  with  the  previous  salary,  up  to 
EUR 200 per month, for the first three months, and 50% of the difference, up 
to EUR 100 per month, for the next three months. 

Contribution to moving and installation costs. The workers who after accepting 
a  job  at  60 km  or  more  from  home  or  involving  more  than  90  minutes  of 
commuting time, move closer to their new working place (in terms of distance 
or  commuting  time)  may  receive  a  contribution  to  moving  costs  up  to 
EUR 2 000.  A  contribution  to  installation  costs  (EUR 500  per  adult  and 
EUR 200 per child of the household) is also foreseen.  

The  proposed  coordinated  package  of  personalised  services,  here  described, 
constitutes  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.  

France informed that Selecta regularly offers trainings for its staff in which attention 
is  paid  to  digital  skills  and  skills  required  in  a  resource-efficient  economy.  The 
training  part  of  the  EGF  package  includes  training  in  office  software  and  other 
softwares, and TOSA34 certification, which caters for the dissemination of the skills 
required in the digital industrial age and in a resource-efficient economy, as required 
by Article 7.1 of the EGF Regulation. Should a particular training need be identified 
for a specific beneficiary, the relevant training could be offered. 

France 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 

35. 

The  estimated 
personalised  services  of  EUR 4 766 930  and  expenditure 
management, 
EUR 26 360. 

total  costs  are  EUR 4 793 290,  comprising  expenditure  for 
for  preparatory, 
information  and  publicity,  control  and  reporting  activities  of 

36. 

The total financial contribution requested from the EGF is EUR 4 074 296 (85 % of 
total costs). 

37. 

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

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) 

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TOSA certification is the international standard for measuring IT skills. www.tosa.org 
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 France. 
Totals do not tally due to rounding. 

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Advisory services and vocational guidance 
(accompagnement congé de reclassement - 
salariés porteurs d'un projet personnel et 
salariés licenciés) 

Psychological support unit 
(cellule de soutien psychologique) 

Training 
(formations)  

Contribution to business creation 
(accompagnement création d'entreprise) 

443 

2 174 

963 200 

473 

393 

120 

17 

7 800 

3 622 

1 423 320 

6 000 

720 000 

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

– 

3 114 320 

(65,33 %) 

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

Job-search allowance 
(allocation de congé de reclassement)  

Allowance for quick reemployment 
(indemnité recrutement rapide) 

Outplacement incentive 
(allocation différentielle)  

Contribution to moving and installation costs 
(aides à la mobilité: déménagement, frais 
d'installation)  

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) 

200 

8 027 

1 605 300 

10 

10 

2 

2 275 

22 750 

900 

9 000 

7 780 

15 560 

– 

– 

– 

– 

– 

– 

– 

– 

1 652 610 

(34,67 %) 

9 560 

16 800 

037 

0 

26 360 

(0,55 %) 

4 793 290 

4 074 296 

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The French authorities do not request EGF co-financing for the information and publicity activities, nor 
for control and reporting. They will do these activities at their own expenses.  

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38. 

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

39. 

France  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 

40. 

41. 

France started providing the personalised services to the targeted beneficiaries on  1 
April 2021. The expenditure on the measures will therefore be eligible for a financial 
contribution  from  the EGF  from  1 April 2021 until 24 months  after the date of the 
entry into force of the Financing Decision. 

France  started incurring  the administrative expenditure to  implement  the  EGF on  1 
October  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 1 October 2020 until 31 months after the date of the 
entry into force of the Financing Decision.  

Management and control systems 

42. 

The application contains a description of the management and control system, which 
specifies  the  responsibilities  of  the  bodies  involved.  France  has  notified  the 
Commission  that  the  financial  contribution  will  be  managed  by  the  Délégation 
générale  à  l’emploi  et  à  la  formation  professionnelle  (DGEFP)  of  the  Ministry  of 
Labour, Employment, Vocational Training and Social Dialogue, in particular by the 
unit  Fonds  national  de  l'emploi  (DGEFP  -  MFNE).  The  payments  will  be  made 
within  the  DGEFP  by  the  unit  Affaires  financières  (DGEFP  -  MAFI).  The 
Commission  interministérielle  de  coordination  des  contrôles  (CICC)  is  the  French 
audit  authority  for  the  EGF.  Selecta  will  be  responsible  for  the  implementation  of 
measures.  In  this  regard,  the  French  authorities  will  conclude  a  partnership 
agreement with Selecta. 

Commitments provided by the Member State concerned 

43. 

France 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, 

Selecta, which has continued its activities after the lay-offs, has complied with 
its legal obligations and provided for its 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 

44. 

45. 

46. 

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 202738. 

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 4 074 296, 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 
resources39. 

Related acts 

47. 

48. 

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 4 074 296. 

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 Regulation40. 
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 I, 22.12.2020, p. 11. 
OJ L 433 I, 22.12.2020, p. 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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2022/0023 (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 France – EGF/2021/007 FR/ Selecta 

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 1309/201341, 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 resources42, 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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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) 2020/209343. 

On 12 October 2021, France submitted an application to mobilise the EGF, in respect 
of  worker’s  displacements  in  Selecta  in  France.  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 4 074 296 in respect of the application submitted by France. 

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 I, 22.12.2020, p. 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 I, 22.12.2020, p. 11). 

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HAVE ADOPTED THIS DECISION:  

Article 1 

For the general budget of the Union for the financial year 2022, the European Globalisation 
Adjustment  Fund  for  Displaced  Workers  shall  be  mobilised  to  provide  the  amount  of 
EUR 4 074 296 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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