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/2022/001 FR/Air France
Date: 2022-05-10
Institutions: Directorate-General for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion, European Commission
Subjects: European Globalisation Adjustment Fund, France, Ile-de-France, air transport, commitment of expenditure, dismissal, employment aid, general budget (EU), globalisation, reintegration into working life

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   EUROPEAN COMMISSION  Brussels, 10.5.2022  COM(2022) 201 final 2022/0143 (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/2022/001 FR/Air France  
 
EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM 

CONTEXT OF THE PROPOSAL 

1. 

2. 

3. 

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

On 21 January 2022, France submitted an application EGF/2022/001 FR/Air France 
for a financial contribution from the EGF, following displacements in Air France2 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 

Regions most concerned (NUTS3 level 2) 

Date of submission of the application 

Date of acknowledgement of receipt of the 
application 

EGF/2022/001 FR/Air France 

France 
Île de France (FR10)4  

21 January 2022 

21 January 2022 

Date of request for additional information 

4 February 2022 

Deadline for provision of the additional 
information 

25 February 2022 

Deadline for the completion of the assessment 

12 May 2022 

Intervention criterion 

Primary enterprise 

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

Air France 

Number of enterprises concerned 

3 

Sector(s) of economic activity 
(NACE Revision 2 division)5 

Division 33 (Repair and installation of 
machinery and equipment) 
Division 51 (Air transport) 

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OJ L 153, 3.5.2021, p. 48. 
The displacements occured in Air France and two of its subsidiaries, Hop and Hop training. 
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. 
Other  regions  concerned  are  Alsace  (FRF1),  Aquitaine  (FRI1),  Auvergne  (FRK1),  Bretagne  (FRH0), 
Corse (FRM0), Languedoc Roussillon (FRJ1), Midi Pyrénées (FRJ2), Nord Pas de Calais (FRE1), Pays 
de la Loire (FRG0), Provence Alpes Côte d’Azur (FRL0), Rhône Alpes (FRK2), Guadeloupe (FRY1), 
Martinique (FRY2), Guyane (FRY3) and La Réunion (FRY4). 
OJ L 393, 30.12.2006, p. 1. 

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Reference period (four months): 

1 July 2021 – 1 November 2021 

Number of displacements during the reference 
period (a) 

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 EGF6 (EUR) 
Total budget (EUR) 
EGF contribution (85 %) (EUR) 

282 

1 298 

1 580 

1 580 

1 580 
20 873 656 
00 000 000 
20 873 656 
17 742 607 

ASSESSMENT OF THE APPLICATION 

Procedure 

4. 

France  submitted  application  EGF/2022/001 FR/Air  France  within  12  weeks  of  the 
date  on  which  the  intervention  criteria  set  out  in  Article 4  of  the  EGF  Regulation 
were  met,  on  21  January  2022.  The  Commission  acknowledged  receipt  of  the 
application  the  same  date  and  requested  additional  information  from  France  on  4 
February 2022. 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 12 May 2022.  

Eligibility of the application 

Enterprises and beneficiaries concerned 

5. 

The  application  relates  to  282  displaced  workers  whose  activity  has  ceased  in  Air 
France.  The  enterprise  operates  in  the  economic  sector  classified  under  the  NACE 
Revision 2 division 51 (Air transport). The redundancies in Air France are located in 
12 French NUTS level 2 regions in mainland France7 and four French NUTS level 2 
regions overseas8. 

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. 

In accordance with the fifth paragraph of Article 7 of Regulation (EU) 2021/691. 
Ile de France (FR10), Nord Pas de Calais (FRE1), Alsace (FRF1), Pays de la Loire (FRG0), Bretagne 
(FRH0),  Aquitaine  (FRI1),  Languedoc  Roussillon  (FRJ1),  Midi  Pyrénées  (FRJ2),  Auvergne  (FRK1), 
Rhône Alpes (FRK2), Provence Alpes Côte d’Azur (FRL0) and Corse (FRM0). 
Guadeloupe (FRY1), Martinique (FRY2), Guyane (FRY3) and La Réunion (FRY4) 

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7. 

The reference period of  four months for the application runs from 1 July 2021 to 1 
November  2021.  There  were  282  displaced  workers  in  Air  France  during  the 
reference period.  

Calculation of displacements and of cessation of activity 

8. 

The cessation of activities of the 282 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. 

Eligible beneficiaries 

9. 

In addition to the workers already referred to, the eligible beneficiaries include 1 298 
displaced workers whose activity ceased before or after the reference period of four  
months. All these workers ceased their activity within the six months before the start 
of the reference period on 1 July 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  cessations  of  activity  of  the  displaced 
workers during the reference period.. 

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The total number of eligible beneficiaries is 1 580. 

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

11. 

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The  events  giving  rise  to  these  displacements  are  a  result  of  the  unexpected  global 
economic crisis caused by the pandemic. The COVID-19 crisis severely and abruptly 
affected Air France, like any other airline, forcing it to reduce its flight offer due to 
the closure of borders and the drop in air travel. 

In  addition  to  the  sharp  decline  in  income  and  traffic  with  almost  non-existent 
movements  at  the  beginning  of  the  pandemic,  COVID-19  is  causing  a  long-term 
crisis in air transport. In France GDP fell by 8% in 20209 and despite an increase by 
7%  in  2021,  it  is  not  yet  at  pre-pandemic  levels.  The  drop  in  household  available 
income  is  having  an  impact  on  travel  spending.  Furthermore,  teleworking  and  new 
health  and  environmental  requirements  are  questioning  the  relationship  with  air 
transport, which may result in a change in customer behaviour in the long term. Air 
transport recovery is therefore expected to be slow and uncertain. Air France expects 
to reach 95% of its pre-pandemic flight offer only in 2023. 

At the beginning of the crisis, Air France was losing EUR 450 million of cash flow 
every  month.  The  enterprise  would  have  been  in  insolvency  and  would  no  longer 
have  been  able  to  pay  salaries  if  it  had  not  obtained  EUR 7  billion  in  State-
guaranteed  loans.  However,  the  loans  alone  would  not  have  been  sufficient  to 
overcome the situation without additional measures, such as downsizing operations, 
redefining the domestic network, and simplifying and streamlining support functions 
(such as marketing, communications, human resources, etc.). These measures led to 
reductions in staff. 

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

14. 

The  region  Île  de  France  has  been  the  most  affected  by  the  redundancies  in  Air 
France, as 57% of the displacements occurred in this territory. 

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The  French  authorities  explain  that  the  deterioration  of  the  labour  market  in  Île  de 
France,  as  in  the  rest  of  France,  was  a  consequence  of  the  sanitary  crisis,  and 
particularly the first confinement (March 17 - May 10 2020) during which almost all 
economic activity stopped.  

At  the  start  of  the  personalised  measures  in  the  first  quarter  of  2021,  immediately 
after the first wave of dismissals the unemployment rate was 7,7%10 in Île de France. 
There  were  more  than  one  million  (1 056 950)  registered  job  seekers11,  that  is  an 
increase by 8% year-on-year. The number of job seekers increased by 9,2% for men 
and  by  6,7%  for  women12.  Almost  half  (49,8%)  of  the  total  were  long-term  (more 
than 12 months) job seekers, 4 percentual points (pp) more than in 2020 Q1.  
The  employment  situation  in  France13 has  improved  since  the  dismissals  occurred 
and  the  support  started.  The  number  of  job  seekers  declined  by  5,8%  in  2021 Q4 
year-on-year14,  while  in  Île  de  France  here  are  still  almost  a  million  registered  job 
seekers  (994 110  in  2021  Q4)15,  notwithstanding  a  decline  by  6,1%  year-on-year16. 
Long term  job  seekers  still  represent  49,3% of the total  number of job  seekers  (i.e. 
1,2 pp more than in 2020 Q417), despite the decline by 3,9% over the year.  

The  French  labour  administration  specified  that  Air  France’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.18 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 

(QFR) 

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France  has  described  how  the  recommendations  set  out  in  the  EU  Quality 
Framework  for  anticipation  of  change  and  restructuring  have  been  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 to  pay the full 
costs  of  accompanying  active  labour  market  measures  to  staff  dismissed  as  a 
consequence of organisational restructuring. An intervention by public authorities is 
only foreseen once the measures provided by the dismissing enterprise end.  

France has informed that Air France has set up an extensive package of active labour 
market  measures  aimed  at  assisting  the  workers  dismissed.  In  cooperation  with  an 
external outplacement consultancy (Alixio Mobilité and Sodesi), Air France set up a 
guidance info point (Espaces d’information, d’accompagnement et de conseil), as the 
first contact point for workers concerned. At this info point, workers not only receive 

https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/serie/001515843 
Registered job seekers in Île de France 2021 Q1 
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France including the overseas departments-regions, excluding Mayotte. 
Demandeurs d'emploi inscrits à Pôle emploi au 4e trimestre 2021 
https://www.insee.fr/fr/statistiques/serie/010597557 
Information on registered jobseekers in Île de France regarding 2022 Q1 is expected to be published on 
28 April 2022. 
https://idf.drieets.gouv.fr/sites/idf.drieets.gouv.fr/IMG/pdf/defm_ile-de-france_2021t4.pdf 
https://travail-emploi.gouv.fr/emploi-et-insertion/accompagnement-des-mutations-
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first guidance on perspectives, but are also helped in their endeavours to participate 
in training measures, or to find new employment. 

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

Complementarity with actions funded by national or Union funds 

22. 

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 

23. 

France has indicated that the co-ordinated package of personalised services has been 
drawn up in consultation with staff and union representatives. In a series of meetings 
between  Air  France  and  SNPNC19,  l’UNAC20,  l'UNSA-PNC21,  CFDT22,  FO23,  and 
CFE/CGC24,  the  negotiating  parties  designed  the  package  of  measures  to  help  the 
employees  concerned.  These  rounds  of  internal  negotiations  started  on  8 July  2020 
and ended on 28 May 202125.  

Targeted beneficiaries and proposed measures 

Targeted beneficiaries 

24. 

All 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: 

30-54 years: 

Over 54 years: 

Number of  
expected 
beneficiaries 

695 

885 

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(44,0 %) 

(56,0 %) 

(0,0 %) 

(1,3 %) 

1 073 

(67,9 %) 

486 

(30,8 %) 

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Syndicat National du Personnel Navigant Commercial (National Union of Commercial Flight Crew) 
Union des Navigants de l'Aviation Civile (Union of Civil Aviation Crew) 
Union  Nationale  des  Syndicats  Autonomes-Personnel  Navigant  Commercial  (National  Union  of 
Autonomous Trade Unions- Commercial Flight Crew) 
 Confédération Française Démocratique du Travail (French Democratic Confederation of Labour). 
Confédération Générale du Travail - Force Ouvrière (The General Confederation of Labour - Workers' 
Force. 
Confédération française de l'encadrement - Confédération générale des cadres (French Confederation of 
Management – General Confederation of Executives) 
Negotiations in Air France from 8 July 2020 to 18 December 2020, in Hop from 20 April 2021 to 28 
May 2021 and in Hop Training from 28 January 2021 to 25 March 2021. 

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level 

Lower  secondary 
education or less26  
Upper  secondary27 
or  post-secondary 
education28 

Tertiary 
education29 

65 

(4,1 %) 

1 051 

(66,5 %) 

464 

(29,4 %) 

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There are 96 workers with disabilities. 

Proposed measures 

26. 

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")30, 
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.  

27. 

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

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Advisory services and vocational guidance: The dismissed workers will receive 
career guidance and be assisted in their job search, or receive start-up guidance 
in  case  they  aim  at  starting  their  own  business.  The  participants  will  receive 
vocational 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  and  helped  to  choose  job  offers,  prepare 
interviews,  etc.  Specialized  advisors  will  help  the  workers  aiming  for  self-
employment,  business  take  over  or  business  creation  with  drawing  business 
plan,  search 
towards 
entrepreneurship.  

for  funding  and  other  accompanying  services 

Training:  The  workers  will  be  offered  a  variety  of  upskilling  or  reskilling 
trainings tailored to their needs, as identified by the counsellors providing the 
advisory  services.  The  workers  aiming  for  self-employment  will  be  offered 
training  towards  business  creation  provided  by  Sodesi  (PASS  CREA),  the 
Chamber of Commerce and Industry, or the Chamber of Trades and Crafts. 

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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. Air France has decided to 
propose  this  measure  for  a  period  of  up  to  12  months.  The  12  months  are  supplemented  by  three 
additional months for senior workers (those born before 1 January 1965), wokers with disabilities, and 
workers  belonging  to  low  occupational  levels  (N1  and  N2  in  Air  France’s  jobs  classitication).  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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Contribution  to  business  creation.  Workers  who  start  their  own  businesses 
(business take-over or start-up) will receive up to EUR 15 000 to cover setting-
up costs, investment in assets and current expenditure. The contribution will be 
paid  in  three  instalments  based  on  reaching  pre-defined  milestones.  A  first 
instalment of EUR 3 000 will be paid upon presentation of proof of setting up 
or  taking  over  a  business,  such  as  the  receipt  of  registration31.  A  second  and 
third instalment of EUR 6 000 each, upon presentation of the first and second 
statement of activity to the RSI32, indicating a turnover of at least EUR 200 and 
EUR 500 respectively for self-employed persons and sole proprietors; or upon 
presentation  of  a  certificate  issued  by  a  chartered  accountant,  indicating  a 
turnover of at least EUR 500 and EUR 1 000 respectively for enterprises33. 

 Hiring  benefits.  The  SMEs  that  hire  a  former  Air  France  worker  on  a 
permanent  contract  or  on  a  fixed-term  contract  of  at  least  6  months,  will 
receive up to  two months of wages  and employer’s contributions,  and part of 
the costs of the training to adapt to the new job, were such training necessary. 

Quick  reemployment  allowance.  Workers  who  quickly  return  to  employment 
with  a  permanent  or  temporary  contract  of  at  least  6  months  will  receive  an 
allowance  equal  to  the  job  search  allowance34 they  would  have  received  had 
they not found the job. The amount cannot exceed the equivalent of 4 months 
of job search allowance. 

Salary  top-ups.  This  measure  aims  at  offering  an  incentive  to  accept  new 
employment (permanent or fixed term of at least six months), even if the salary 
of the new employment found is lower than in the previous job. The allowance 
will be equal to the difference between salaries up to EUR 600 per month for a 
maximum of 30 months35, or up to EUR 37536 per month for a maximum of 48 
months37. In any case, the total per worker may not exceed EUR 18 000. 

The  proposed  actions,  here  described,  constitute  active  labour  market  measures 
within the eligible actions set out in Article 7 of the EGF Regulation. These actions 
do not substitute passive social protection measures. 

France  informed  that  Air  France  regularly  offers  trainings  for  its  staff  in  which 
attention is paid to digital skills and skills required in a resource-efficient economy, 
as part of it 'Skills Development Plan'. The training provided on Air France's digital 
training platforms remain available to the displaced workers for the duration of their 
participation in the EGF measures.  

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. 

Registration in the SIRENE register or in the Trade and Companies Register (RCS). 
Régime Social des Indépendants (social scheme for self-employed persons). 
Limited liability company (LLC), public limited company (PLC), etc. 
The  job-search  allowance  is  calculated  as  70%  of  the  average  of  the  last  12  salaries  before  the 
redundancy. 
Up to 36 for workers displaced in territories other than Ile de France and whose new job is also outside 
Ile de France. 
EUR 450 for workers displaced in territories other than Ile de France and whose new job is also outside 
Ile de France. 
Salary top-ups outside the implementing period are not eligible for EGF cofinancing.  

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Estimated budget 

31. 

total  costs  are  EUR 20 873 656,  comprising  expenditure  for 
The  estimated 
personalised  services  only.  France  decided  to  cover  expenditure  for  preparatory, 
management,  information  and  publicity,  control  and  reporting  activities  with  their 
own resources. 

32. 

The total financial contribution requested from the EGF is EUR 17 742 607 (85 % of 
total costs). 

33. 

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

Measures 

Estimated 
number of 
participants 

Estimated cost 
per participant 
(EUR)38 

Estimated total 
costs 
(EUR)39  

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

Advisory services and vocational guidance 
(accompagnement congé de reclassement 
Alixio et Sodesi) 

Training 
(formation) 

1 162 

2 098 

2 437 820 

805 

2 815 

2 266 400 

Contribution to business creation 
(prime à la création d'entreprise)  

591 

15 000 

8 865 000 

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

– 

13 569 220 

(65,00 %) 

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

Hiring benefits 
(aide TPE - PME)  

46 

5 296 

243 608 

Quick reemployment allowance 
(indemnité de reclassement rapide/immédiat) 

512 

11 467 

5 871 235 

Salary top-ups 
(indemnité différentielle de rémunération)  

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

Activities under Article 7(5) of the EGF Regulation 

1. Preparatory activities 

2. Management 

83 

14 332 

1 189 593 

– 

– 

– 

7 304 436 

(35,00 %) 

0 

0 

38 

39 

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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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) 

– 

– 

– 

– 

– 

0 

0 

0 

(0,00 %) 

20 873 656 

17 742 607 

34. 

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. 

35. 

France  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 

36. 

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

37. 

France  started incurring  the administrative expenditure to  implement  the  EGF on  6 
January 2021, but it decided to cover it with its own resources.  

Management and control systems 

38. 

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. Air France will be responsible for the implementation of 
measures.  In  this  regard,  the  French  authorities  will  conclude  a  partnership 
agreement with Air France. 

Commitments provided by the Member State concerned 

39. 

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, 

Air France,  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, 

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

BUDGETARY IMPLICATION 

Budgetary proposal 

40. 

41. 

42. 

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 202740. 

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 17 742 607, 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 
resources41. 

Related acts 

43. 

44. 

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41 
42 

43 

At the same time as it presents this proposal for a decision to mobilise the EGF, the 
Commission will present to the European Parliament and to the Council a proposal 
for a transfer to the relevant budgetary line the amount of EUR 15 645 51142. 

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 Regulation43. 
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. 

the  Council  dated  24  March  2022 

OJ L 433 I, 22.12.2020, p. 11. 
OJ L 433 I, 22.12.2020, p. 29. 
At the request of France, the financial contribution paid from the EGF to finance active labour market 
measures following displacements in Selecta was lower than the amount mobilized in the Decision of 
the  European  Parliament  and  of 
(EUR 4 074 296). 
France  informed  the  Commission  that  107  redundancies  planned  for  January  2022  could  be  avoided 
thanks to the post-COVID economic recovery. Therefore, France revised downwards the amount of the 
EGF  necessary  to  assist  Selecta  redundant  workers.  This  amount  now  stands  at  EUR 1 977 200. 
Since  EUR 2 097 096  of  commitment  appropriations  have  remained  available  on  the  operational  line 
after the payment to France, the Commission does not need to transfer the full amount of commitments 
for Air France from the reserve line. 
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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2022/0143 (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/2022/001 FR/Air France 

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 1309/201344, 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 resources45, 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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45 
46 

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

The  EGF  is  not  to  exceed  a  maximum  annual  amount  of  EUR 186  million  (in  2018 
prices), as laid down in Article 8 of Council Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2020/209346. 

On 21 January 2022, France submitted an application to mobilise the EGF, in respect 
of worker’s displacements in Air France 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 17 742 607 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 17 742 607 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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