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 Denmark – EGF/2023/004 DK Danish Crown
Date: 2024-02-29
Institutions: Directorate-General for Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion, European Commission
Subjects: Denmark, European Globalisation Adjustment Fund, Nordjylland (region), commitment of expenditure, dismissal, employment aid, general budget (EU), globalisation, meat processing industry, reintegration into working life

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   EUROPEAN COMMISSION  Brussels, 29.2.2024  COM(2024) 35 final 2024/0044 (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 Denmark – EGF/2023/004 DK Danish Crown  
 
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. 

On 6 December 2023, Denmark submitted an application EGF/2023/004 DK/Danish 
Crown for a financial contribution from the EGF, following displacements in Danish 
Crown2 and 2 suppliers and dowstream producers in Denmark. 

Following  its  assessment  of  this  application,  the  Commission  has  concluded,  in 
accordance  with  all  applicable  provisions  of  Regulation  (EU)  2021/691,  that  the 
conditions for awarding a financial contribution from the EGF are met.  

SUMMARY OF THE APPLICATION 

EGF application 

Member State 

Region(s) concerned (NUTS3 level 2) 

EGF/2023/004 DK/Danish Crown 

Denmark 
Nordjylland (DK05) 

Date of submission of the application 

6 December 2023 

Date of acknowledgement of receipt of the 
application 

20 December 2023 

Date of request for additional information 

20 December 2023 

Deadline for provision of the additional 
information 

15 January 2024 

Deadline for the completion of the assessment 

25 March 2024 

Intervention criterion 

Article 4(2), point (a), of Regulation 
(EU) 2021/691 

Primary enterprise 

Danish Crown 

Sector(s) of economic activity 
(NACE Revision 2 division)4 

Division 10 (Manufacture of food 
products) 

Number of subsidiaries, suppliers and 
downstream producers 

2 

Reference period (four months): 

19 May 2023 – 19 September 2023 

Number of displacements during the reference 

692 

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OJ L 153, 3.5.2021, p. 48. 
Danish Crown (Danish Crown A/S and DAT-Schaub A/S)   
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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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 EGF5 (EUR) 
Total budget (EUR) 
EGF contribution (60 %) (EUR) 

ASSESSMENT OF THE APPLICATION 

Procedure 

59 

751 

751 

390 
2 878 001 
259 020 
3 137 021 
1 882 212 

4. 

Denmark  submitted  application  EGF/2023/004 DK/Danish  Crown  within  12  weeks 
of  the  date  on  which  the  intervention  criteria  set  out  in  Article 4  (2),  point  (a),    of 
Regulation  (EU)  2021/691  were  met,  on  6  December  2023.  The  Commission 
acknowledged  receipt  of  the  application  and  requested  additional  information  from 
Denmark  on  20 December 2023.   Such additional  information was provided within 
15  working  days.  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 25 March 2024. 

Eligibility of the application 

Enterprises and beneficiaries concerned 

5. 

The application relates to 692 displaced workers whose activity has ceased in Danish 
Crown (Danish Crown A/S) and 2 suppliers and dowstream producers. The primary 
enterprise  operates  in  the  economic  sector  classified  under  the  NACE  Revision  2 
division 10 (Manufacture of food products) The  redundancies made by the primary 
enterprise are located in the NUTS 2 region of Nordjylland (DK05). 

Enterprises and number of displacements within the reference period 

Danish Crown (Danish Crown A/S and DAT-Schaub A/S)   
TekniClean A/S  
Danish Veterinary and Food Administration  
Total no. of enterprises: 3 

Total no. of displacements:  

651 
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692 

Intervention criteria 

6. 

Denmark  submitted  the  application  under  the  intervention  criteria  of  Article 4(2), 
point (a), of Regulation (EU) 2021/691, 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. 

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In accordance with Article 7(5) of Regulation (EU) 2021/691. 

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The reference period of four months for the application runs from 19 May 2023 to 19 
September 2023. 

The cessation of activity during the reference period occurred as follows: 

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651 displaced workers in Danish Crown, and  

41  displaced  workers  in  two  suppliers  and  dowstream  producers  of  Danish 
Crown.  

Calculation of displacements and of cessation of activity 

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Pursuant  to  Article 6,  first  paragraph,  point (a),  in  conjunction  with  Article 5,  first 
paragraph, point (c), of Regulation (EU) 2021/691, the cessation of activities of the 
displaced workers during the reference period has been calculated as follows: 

– 

– 

651 from the date of the de facto termination of the contract of employment or 
its expiry, 

41 from the date of the end of the assignment to the user undertaking. 

Eligible beneficiaries 

10. 

In  addition  to  the  workers  already  referred  to,  the  eligible  beneficiaries  include  59 
displaced  worker  whose  activity ceased  before or after the reference period of  four 
months. These workers ceased activity within the six months before the start of the 
reference period on 19 May 2023 and/or between the end of the reference period and 
the day before of the adoption of this proposal, pursuant to Article 6, first paragraph, 
point (b), of Regulation (EU) 2021/691, as required by Article 6, second paragraph, 
of Regulation (EU) 2021/691. A clear causal link can be established with the event 
that triggered the cessations of activity of the displaced workers during the reference 
period as required by Article 6, second paragraph, of Regulation (EU) 2021/691.. 

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The total number of eligible beneficiaries is 751. 

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

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Danish  Crown  is  a  group  of  Danish  food  companies  engaged  in  the  butchery, 
processing  and  sale  of  primarily  pork  and  beef.  The  event  giving  rise  to  these 
displacements  is  the  closure  of  Danish  Crown's  slaughterhouse  in  Sæby  in 
Frederikshavn Municipality following the decline of pig available for slaughtering. 

The Danish slaughterhouse sector is in a structural crisis. Since 2005, the number of 
pigs  slaughtered  in  Denmark  has  decreased  by  4,4  million  (20 %).  The  decline  is 
largely  due to  the shift  from raising pigs  for slaughter to  raising piglets  for export. 
Exporting  piglets  is  more  profitable  for  Danish  farmers  than  fattening  pigs  for 
slaughter due to low pork prices.  

The number of pigs slaughtered has been decreasing in parallel with the increase in 
piglets exported. Denmark exported 13,8 million piglets in 2022, 380 % more than in 
2005  (3,65  million  piglets).  Most  exports  went  to  Germany  (41,3 %)  and  Poland 
(45 %). Germany and Poland have been plagued by African swine fever for several 
years,  so  they  have  not  been  able  to  raise  enough  pigs  to  meet  their  domestic 
demand. 

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Local  demand  drives  Danish  production  of  pork  only  to  a  limited  extent.  Danish 
Crown exports 90 % of its production to the European, Chinese and US markets.  

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

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North  Jutland's  economic  strength,  which  was  based  on  manufacturing,  today 
develops  around  smart  ICT  and  digitalisation,  energy  and  the  green  transition, 
maritime economy and fisheries, and tourism. In Northern Jutland 67% of  jobs are 
in the private sector and 33 % in the public sector in line with the country average6.  

Since the financial crisis of 2008, the number of industrial and production jobs in the 
municipality  of  Frederikshavn  has  decreased  by  2,026  units  (36 %).  Although  this 
decrease is part of a trend seen across Denmark, where 35,388 (11 %) industrial and 
production  jobs  were  lost  in  the  period  2008-2023,  in  the  municipality  of 
Frederikshavn  the  decline  has  been  three  times  as  steep.  The  net  decrease  of  jobs 
available  in  the  region  is  664  (2 ‰)  during  the  period  2011-2021.  Therefore,  the 
employment lost due to the closure of the Danish Crown’s slaughterhouse is a cause 
for deep concern. 

The employment rate in Northern Jutland (76,5 %) is 1,1 percentage point lower than 
the  national  average.  Although  unemployment  in  North  Jutland  is  low  (3,1 %  in 
August 2023), it is slightly higher than the national average (2,8 %). In addition, the 
number of unemployed people in the region increased by 10 % in 2023 compared to 
20227. No municipality was spared. Unemployment growth has a gender bias: while 
men's  unemployment  increased  by  20 %,  the  number  of  unemployed  women 
remained the same.  

Gender imbalances  in  the regional labour market add difficulties when  hiring.  Men  
work mainly in the private sector and are overrepresented in agriculture, industry and 
crafts, while women are overrepresented in public administration, education, health, 
culture  and  leisure 8.  The  gender  breakdown  of  Danish  Crown  displaced  workers 
illustrates this imbalance (86 % men and 14 % women). 
According  to  FremKom49 analysis,  there  is  shortage  of  qualified  labour  in  North 
Jutland,  both  in  the  technical  field  (the  green  transition)  and  in  care,  health  and 
pedagogy  (social  welfare).  The  deficit  is  estimated  to  increase  to  1 906  qualified 
workers  in  the  technical  field  and  946  qualified  workers  in  the  care,  health  and 
pedagogy fields  by 2026. FremKom4  analysis10 has  been used to  draw the  package 
of measures to be offered to former Danish Crown workers. 

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

(QFR) 

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Denmark  has  described  how  the  recommendations  set  out  in  the  EU  Quality 
Framework  for  anticipation  of  change  and  restructuring  have  been  taken  into 
account: Danish Crown complied with Danish law on collective redundancies, which 
establishes  a  mandatory  procedure  for 
informing  and  consulting  workers 
representatives.  The  procedure  makes  it  possible  to  explore  any  possibility  of 

Source: Statbanken, RAS209, RAS305 
Source: Statbanken, AUP01 
Source: Statistics Denmark 
FremKom4 is a strategic project that focuses on the skills needs and challenges of the future in North 
Jutland 5 years ahead, to ensure qualified labour and a continued positive development of the Region. 
Through  FremKom4  analysis  enterprises  and  organizations  gain  new  knowledge  about  the  future 
competence needs for employees and managers in North Jutland that can be used to launch initiatives, 
shape education and training to upskill employees for the future labour market in the region. 
https://oxfordresearch.dk/publications/fremkom4/ 

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avoiding or reducing the number of redundancies. Directly after the decision to close 
down the Sæby site, the management of the enterprise and employee representatives 
started negotiations of a social plan, which includes offers for outplacement in other 
Danish  Crown  sites,  individual  counselling,  job  and  training  interviews,  and 
relocation allowances for those outplaced at  another Danish  Crown slaughterhouse. 
An  internal  career  fair,  focusing  on  approximately  400  internal  jobs  at  Danish 
Crown,  was  held  in  May  2023,  followed  by  a  bus  tour  to  other  Danish  Crown 
slaughterhouses in Denmark. 

Danish  Crown  also  contributes  one  million  Danish  krone  (approximately 
EUR 134 050) to the national co-financing share of the cost of the measures. 

Regarding  the  activities  undertaken  to  assist  the  displaced  workers,  Denmark  has 
reported  that  the  support  to  the  workers  started  shortly  after  the  redundancies,  in 
October 2023. Job fairs and education fairs were organised. The redundant workers 
were also offered competence assessments (realkompetencevurdering-RKV) and job-
search training.  

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Complementarity with actions funded by national or Union funds 

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25. 

Denmark  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. 

The coordinated package of personalised services complements the standard support 
provided by the public employment offices funded by other national or EU funds. 

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

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Denmark  has  indicated  that  the  co-ordinated  package  of  personalised  services  has 
been drawn up in consultation with the trade union NNF, in compliance with Article 
7(4) of Regulation (EU) 2021/691. The suite of measures was agreed in the meeting 
held on 23 October 2023. 

The  application  was  prepared  in  close  collaboration  with  the  municipality  of  
Frederikshavn,  the  Danish  Agency  for  Labour  Market  and  Recruitment  and  the 
Labour Market Council North Denmark.  The municipality of  Frederikshavn held a 
meeting  with  relevant  educational  institutions  that  could  be  involved  in  the 
upskilling/reskilling training to align offer to needs and expectations. 

Targeted beneficiaries and proposed measures 

Targeted beneficiaries 

28. 

The estimated number of displaced workers expected to participate in the measures is 
390. Pursuant  to  Article  8(7), point (f), of Regulation (EU) 2021/691,  the provided 
breakdown  of  these  workers  by  gender,  age  group  and  educational  level  is  as 
follows: 

Category 

Gender: 

Men: 

Women: 

Number of  
expected 
beneficiaries 

335  (85,90 %) 

55  (14,10 %) 

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Non-binary 

Age group: 

Below 30 years: 

Educational 
level 

30-54 years: 

Over 54 years: 

Lower  secondary 
education or less11  
Upper  secondary12 
or  post-secondary 
education13 

Tertiary 
education14 

0 

(0,0 %) 

39  (10,00 %) 

275  (70,51 %) 

76  (19,49 %) 

156  (40,00 %) 

214  (54,87 %) 

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(5,13 %) 

Proposed measures 

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Pursuant  to  Article  8(7),  point  (h)  of  Regulation  (EU)  2021/691,  the  personalised 
coordinated  package  to  be  provided  to  displaced  workers  consists  of  the  following 
measures:  

–  Motivation: This first measure is a combination of information, motivation, and 
counselling,  along  with  workers’  profiling.  The  main  goal  of  the  motivation 
process is to develop participants’ confidence in their own abilities, make them 
realise  that  improving  their  skills  will  help  them  obtain  a  new  job,  discuss 
possible  barriers  that  could  hinder  their  skill  improvement  and  together  find 
solutions to remove these barriers. 

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Retention:  The  objective  of  this  measure  is  to  maintain  motivation  to 
participate  in  educational  and  upskilling  pathways  by  supporting  redundant 
workers  through  individual  mentoring  and  advice,  helping  them  resolve 
challenges and minimize barriers. 

Training  on  general  competences:  The  Danish  Act  on  Active  Employment 
Efforts sets that redundant workers must be offered training in reading, writing, 
arithmetic and dyslexia training, if necessary. Therefore, the training offer part 
of  the  EGF  package  reinforces  the  basic  training  provided  for  by  law  and 
focuses on general adult education that allows improving one or more subjects 
at  primary  school  level,  as  well  as  language  skills  in  Danish.  Training  in 
Danish  is  particularly  relevant,  since  41 %  of  the  redundant  workers  have  a 
migrant  background15 and  are  not  fluent  in  Danish.  Training  in  digital  skills 
and ad-hoc training tailored for Danish Crown former workers is also foreseen. 
The  adapted  training  is  a  combination  of  language  training  and  employment-
oriented  support  (including  job-search)  to  help  participants  meet  labour  law 
requirements and reconnect with the labour market. 

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305  laid-off  workers  have  a  migrant  background:  47  are  from  EU  countries  and  258  from  non-EU 
countries (139 (54 %) from Eritrea, 67 (26 %) from Myanmar, the remaining 52 (20 %) from a variety 
of countries). 

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Upskilling/reskilling  training.  The  profiles  of  the  displaced  workers  do  not 
correspond to the skills sought in the labour market. Most of the workers have 
low levels of formal qualifications (46 %) or rather outdated qualifications and 
skills  (40 %).  Most  workers  with  only  primary  education  belong  to  the  age 
group of 30-39 years, while most of the workers with vocational education or 
training (VET) as the highest educational level belong to the age group of 50-
59 years. The training offer includes shorter pathways for skills improvement 
(AMU-training)  and  vocational  training  based  on  competency  assessment 
(RKV)  that  certifies  any  competency  obtained  in  the  formal  educational 
system, at work or in continuing training. AMU focuses on training low-skilled 
adults and covers most of trades, industries, and services. AMU's offer ranges 
from  introductory  to  highly  specialised  courses.  Training  is  delivered  in 
workshops that resemble enterprises' work environment.  

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Training/job-seach  allowance.  Workers  will  receive  an  allowance  while 
engaged in training or job-search. 

The training offer was drawn considering several studies such as Jobbarometer 2023 
(an  analysis  of  local  labour  needs  in  Frederikshavn,  Hjørring,  Jammerbugt  and 
Brønderslev  Municipality),  the  Biennial  Labour  Market  Balance  that  provides  an 
overview of possible job openings, and FremKom4 analysis on skills. It aims to raise 
general competencies (including language and numeracy), digital competencies and 
skills  improvement  for  jobs  with  skills  shortages.  Thus,  the  content  of  the  training 
offer  addresses  the  dissemination  of  the  skills  required  in  the  digital  industrial  age 
and in a resource-efficient economy, as required by Article 7(2) of Regulation (EU) 
2021/691. 

The  proposed  actions,  here  described,  constitute  active  labour  market  policy 
measures  within  the  eligible  actions  set  out  in  Article  7  of  Regulation  (EU) 
2021/691. These actions do not substitute passive social protection measures.  

Denmark has provided the required information on measures that are mandatory for 
the  enterprise  concerned  by  virtue  of  national  law  or  pursuant  to  collective 
agreements. In accordance with Article 9(1) of Regulation (EU) 2021/691, Denmark 
has  confirmed  that  a  financial  contribution  from  the  EGF  will  not  replace  such 
measures. 

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Estimated budget 

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The  estimated 
personalised  services  of  EUR 2 878 001  and  expenditure 
management, 
EUR 259 020. 

total  costs  are  EUR 3 137 021,  comprising  expenditure  for 
for  preparatory, 
information  and  publicity,  control  and  reporting  activities  of 

The total financial contribution requested from the EGF is EUR 1 882 212 (60 % of 
total costs). 

Pursuant  to  Article  8(7),  point  (m),  of  Regulation  (EU)  2021/691,  Denmark  has 
specified that the national  pre-financing  and  co-funding  is  provided by  The Danish 
Business  Authority,  along  with  the  municipalities  of  Frederikshavn,  Aalborg, 
Hjørring and Brønderslev and Danish Crown. 

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Measures 

Estimated 
number of 
participants 

Estimated cost 
per participant 
(EUR)16 

Estimated total 
costs 
(EUR)17  

Personalised services (measures under Article 7(2), second subparagraph, point (a), of Regulation 
(EU) 2021/691) 

Motivation 

Retention 

Training on general competences  

75 

75 

85 

3 200 

240 000 

1 200 

90 000 

10 667 

906 667 

Upskilling/reskilling training 

170 

3 733 

634 667 

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

– 

1 871 334 

(65,02 %) 

Allowances and incentives (measures under Article 7(2), second subparagraph, point (b), of 
Regulation (EU) 2021/691) 

Training/job-seach allowance  

390 

2 581 

1 006 667 

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

Activities under Article 7(5) of Regulation (EU) 2021/691 

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 (60 % of total costs) 

– 

– 

– 

– 

– 

– 

– 

– 

1 006 667 

(34,98 %) 

38 853 

129 510 

51 804 

38 853 

259 020 

(8,26 %) 

3 137 021 

1 882 212 

36. 

The  costs  of  the  measures  identified  in  the  table  above  as  measures  under 
Article 7(2),  second  subparagraph,  point  (b),  of  Regulation  (EU)  2021/691  do  not 
exceed 35 % of the total costs for the coordinated package of personalised services. 

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To avoid decimals, the estimated costs per worker have been rounded. However, the rounding has no 
impact on the total cost of each measure, which remains as in the application submitted by Denmark. 
Totals do not tally due to rounding. 

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

Period of eligibility of expenditure 

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Denmark started providing the personalised services to the targeted beneficiaries on 
16  October  2023.  The  expenditure  on  the  measures  will  therefore  be  eligible  for  a 
financial contribution from the EGF from 16 October 2023 until 24 months after the 
date of the entry into force of the Financing Decision. 

Denmark started incurring the administrative expenditure to implement the EGF on 1 
June 2023. 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 June 2023 until 31 months after the date of the entry into force 
of the Financing Decision.  

Management and control systems 

39. 

The  application  contains  a  description  of  the  management  and  control  system 
required  under  Article  23  of  Regulation  (EU)  2021/691,  which  specifies  the 
responsibilities  of  the  bodies  involved.  Denmark  has  notified  the  Commission  that 
the financial contribution will be managed and controlled by the same bodies as the 
European  Social  Fund  Plus,  which  also  has  the  Danish  Business  Authority  as 
Managing  Authority.  The  Auditing  Authority  will  be  the  Danish  Business 
Authority’s audit authority for the European Regional Fund and the European Social 
Fund Plus. Frederikshavn Municipality will be responsible for the implementation of 
measures.  In  this  regard,  the  Danish  authorities  will  conclude  a  commitment 
agreement with Frederikshavn Municipality. 

Commitments provided by the Member State concerned 

40. 

Denmark has provided all necessary assurances regarding the following:  

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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, 

Danish  Crown,  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. 

BUDGETARY IMPLICATION 

Budgetary proposal 

41. 

The EGF shall not exceed a maximum annual amount of EUR 186 million (in 2018 
in  Article 8  of  Council  Regulation  (EU,  Euratom) 
prices),  as 
No 2020/2093  of  17  December  2020  laying  down  the  multiannual  financial 
framework for the years 2021 to 202718. 

laid  down 

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OJ L 433 I, 22.12.2020, p. 11. 

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42. 

43. 

Having examined the application in respect of the conditions set out in Article 13(1) 
and (2) of Regulation (EU) 2021/691, 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 1 882 212, 
representing 60 % 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  pursuant  to  Article  15(1),  first  subparagraph,  second 
sentence,  of  Regulation  (EU)  2021/691  and,  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 resources19. 

Related acts 

44. 

45. 

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 to 
transfer to the relevant budgetary line the amount of EUR 1 882 212. 

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  Regulation  (EU,  Euratom) 
2018/104620. 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  pursuant  to  Article  15(2),  first  subparagraph,  of 
Regulation (EU) 2021/691. 

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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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2024/0044 (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 Denmark – EGF/2023/004 DK Danish Crown 

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 1309/2013 21 ,  and  in  particular  Article 15(1),  first 
subparagraph, 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 resources22, and in particular point 9 thereof, 

Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission, 

Whereas: 

(1) 

(2) 

(3) 

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)  2020/209323 
and Article 16 of Regulation (EU) 2021/691. 

On  6  December  2023,  Denmark  submitted  an  application  to  mobilise  the  EGF  in 
accordance  with  Article  8(1)  of  Regulation  (EU)  2021/691,  in  respect  of  worker’s 
displacements  in  Danish  Crown  and  2  suppliers  and  dowstream  producers    in 
Denmark. It was supplemented by additional information provided in accordance with 
Article 8(5)  of  Regulation  (EU)  2021/691.  That  application  is  considered  to  comply 
with the conditions for providing a financial contribution from the EGF as laid down 
in Article 13 of Regulation (EU) 2021/691, on the basis of the assessment made by the 
Commission  in  the  Proposal  for  a  mobilisation  decision  of  the  European  Parliament 
and of the Council24. 

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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). 
COM(2024) 035. 

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(4) 

(5) 

The EGF should, therefore, be mobilised in order to provide a financial contribution of 
EUR 1 882 212 in respect of the application submitted by Denmark. 

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 2024, the European Globalisation 
Adjustment  Fund  for  Displaced  Workers  shall  be  mobilised  to  provide  the  amount  of 
EUR 1 882 212 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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