CELEX: 52013PC0291
Language: en
Date: 2013-05-15
Title: Proposal for a DECISION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on the mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund in accordance with point 28 of the Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline and sound financial management (EGF/2013/000 TA 2013 - Technical assistance at the initiative of the Commission)

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			Proposal for a DECISION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on the mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund in accordance with point 28 of the Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline and sound financial management (EGF/2013/000 TA 2013 - Technical assistance at the initiative of the Commission) /* COM/2013/0291 final */
			
				
		
		
			
			   	EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
Point 28 of the Interinstitutional
Agreement of 17 May 2006 between the European Parliament, the Council and the
Commission on budgetary discipline and sound financial management[1] allows for the mobilisation of
the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF) through a flexibility
mechanism, within the annual ceiling of EUR 500 million over and
above the relevant headings of the financial framework.
The rules applicable to the contributions
from the EGF are laid down in Regulation (EC) No 1927/2006 of the European
Parliament and of the Council of 20 December 2006 on establishing the European
Globalisation Adjustment Fund[2].
SUMMARY OF THE APPLICATION AND ANALYSIS
Key data:
EGF Reference no.                                                                                                EGF/2013/000
European Commission                                                                                    Technical
assistance
Administrative expenditure: budget in EUR                                                                       750 000
% administrative expenditure
(ceiling: 0,35 %)                                                                    0.15 %
According to Article 8(1) of Regulation
(EC) No 1927/2006, the proportion corresponding to 0.35 % of the annual
maximum amount of the EGF can be made available each year for technical
assistance at the initiative of the Commission.
Technical assistance to be funded and
breakdown of its estimated costs
1.           The contribution will be
used for expenditure mentioned in Articles 8(1) and (4) as well as 9(2) of Regulation
(EC) No 1927/2006, as detailed hereunder.
2.           Monitoring: The
Commission will continue to collect the data on applications received and paid,
and the measures proposed and implemented, and it will update the Statistical
Portrait of the EGF with information up to the end of 2013. Building on the
preparatory work of recent years, this can be done with the Commission's normal
administrative resources.
3.           Information: The
web site on the EGF[3],
which the Commission has set up within its Employment, Social Affairs and
Inclusion area, and which it is maintaining as required under Article 9(2) of Regulation
(EC) No 1927/2006, will be regularly updated and expanded, with each new
element also being translated into all EU languages. Information on the new EGF
Regulation will be produced, and the annual report of the EGF will be produced,
translated, printed and distributed. General awareness of the EGF and its
visibility will be encouraged. The EGF will be covered in various Commission
publications and audio-visual activities. Costs for all these items are
estimated at EUR 80 000.
4.           Creation of a knowledge
base: The Commission is continuing its work with a view to setting up an electronic
application form and standardised procedures for EGF applications, which will
allow applications under the new Regulation to be simplified, their processing
to be speeded up and reports to be more easily extracted for varying needs.
Standardisation of final report forms is also continuing, with the objective of
easing the administrative burden of the Member States.
It will improve its database containing the
facts and figures of EGF cases, including workers, measures and outcomes.
The cost for these items is estimated at EUR 80 000.
5.           Administrative and
technical support: The Expert Group of Contact Persons of the EGF, with one
member from each Member State, will be holding two meetings, together estimated
at EUR 70 000.
6.           In addition, the
Commission will be organising networking among the Member States. The priority
event within this networking activity will be a seminar for practitioners on
the implementation of the EGF, using the experience gathered under the current
Regulation (2007 - 2013) to prepare the ground for the new one (2014 - 2020).
The cost of these items is estimated at EUR 120 000.
7.           Evaluation: The
Commission will conduct the final phase of the ex-post evaluation of the EGF
(2007-2013) by means of a contract with an external consultant evaluating EGF
cases as and when they are closed, and focusing on the impact of the EGF and
its added value during the current period. The cost for this evaluation is
estimated at EUR 400 000.
 Items || Estimated number || Estimated cost per item (in EUR) || Total costs (in EUR) 
 Monitoring ||   ||   || 0 
 Information activities || Various || Various || 80 000 
 Creation of a knowledge base || Various || Various || 80 000 
 Administrative and technical support: Meetings of the Expert Group of Contact Persons of the EGF || 2 || 35 000 || 70 000 
 Administrative and technical support: Networking on the implementation of the EGF || Various || Various || 120 000 
 Ex-post evaluation for 2007-2013 || 1 || 400 000 || 400 000 
 Total estimated costs ||   || 750 000 
Financing
8.           The total annual budget
available for the EGF is EUR 500 million. Article 8(1) of Regulation
(EC) No 1927/2006 states that 0,35 % of this amount (i.e. EUR 1 750 000)
can be made available each year for technical assistance at the initiative of
the Commission. Currently, the full amount for 2013 remains available; nothing
has yet been allocated to technical assistance. 
9.                     The proposed
contribution for technical assistance at the initiative of the Commission in
2013 is EUR 750 000. Following the mobilisation of this amount, a
further EUR 1 000 000 potentially remains available in case of
need at a later stage in the year.
10.         Considering the maximum
possible amount of a contribution from the EGF in accordance with Article 8(1) of
Regulation (EC) No 1927/2006 as well as the scope for reallocating
appropriations, the Commission proposes to mobilise the EGF for the total
amount referred to above, to be allocated under heading 1a of the financial
framework.
11.         By presenting this proposal
to mobilise the EGF, the Commission initiates the simplified trialogue
procedure, as required by Point 28 of the Inter-institutional Agreement of 17 May
2006, with a view to securing the agreement of the two arms of the budgetary
authority on the need to use the EGF and the amount required. The Commission
invites the first of the two arms of the budgetary authority that reaches
agreement on the draft mobilisation proposal, at appropriate political level,
to inform the other arm and the Commission of its intentions. In case of
disagreement by either of the two arms of the budgetary authority, a formal
trialogue meeting will be convened. 
12.         The Commission presents separately
a transfer request in order to enter in the 2013 budget specific commitment
appropriations, as required in Point 28 of the Interinstitutional Agreement of
17 May 2006.
Source of payment appropriations
13.         Appropriations from the EGF
budget line will be used to cover the amount of EUR 750 000 needed
for technical assistance.
Proposal for a
DECISION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
AND OF THE COUNCIL
on the mobilisation of the European
Globalisation Adjustment Fund in accordance with point 28 of the
Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006 between the European Parliament,
the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline and sound financial
management (EGF/2013/000 TA 2013 - Technical assistance at the initiative of
the Commission)
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 the Inter-institutional
Agreement of 17 May 2006 between the European Parliament, the Council and
the Commission on budgetary discipline and sound financial management[4], and in particular point 28
thereof,
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No
1927/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 December
2006 establishing the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund[5], and in particular Article 8(2)
thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the
Commission[6],
Whereas:
(1)       The European Globalisation
Adjustment Fund (EGF) was established to provide additional support to
redundant workers who suffer from the consequences of major structural changes
in world trade patterns and to assist them with their reintegration into the
labour market.
(2)       The Interinstitutional
Agreement of 17 May 2006 allows the mobilisation of the EGF within the annual
ceiling of EUR 500 million.
(3)       Regulation (EC) No
1927/2006 provides that 0,35 % of the annual maximum amount can be made
available each year for technical assistance at the initiative of the Commission.
The Commission therefore proposes to mobilise an amount of EUR 750 000.
(4)       The EGF should, therefore,
be mobilised in order to provide technical assistance at the initiative of the
Commission.
HAVE ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
For the general budget of the European
Union for the financial year 2013, the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund
(EGF) shall be mobilised to provide the sum of EUR 750 000 in commitment and payment appropriations.
Article 2
This Decision shall be published in the Official
Journal of the European Union.
Done at Brussels, 
For the European Parliament                       For
the Council
The President                                                 The
President
[1]               OJ C 139, 14.6.2006, p. 1.
[2]               OJ L 406 of 30.12.2006, p. 1.
[3]               http://ec.europa.eu/egf

[4]               OJ C 139, 14.6.2006, p. 1.
[5]               OJ L 406, 30.12.2006, p. 1.
[6]               OJ C […], […], p. […].