CELEX: 52022PC0025
Language: en
Date: 2022-01-26
Title: Proposal for a DECISION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on the mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Displaced Workers (EGF/2022/000 TA 2022 - Technical assistance at the initiative of the Commission)

EUROPEAN COMMISSION
            Brussels, 26.1.2022
            COM(2022) 25 final
            2022/0015(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 (EGF/2022/000 TA 2022 - Technical assistance at the initiative of the Commission)
            
               
         
         
            
               EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
            
            
               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 1309/2013
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                (hereinafter called EGF Regulation).
            
            
               SUMMARY OF THE APPLICATION
            
            
               
                  Key data:
               
               
                  EGF Reference no.
                        EGF/2022/000
               
               
                  European Commission
                        Technical assistance
               
               
                  Administrative expenditure: budget in EUR
                        290 000
               
               
                  % administrative expenditure (ceiling: 0,5 %)
                        0,14%
               
            
            
            
               In accordance with Article 11(1) of the EGF Regulation, a maximum of 0,5 % of the annual maximum amount of the EGF may 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 Covid-19 pandemic not only disturbed the delivery of EGF cases, but also caused uncertainty as concerns general operations, in particular events that would require physical presence. Thus in 2021 the Commission did not request technical assistance support. The proposal for 2022 is adapted to the current situation.
            
            
               2.The contribution will be used for expenditure mentioned in Article 11(1) and (4) as well as Article 12(2), (3) and (4) of the EGF Regulation, as detailed hereunder. It will be managed by the European Commission under direct management.
            
            
            
                     
                        Description
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        Total expenditure
                           (in EUR)
                     
                  
               
                     
                        Administrative expenditure
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        190 000
                     
                  
               
                     
                        Technical expenditure
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        100 000
                     
                  
               
                     
                        Total estimated expenditure
                     
                  
                  
                     
                        290 000
                     
                  
               
            
               3.Administrative expenditure:
            
            
               ·The Expert Group of Contact Persons of the EGF, with two members from each Member State, will be holding its regular meetings (in the first and second half of 2022, and the first half of 2023). Due to the pandemic, the 2021 meeting was entirely virtual. According to current planning, in 2022, meetings with physical presence are likely to resume.
            
         
         
            
               ·In order to promote networking among the Member States, the Commission will organise one seminar with the participation of EGF implementing bodies and social partners. This will be scheduled the day preceding an Expert Group meeting in 2022. The meeting will likely take place as a physical meeting.
            
            
               ·Information activities: the EGF’s online presence
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               , which the Commission has set up within its Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion area, and which it is maintaining as required under Article 12(2) of the EGF Regulation, will be regularly updated and expanded, with each new element being translated into all EU languages. General awareness of the EGF will be increased and its visibility promoted. The EGF will be covered in various Commission publications and audio-visual activities as provided for in Article 11(1) of the EGF Regulation. 
            
            
            
               4.Technical expenditure:
            
            
               ·Maintenance and update of an electronic data exchange system. The Commission is continuing its work on standardised procedures for EGF applications and management, using the functionalities of the Shared Fund Management Common System (SFC). This allows applications under the EGF Regulation to be simplified, their processing sped up and various reports more easily extracted. The SFC interface is also facilitating the EGF financial operations. This includes in particular:
            
            
               –Maintenance of the SFC 2014-2020 application, and further development needed for the closure of cases.
            
            
               –Further development of the EGF 2021-2027 interface in SFC, in particular new functionalities and adjustments to align SFC with the requirements of the EGF Regulation 2021-2027.
            
            
               ·Monitoring and data gathering: the Commission will collect data on applications received, paid and wound up, and measures proposed and implemented. This data will be made available on the web site and compiled in appropriate form for future biennial reports.
            
            
            
               Financing
            
            
               5.The maximum annual budget available for the EGF in 2022 is EUR 186 million in 2018 prices (EUR 201 332 382 in 2022 prices), as set out in Article 8 of Council Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2020/2093 of 17 December 2020 laying down the multiannual financial framework for the years 2021 to 2027
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               .
            
            
               6.Article 11(1) of the EGF Regulation states that 0,5 % of this amount can be made available for technical assistance at the initiative of the Commission. Currently, the entire amount for 2022 remains available. The proposed amount corresponds to 0,14 % of the maximum annual budget available for the EGF in 2022.
            
            
               7.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 resources
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               Related acts
            
            
               8.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 for the amount of EUR 290 000.
            
            
            
               Source of payment appropriations
            
            
               9.Appropriations from the EGF budget line will be used to cover the amount of EUR 290 000 needed for technical assistance.
            
            
               2022/0015 (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 (EGF/2022/000 TA 2022 - 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 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
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               , 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 resources
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               , and in particular point 9 thereof,
            
            
               Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,
            
            
               Whereas:
            
            
               (1)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. 
            
            
               (2)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) 2020/2093
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               (3)Regulation (EU) 2021/691 provides that a maximum of 0,5 % of the annual maximum amount of the EGF may be used each year for technical assistance at the initiative of the Commission.
            
            
               (4)The EGF should, therefore, be mobilised in order to provide the sum of EUR 290 000 for technical assistance at the initiative of the Commission.
            
            
               (5)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: 
            
            
               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 290 000 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]
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               Done at Brussels,
            
         
         
            
               
                  For the European Parliament
                        For the Council
               
               
                  The President
                        The President
                  
            
         
         
            
                  
                     (1)
                  
                        OJ L 153, 3.5.2021, p. 48.
               
               
                  
                     (2)
                  
                        
                  http://ec.europa.eu/egf
                   
               
               
                  
                     (3)
                  
                        OJ L 433, 22.12.2020, p. I/15.
               
               
                  
                     (4)
                  
                        OJ L 433, 22.12.2020, p. I/29.
               
               
                  
                     (5)
                  
                        OJ L 153, 3.5.2021, p. 48.
               
               
                  
                     (6)
                  
                        OJ L 433, 22.12.2020, p. I/29
               
               
                  
                     (7)
                  
                        Council Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 2020/2093 of 17 December 2020 laying down the multiannual financial framework for the years 2021 to 2027 (OJ L 433, 22.12.2020, p. I/15).
               
               
                  
                     (8)
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                        Date to be inserted by the Parliament before the publication in OJ.