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Særberetning nr. 7 2013 HAR DEN EUROPÆISKE FOND FOR TIlPASNINg TIl glObAlISERINgEN TIlFøRT EU-mERVÆRDI mED HENSyN TIl REINTEgRATION AF AFSKEDIgEDE ARbEjDSTAgERE? (artikel 287, stk. 
Special report No 7 2013 HaS tHE EuropEaN GlobalISatIoN adjuStmENt fuNd dElIvErEd Eu addEd valuE IN rEINtEGratING rEduNdaNt workErS? (pursuant to article 287(4), second subparagraph, tfEu) EuropEaN Court of audItorS
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3 Punkt I–V 1–8 9–13 14–71 14–24 17–18 19–21 22–24 25–46 29–34 35–46 47–59 51–53 54–56 57–59 Glossar resumé IndlednInG reVIsIonens omfanG oG reVIsIonsmetoden BemærknInGer næsten alle arBejdstaGere fIk tIlBudt IndIVIduelt tIlpassede oG VelkoordInerede foranstaltnInGer Tilbuddene var TilPasseT de enkelTe arbejdsTageres behov egF‐ForansTalTningerne var generelT godT koordinereT med de naTionale ForansTalTninger og esF nogle medlemssTaTer ForeTrak esF Frem For egF de eGf‐støttede arBejdstaGeres reInteGratIon på arBejdsmarkedet kan Ikke Vurderes pålIdelIGt der mangler mål For reinTegraTion og sPeciFikke daTa om egF’s resulTaTer daTaene om reinTegraTion var vanskelige aT sammenligne en tredjedel af eGf‐fInansIerInGen anVendes tIl at GodtGøre udGIfter tIl natIonale IndkomststøtteordnInGer for arBejdstaGere, hVIlket Ikke tIlfører eu‐merVærdI indkomsTsTøTTeForansTalTninger For arbejdsTagere udgjorde sTørsTedelen aF de medFinansierede udgiFTer i halvdelen aF de undersøgTe sager samleT seT Tegner indkomsTsTøTTeForansTalTninger Til arbejdsTagere sig For en Tredjedel aF de godTgjorTe omkosTninger Forskelle i den egF‐medFinansiering, der blev ydeT under samme økonomiske omsTændigheder INDHOlD Særberetning nr. 7/2013 – Har Den Europæiske Fond for Tilpasning til globaliseringen tilført EU-merværdi med hensyn til reintegration af afskedigede arbejdstagere? 
3 Paragraph I–V 1–8 9–13 14–71 14–24 17–18 19–21 22–24 25–46 29–34 35–46 47–59 51–53 54–56 57–59 Glossary ExEcutIVE summary IntroductIon audIt scopE and approach obsErVatIons nEarly all workErs wErE offErEd pErsonalIsEd and wEll-coordInatEd mEasurEs ServiceS were PerSonaliSed eGF meaSureS were Generally well-coordinated with national meaSureS and the eSF Some member StateS PreFerred the eSF over the eGF rEIntEGratIon Into EmploymEnt of EGf-supportEd workErs cannot bE rElIably assEssEd lack oF reinteGration objectiveS and SPeciFic eGF PerFormance data reinteGration data were diFFicult to comPare onE thIrd of EGf fundInG compEnsatEs natIonal workErs’ IncomE support schEmEs, wIth no Eu addEd ValuE workerS’ income SuPPort meaSureS rePreSent the majority oF the co-Funded exPenditure For halF oF the caSeS audited Globally, workerS’ income SuPPort meaSureS account For one third oF reFunded coStS diFFerent eGF co-FundinG in Similar economic circumStanceS CoNtENtS Special report No 7/2013 – Has the European Globalisation adjustment fund delivered Eu added value in reintegrating redundant workers?
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60–71 63–65 66–67 68–69 70–71 72–81 73–75 76 77–79 80–81 thE EGf approVal procEdurE Is too lonG for an EmErGEncy fund the aSSeSSment Procedure could be Shortened the budGetary and emPowerment ProcedureS have a Further imPact on timelineSS the eGF aPProval Procedure iS not timely in the end, the budGetary authority aPProved all the ProjectS Submitted by the commiSSion conclusIons and rEcommEndatIons nEarly all ElIGIblE workErs wErE offErEd pErsonalIsEd and wEll-coordInatEd mEasurEs rEIntEGratIon Into EmploymEnt of EGf-supportEd workErs cannot bE rElIably assEssEd onE thIrd of EGf fundInG compEnsatEs natIonal workErs’IncomE support schEmEs, wIth no Eu addEd ValuE thE EGf approVal procEdurE Is too lonG for an EmErGEncy fund rEply of thE commIssIon 4 Special report No 7/2013 – Has the European Globalisation adjustment fund delivered Eu added value in reintegrating redundant workers?
Men mens formålet med ESF er at afhjælpe langsigtet strukturel uligevægt, blev EGF udformet til at afhjælpe kortsigtede nødsituationer på ad hoc-basis. 
However, whereas the purpose of the Esf is to address long-term structural imbalances, the EGf was designed to address short-term and ad hoc emergency situations.
RESUmé d) EGF tilførte EU-merværdi, når den blev brugt til at medfinansiere tilbud til afskedigede arbejdstager eller godtgørelser, som ikke normalt findes i medlemsstaternes arbejdsløshedsunderstøttelsesordninger. e) I alle de undersøgte sager konstaterede Retten imidlertid foranstaltninger, hvori indgik indkomststøtte, som under alle omstændigheder ville være blevet betalt af medlemsstaterne. Seksten af de 19 medlemsstater, der modtog støtte fra EGF, medtog indkomststøtteforanstaltninger i deres pakker. 
EXECutIvE SummarY (d) the EGf delivered Eu added value when used to co-finance services for redundant workers or allowances not ordinarily existing under Member states’ unemployment benefit systems. (e) However, in all the audited cases, the court identified measures to provide workers with income support, which would have been paid by the Member states anyway. sixteen of the 19 Member states that benefited from the EGf included income support measures in their packages.
31. december 2012 beløb EGF-støttepakkerne sig til 627 millioner euro fordelt på 89 godkendte ansøgninger fra medlemsstaterne. EGF medfinansierer foranstaltninger med op til 50 % eller 65 %, mens resten betales af den berørte medlemsstat. iv. Retten konkluderede følgende: a) Næsten alle de arbejdstagere, der var berettigede til EGF-støtte, blev tilbudt individuelt tilpassede og velkoordinerede foranstaltninger. b) De enkelte EGF-foranstaltninger kan også være berettigede til støtte under ESF, og nogle medlemsstater foretrak at anvende ESF frem for EGF. c) Der var ikke fastsat kvantitative mål for reintegration. 
Globally, income support measures represented 33 % of the costs refunded for all EGf cases. (f) the EGf approval procedure, requiring the need for an ad hoc budgetary procedure, is very long. this hampers Eu solidarity with the redundant workers targeted. iii. v. until 31 december 2012, EGf aid packages represented 627 million euro for 89 approved Member state applications. the EGf co-finances measures at a rate of 50 % or 65 %, with the balance being provided by the Member state concerned. iv. the court concluded that: (a) nearly all EGf eligible workers were offered personalised and well-coordinated measures. (b) Each EGf measure may also be eligible for the Esf and some Member states preferred to use the Esf rather than EGf. (c) no quantitative reintegration objectives were set.
2. EGF indgår ikke i den flerårige finansielle ramme. Det betyder, at hver enkelt ansøgning om EGF-støtte, som en medlemsstat indgiver, først er genstand for en grundig vurdering i Kommissionen og derefter skal godkendes af EU’s budgetmyndighed (Rådet og Europa-Parlamentet). 
2. the EGf is outside the multiannual financial framework. as a result each application for EGf support submitted by a Member state has to pass a thorough assessment by the commission and obtain approval from the Eu budgetary authority (council and European parliament). the commission shares the management of the EGf with the Member states.
3. Den Europæiske Socialfond støtter også afskedigede arbejdstagere, navnlig gennem programmer for livslang læring. 
3. redundant workers can also benefit from the European social fund (Esf), mainly through lifelong learning programmes.
4. EGF støtter arbejdstagere, som afskediges som følge af gennemgribende strukturelle ændringer i verdenshandelsmønstrene på grund af globaliseringen (500 afskedigelser eller mere2 i en eller flere virksomheder i EU), hvis disse afskedigelser har en betydelig skadelig indvirkning på den regionale eller lokale økonomi (»handelskriteriet«). 
4. the EGf supports workers made redundant as a result of major structural changes in world trade patterns due to globalisation (500 dismissals or more2 in one or more enterprises in the Eu) where those redundancies have a significant adverse impact on the regional or local economy (the ‘trade criterion’). in this respect, applicant Member states must demonstrate that the redundancies are linked to a substantial increase of imports into the Eu, the rapid decline of the Eu market share in a given sector or a delocalisation to third countries.
Som en undtagelse omfattede EGF fra 1. maj 2009 til 31. december 2011 også arbejdstagere, som var blevet afskediget som en direkte følge af den globale finansielle og økonomiske krise (»krisekriteriet«)3. 
By way of derogation, from 1 May 2009 to 31 december 2011, the EGf was also applicable to workers made redundant as a direct result of the global financial and economic crisis (the ‘crisis criterion’)3.
1927/2006 af 20. december 2006 om oprettelse af Den Europæiske Fond for Tilpasning til Globaliseringen (EUT L 406 af 30.12.2006, s. 
1 regulation (Ec) no 1927/2006 of the European parliament and of the council of 20 december 2006 on establishing the European Globalisation adjustment fund (oJ L 406, 30.12.2006, p.
1), som ændret ved Europa-Parlamentets og Rådets forordning (EF) nr. 546/2009 af 18. juni 2009 (EUT L 167 af 29.6.2009, s. 
1), as amended by regulation (Ec) no 546/2009 of the European parliament and of the council of 18 June 2009 (oJ L 167, 29.6.2009, p.
26) — sammen »EGF-forordningen«. Jf. artikel 3 »Støtteberettigede foranstaltninger«. 
26) — together the ‘EGf regulation’. see article 3 ‘Eligible actions’.
2 Indtil 30. maj 2009 var tærsklen 1 000 afskedigede arbejdstagere. 
2 until 30 May 2009, the threshold was 1 000 redundant workers.
3 Artikel 1 og 2 i EGF-forordningen. Krisekriteriet blev reelt kun anvendt under forordning (EF) nr. 
3 articles 1 and 2 of the EGf regulation. the crisis criterion effectively only applied, under regulation (Ec) no 546/2009, from 18 June 2009 to 31 december 2011.
I denne medlemsstat støttede EGF de afskedigede arbejdstagere fra det sidste danske skibsværft (jf. foto 1). Et andet eksempel er forsyningsvirksomhederne til bilindustrien i Tyskland, som var særligt hårdt ramt i regionerne Niedersachsen og Nordrhein-Westfalen (jf. foto 2). Fra 9. marts 2007 (datoen for den første ansøgning) til 31. december 2012 blev der i alt ydet 627 millioner euro (379 millioner euro fra EU-budgettet og 247 millioner euro fra medlemsstaterne) i EGF-støtte til 89 godkendte ansøgninger4 fra et maksimalt årligt budgetloft på 500 millioner euro i perioden 2007-2013. 
Picture 1 for instance, when the effects of the crisis devastated the danish shipbuilding industry, there were redundancies as a consequence. in that Member state, the EGf supported redundant workers of the last danish shipyard (see Picture 1). another example is the German automotive supply industry, which was particularly hit in the regions of Lower saxony and north rhine-Westphalia (see Picture 2). from 9 March 2007 (date of the first application) to 31 december 2012, total EGf aid approved amounted to 627 million euro (379 million euro from the Eu budget and 247 million euro from the Member states) for 89 approved applications4 from a maximum yearly budgetary ceiling of 500 million euro during the 2007–13 period. the EGf co-finances measures at a rate of 50 % or 65 %5, with the difference coming from the Member state concerned. the EGf is currently scheduled to run until 31 december 2013. the commission has however proposed continuing with a new EGf regulation until 31 december 20206.
Foto 2 4 Frem til den 31. december 2012 indgav medlemsstaterne 114 ansøgninger, hvoraf ti ikke blev godkendt (en blev afvist af Kommissionen og ni blev trukket tilbage af den ansøgende medlemsstat), og 15 stadig var under godkendelse. 
Picture 2 4 until 31 december 2012, Member states introduced 114 applications, out of which 10 were unsuccessful (one was rejected by the commission and nine withdrawn by the applicant Member state) and 15 were still under the EGf approval procedure.
5 Ifølge artikel 1 og 10 i EGF-forordningen var medfinansieringssatsen 65 % for alle ansøgninger, der blev indgivet i perioden 1. maj 2009 til 31. december 2011. 
5 under articles 1 and 10 of the EGf regulation, the EGf co-financing rate was 65 % for all applications submitted from 1 May 2009 to 31 december 2011.
Før og efter denne periode var medfinansieringssatsen 50 %. 
Before and after that period, the co-financing rate was 50 %.
6 KOM(2011) 608 endelig af 6. oktober 2011. 
6 coM(2011) 608 final of 6 october 2011.
8 En af hallerne i det tidligere Odense Staalskibsværft, nu »Hal Øst«, en stor Arbejdere ved det tidligere produktionssted Karmann i Osnabrück 12 400 m2 produktionshal i Lindø Industripark, Munkebo, Danmark, med en krankapacitet på 900-ton Særberetning nr. 
8 One of the halls of the former Odense Steel Shipyard, now “Hall East”, Workers at the former Karmann production site in Osnabrück. a large 12 400 m2 production hall with 900-tonne crane capacity in Lindø Industrial Park, Munkebø, Denmark.
7/2013 – Har Den Europæiske Fond for Tilpasning til globaliseringen tilført EU-merværdi med hensyn til reintegration af afskedigede arbejdstagere? © Lindø Industripark A/S. © Den Europæiske Revisionsret. 
Special report No 7/2013 – Has the European Globalisation adjustment fund delivered Eu added value in reintegrating redundant workers? © Lindø Industrial Park A/S. © European Court of Auditors.
Kilde: Europa-Kommissionen. 
Source: European commission.
11. Revisionen dækkede perioden fra 1. januar 2007 til 31. december 2012 og omfattede interview, gennemgang af dokumenter i Kommissionen og hos myndighederne i de fire reviderede medlemsstater samt en analyse af data om procentsatser for reintegration. 
11. the audit covered the period from 1 January 2007 to 31 december 2012. the audit was carried out through interviews, the examination of documents held by the commission and the four audited Member state authorities, and an analysis of the data on reintegration rates.the audit in the Member states also included the organisation of eight focus group meetings at which the various local EGf stakeholders (academics, administrations and social partners) could share their views (see Picture 3).
12. Revisorerne analyserede også resultaterne af Kommissionens midtvejsevaluering af EGF7. Rapporten om midtvejsevalueringen fra december 2011 omfattede de første 15 sager8, som EGF medfinansierede i otte medlemsstater. 
12. in addition to the above, the results of the commission’s mid-term evaluation of the EGf were analysed7. the mid-term evaluation report of december 2011 covered the first 15 cases8 co-financed by the EGf in eight Member states. one of these (nokia, Germany) was included in the sample audited on the spot by the court.
13. Endelig gennemførte Retten en spørgeundersøgelse i en række medlemsstater (Bulgarien, Estland, Cypern, Letland, Luxembourg, Ungarn, Slovakiet og Det Forenede Kongerige) for at undersøge årsagerne til, at de ikke anvendte EGF. 
13. finally, the court carried out a survey by addressing questionnaires to Member states (Bulgaria, Estonia, cyprus, Latvia, Luxembourg, Hungary, slovakia and the united Kingdom) in order to identify the reasons why they did not use the EGf.
Foto 3 Uddannelsesinstitutioner og eksperter på et fokusgruppemøde om EGF-støtte til byggesektoren i Litauen, hvor to af Rettens revisorer var ordstyrere 7 Mid-term evaluation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: endelig rapport, udarbejdet af GHK for GD for Beskæftigelse, Sociale Anliggender, Arbejdsmarkedsforhold og Inklusion, 2011. (http://ec.europa.eu/social). 
Picture 3 Academics andexpertsatafocusgroupmoderatedbytwoECAauditorsonEGF support for the Lithuanian construction sector. 7 ‘Mid-term evaluation of the European Globalisation adjustment fund: final report’, submitted by GHK to dG Employment, social affairs and inclusion, 2011 (http://.ec.europa.eu/social).
8 BenQ (Tyskland), Nokia (Tyskland), Castilla y Leon og Aragon (Spanien), Catalonien (Spanien), DELPHI (Spanien), Perlos (Finland), PSA suppliers (Frankrig), Lombardiet (Italien), Piemonte (Italien), Sardinien (Italien), Toscana (Italien), Alytaus tekstilė Tekstile (Litauen), tekstilindustrien (Malta), Lisbon-Alentejo (Portugal) og North-Centre (Portugal). 
8 BenQ (Germany), nokia (Germany), castilla y Leon and aragon (spain), catalonia (spain), dELpHi (spain), perlos (finland), psa suppliers (france), Lombardy (italy), piedmont (italy), sardinia (italy), tuscany (italy), alytaus tekstile (Lithuania), textiles (Malta), Lisbon-alentejo (portugal) and north-centre (portugal).
10 Særberetning nr. 7/2013 – Har Den Europæiske Fond for Tilpasning til globaliseringen tilført EU-merværdi med hensyn til reintegration af afskedigede arbejdstagere? © Den Europæiske Revisionsret. 
10 Special report No 7/2013 – Has the European Globalisation adjustment fund delivered Eu added value in reintegrating redundant workers? © European Court of Auditors.
For at vise solidaritet med alle berørte arbejdstagere skulle der ikke alene tilbydes individualiserede foranstaltninger til de arbejdstagere, der var blevet afskediget fra den berørte hovedvirksomhed, men også til arbejdstagere hos denne virksomheds underleverandører. 15. 
11 obSErvatIoNS nEarly all workErs wErE offErEd pErsonalIsEd and wEll-coordInatEd mEasurEs 14. in order to demonstrate solidarity with all affected workers, personalised measures should be offered not only to the workers made redundant in the main enterprise affected, but also to those employed by suppliers of that enterprise.
I de sager, der indgik i revisionen, kunne næsten alle berørte arbejdstagere deltage i EGF-foranstaltningerne. Der blev ikke konstateret tilfælde, hvor potentielle støttemodtagere med vilje var blevet udelukket. 
15. in the audited cases nearly all affected workers could benefit from EGf measures. no instances of the intentional exclusion of potential beneficiaries were identified.
18. I Irland fremgik forbindelsen mellem de individualiserede tilbud og de faktiske arbejdsmarkedsbehov ikke altid af ansøgningerne. Det var således på dette stadie ikke fastslået, om de foreslåede foranstaltninger var de bedst egnede til at støtte reintegrationen af de afskedigede arbejdstagere. 
18. in ireland, the applications did not always establish the link between personalised services and actual labour market needs. as a result, at this stage, it was not identified whether the measures put forward were best suited to supporting the reintegration of the redundant workers.
9 I midtvejsevalueringen var der allerede blevet peget på en række problemer med at nå afskedigede arbejdstagere fra de berørte leverandører. Jf. midtvejsevalueringen s. 
9 some difficulties in reaching redundant workers of affected suppliers had already been identified by the mid-term evaluation. see mid-term evaluation, p.
12 eGf‐foranstaltnInGerne Var Generelt Godt koordIneret med de natIonale foranstaltnInGer oG esf 19. For at maksimere EGF-foranstaltningernes effekt er det fastsat i EGF-for-ordningen, at de altid skal have form af en samordnet pakke af individualiserede tilbud. 
12 EGf mEasurEs wErE GEnErally wEll-coordInatEd wIth natIonal mEasurEs and thE Esf 19. in order to maximise the effects of EGf measures, the EGf regulation states that they should always take the form of a coordinated package of personalised services.
Der menes hermed, at tilbuddene skal samordnes med foranstaltninger, der er iværksat inden eller iværksættes samtidig med de individualiserede tilbud, der medfinansieres af EGF10. 
What is meant is coordination with measures preceding or concomitant to the personalised services co-financed by the EGf10.
Medlemsstaterne skal også koordinere deres interventioner med strukturfondene11, navnlig ESF. 
Member states should also coordinate their interventions with the structural funds11, in particular the Esf.
20. Retten bemærkede, at medlemsstaterne generelt koordinerede EGF effektivt med ESF og de nationale arbejdsmarkedsforanstaltninger. 
20. the court observed that, generally, the Member states effectively coordinated the EGf with Esf and national labour market measures.
Eksisterende ESF-foranstaltninger blev normalt kompletteret med supplerende EGF-foranstaltninger, som var specifikt udformet til at opfylde arbejdstagernes behov. 
Existing Esf measures were usually complemented by additional EGf measures specifically designed to address workers’ needs.
I de otte sager, som indgik i revisionen, konstaterede Retten heller ikke tilfælde, hvor de forskellige foranstaltninger overlappede hinanden, eller hvor enkeltpersoner havde modtaget dobbeltfinansiering. 
Moreover, for the eight audited cases, the court did not detect instances of overlap between the different measures, or double funding of individuals.
10 Jf. artikel 5 i EGF-forordningen om de oplysninger om samordning, som skal indgives i ansøgningsfasen, og artikel 6 om komplementaritet og koordination. 
10 see article 5 of the EGf regulation on the coordination information required at the application stage, and article 6 on complementarity and coordination.
13 noGle medlemsstater foretrak esf frem for eGf 22. Selv om ESF ikke forventes at håndtere uforudsigelige begivenheder, kan alle foranstaltninger under EGF-forordningen også anvendes under ESF12. 
somE mEmbEr statEs prEfErrEd thE Esf oVEr thE EGf 22. although the Esf is not expected to address unforeseeable events, all measures under the EGf regulation may equally be applied under the Esf12.
Om ESF kan medfinansiere støtte til arbejdstagere, der er blevet masseafskediget som følge af en uforudsigelig begivenhed, afhænger i bund og grund af de nationale støtteberettigelsesregler og indholdet af de operationelle programmer. 
Whether or not the Esf may co-finance support for workers subject to a mass redundancy caused by an unforeseeable event essentially depends on the national eligibility rules and the content of operational programmes.