PURPOSE: to mobilise the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF) to assist Italy facing redundancies in the call centre sector.
NON-LEGISLATIVE ACT: Decision (EU) 2017/2192 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund following an application from Italy — EGF/2017/004 IT/Almaviva.
CONTENT: with this Decision, the European Parliament and the Council have mobilised EUR 3 347 370 in commitment and payment appropriations under the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF) within the framework of the 2017 budget.
This amount is granted in response to the request from the EGF submitted by Italy on 9 May 2017, following 1 646 redundancies in Almaviva Contact SpA, whose activities are carried out in the economic sector under ‘administrative and other business support activities’ in the Lazio region.
Given that the application complies with the requirements for determining a financial contribution from the EGF as laid down in Regulation (EU) No 1309/2013, the European Parliament and the Council have responded by granting the above-mentioned amount.
As a reminder, the EGF provides support for workers made redundant and self-employed persons whose activity has ceased as a result of major structural changes in world trade patterns due to globalisation and the financial crisis. The EGF has a maximum annual budget of EUR 150 million for the period 2014-2020.
ENTRY INTO FORCE: 25.11.2017. The Decision shall apply from 15.11.2017.