PURPOSE: to mobilise the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF) in respect of redundancies in the automotive sector in France.
NON-LEGISLATIVE ACT: Decision 2012/16/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council on 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 (application EGF/2009/019 FR/Renault from France).
CONTENT: the European Parliament and the Council have decided to mobilise an amount of EUR 24 493 525 in commitment and payment appropriations in respect of redundancies in the automotive sector in France.
More specifically, this amount shall assist France who submitted an application on 9 October 2009 to mobilise the EGF in respect of redundancies in the enterprise Renault s.a.s. and seven of its suppliers.
Given that this application complies with the requirements for determining the financial contributions as laid down in Regulation (EC) No 1927/2006, the European Parliament and the Council have decided to grant the above-mentioned amount.
To recall, the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF) was established to provide additional support for workers made redundant as a result of major structural changes in world trade patterns due to globalisation and to assist them with their reintegration into the labour market. The Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006 allows the mobilisation of the EGF within the annual ceiling of EUR 500 million.
The scope of the EGF was broadened for applications submitted from 1 May 2009 to include support for workers made redundant as a direct result of the global financial and economic crisis.