Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: redundancies in the food industry in the Czech Republic

PURPOSE: to mobilise the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF) in respect of redundancies in the food industry in the Czech Republic.

LEGISLATIVE ACT: Decision 2011/233/EU 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 (application EGF/2010/010 CZ/Unilever from the Czech Republic);

CONTENT: by this Decision, the European Parliament and the Council have decided to mobilise the amount of EUR 323 820 in commitment and payment appropriations from the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund in the framework of the 2011 budget.

This amount will assist the Czech Republic in respect of redundancies in the food industry (Unilever ČR spol.s r.o.).

Noting that the application from the Czech Republic fulfils the eligibility criteria set up by the EGF Regulation (Regulation (EC) No 1927/2006), the European Parliament and the Council have decided to mobilise the requested 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.