Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: redundancies in the construction of buildings in the Netherlands

PURPOSE: to mobilise the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF) in respect of redundancies in the building construction industry in the Netherlands.

LEGISLATIVE ACT: Decision 2014/814/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council on the mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund, in accordance with point 13 of the Interinstitutional Agreement of 2 December 2013 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline, on cooperation in budgetary matters and on sound financial management (application EGF/2014/002 NL/Gelderland-Overijssel construction from the Netherlands).

CONTENT: with this Decision, the European Parliament and the Council have decided to mobilise the EGF for an amount of EUR 1 625 781 in commitment and payment appropriations in the framework of the 2014 general budget of the European Union.

This amount shall assist the Netherlands following redundancies in 89 enterprises operating in the regions of Gelderland and Overijssel in the Netherlands.

Given that this application complies with the requirements for determining the financial contributions as laid down in Regulation (EU) No 1309/2013 (MFF Regulation 2014-2020), the European Parliament and Council have decided to grant the abovementioned amount.

To recall, the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF) was established to provide 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 to assist them with their reintegration into the labour market.

Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 1311/2013 laying down the multiannual financial framework for the years 2014-2020 provides that the EGF shall not exceed a maximum annual amount of EUR 150 million.