Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: redundancies in transport services in France

PURPOSE: to mobilise the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF) to assist France following redundancies in its transport services.

NON LEGISLATIVE ACT: Decision (EU) 2015/738 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (application EGF/2014/017 FR/Mory-Ducros, from France)

CONTENT: with this Decision, the European Parliament and Council decide that, for the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2015, the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund shall be mobilised to provide the sum of EUR 6 052 200 in commitment and payment appropriations.

This amount is intended to assist France, which has been affected by redundancies in the transport sector at Mory-Ducros SAS.

Noting that the French application complies with the requirements for determining a financial contribution from the EGF as laid down in Regulation (EU) No 1309/2013 (EGF Regulation 2014-2020) Parliament and Council decided to grant the amount requested.

To recall, the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund 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, as a result of a continuation of the global financial and economic crisis addressed in Regulation (EC) No 546/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council, or as a result of a new global financial and economic crisis and to assist them with their reintegration into the labour market.

Council Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 1311/2013 allows the mobilisation of the EGF within a maximum annual amount of EUR 150 million.

ENTRY INTO FORCE: 29.04.2015.