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

PURPOSE: mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: redundancies in the air transport sector in France.

NON-LEGISLATIVE ACT: Decision (EU) 2018/1093 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund following an application from France — EGF/2017/009 FR/Air France.

CONTENT: with this Decision, the European Parliament and the Council decide to mobilise the sum of EUR 9 894 483 in commitment and payment appropriations from the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF) under the 2018 Union budget.

This sum is being mobilised in response to France's request for EGF funding following 1 858 redundancies in Air France in France, in the Île-de-France and Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur regions. The redundancies are linked to major structural changes in world trade patterns due to globalisation.

This application complies with the conditions for determining the amount of the financial contribution from the EGF in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 1309/2013.

As a reminder, the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF) aims 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. The annual allocation of the EGF shall not exceed the maximum annual amount of EUR 150 million for the period 2014-2020.

ENTRY INTO FORCE: 7.8.2018. This Decision shall apply from the date of its adoption, 4.7.2018.