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8.11.2011 Official
Journal
of
the
European
Union L
289/31
DECISION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL
of 25 October 2011
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/2010/017
DK/Midtjylland Machinery from Denmark)
(2011/725/EU)
THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE
(‘Manufacture of machinery and equipment’) in the NUTS
EUROPEAN UNION,
II region of Midtjylland (DK04) and supplemented it by
additional information up to 21 March 2011. This appli
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European
cation complies with the requirements for determining
Union,
the financial contributions as laid down in Article 10
of Regulation (EC) No 1927/2006. The Commission,
therefore, proposes to mobilise an amount of
Having regard to the Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May
EUR 3 944 606.
2006 between the European Parliament, the Council and the
Commission on budgetary discipline and sound financial
management ( 1 ), and in particular point 28 thereof,
(5) The
EGF
should,
therefore,
be
mobilised
in
order
to
provide a financial contribution for the application
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 1927/2006 of the
submitted by Denmark,
European Parliament and of the Council of 20 December
2006 establishing the European Globalisation Adjustment
Fund ( 2 ), and in particular Article 12(3) thereof,
HAVE ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,
Article 1
Whereas:
For the general budget of the European Union for the financial
year 2011, the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund shall
(1) The
European
Globalisation
Adjustment
Fund
(EGF)
was be mobilised to provide the sum of EUR 3 944 606 in
established to provide additional support for workers
commitment and payment appropriations.
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.
Article 2
This Decision shall be published in the Official Journal of the
(2) The
scope
of
the
EGF
was
broadened
for
applications European Union.
submitted from 1 May 2009 to include support for
workers made redundant as a direct result of the global
financial and economic crisis.
Done at Strasbourg, 25 October 2011.
(3) The
Interinstitutional
Agreement
of
17
May
2006
allows
the mobilisation of the EGF within the annual ceiling of
EUR 500 million.
For the European Parliament
For the Council
(4) Denmark
submitted
an
application
on
11
May
2010
to
mobilise the EGF in respect of redundancies in six enter
The President
The President
prises operating in the NACE Revision 2 Division 28
J. BUZEK
M. DOWGIELEWICZ
( 1 ) OJ C 139, 14.6.2006, p. 1.
( 2 ) OJ L 406, 30.12.2006, p. 1.

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