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Official Journal of the European Union
30.11.2011
DECISION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL
of 16 November 2011
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/2010/019 IE/Construction 41 from Ireland)
(2011/772/EU)
THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE
(4) Ireland
submitted
an
application
on
9
June
2010
to
EUROPEAN UNION,
mobilise the EGF in respect of redundancies in 1 482
enterprises operating in NACE Revision 2 Division 41
(‘Construction of buildings’) in the NUTS II regions of
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European
Border, Midlands and Western (IE01) and Southern and
Union,
Eastern (IE02) in Ireland, and supplemented it by addi
tional information up to 17 June 2011. This application
complies with the requirements for determining the
Having regard to the Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May
financial contributions as laid down in Article 10 of
2006 between the European Parliament, the Council and the
Regulation (EC) No 1927/2006. The Commission,
Commission on budgetary discipline and sound financial
therefore, proposes to mobilise an amount of EUR
management ( 1 ), and in particular point 28 thereof,
12 689 838.
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 1927/2006 of the
(5) The
EGF
should,
therefore,
be
mobilised
in
order
to
European Parliament and of the Council of 20 December
provide a financial contribution for the application
2006 establishing the European Globalisation Adjustment
submitted by Ireland,
Fund ( 2 ), and in particular Article 12(3) thereof,
HAVE ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,
Article 1
For the general budget of the European Union for the financial
Whereas:
year 2011, the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund shall
be mobilised to provide the sum of EUR 12 689 838 in
commitment and payment appropriations.
(1) The
European
Globalisation
Adjustment
Fund
(EGF)
was
established to provide additional support for workers
made redundant as a result of major structural changes
Article 2
in world trade patterns due to globalisation and to assist
This Decision shall be published in the Official Journal of the
them with their reintegration into the labour market.
European Union.
(2) The
scope
of
the
EGF
was
broadened
for
applications
submitted from 1 May 2009 to include support for
Done at Strasbourg, 16 November 2011.
workers made redundant as a direct result of the global
financial and economic crisis.
For the European Parliament
For the Council
(3) The
Interinstitutional
Agreement
of
17
May
2006
allows
the mobilisation of the EGF within the annual ceiling of
The President
The President
EUR 500 million.
J. BUZEK
W. SZCZUKA
( 1 ) OJ C 139, 14.6.2006, p. 1.
( 2 ) OJ L 406, 30.12.2006, p. 1.

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