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Official Journal of the European Union
30.11.2011
DECISIONS
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/2011/001 AT/Niedersterreich-Obersterreich from Austria)
(2011/770/EU)
THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE
49 (‘Land transport and transport via pipelines’) in the
EUROPEAN UNION,
NUTS II regions of Niedersterreich (AT12) and Obers
terreich (AT31) and supplemented it by additional
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European
information up to 9 June 2011. This application
Union,
complies with the requirements for determining the
financial contributions laid down in Article 10 of Regu
Having regard to the Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May
lation (EC) No 1927/2006. The Commission, therefore,
2006 between the European Parliament, the Council and the
proposes to mobilise an amount of EUR 3 643 770.
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 Austria,
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 3 643 770 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
Article 2
them with their reintegration into the labour market.
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, 16 November 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) Austria
submitted
an
application
on
3
January
2011
to
mobilise the EGF in respect of redundancies in 706
The President
The President
enterprises operating in the NACE Revision 2 Division
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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