SP(2007)6028

PURPOSE: to mobilise the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund to cover the cost of redundancies in the French car production sector.

LEGISLATIVE ACT: Decision 2007/726/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund, in application of 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.

CONTENT: the European Union has created a European Globalisation Adjustment Fund to provide additional support to redundant workers who suffer from the consequences of major structural changes in world trade patterns and to assist their reintegration into the labour market.

The Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006 allows the mobilisation of the Fund within the annual ceiling of EUR 500 million. Regulation (EC) No 1927/2006 ( EGF Regulation ) contains the provisions whereby the Fund may be mobilised. France submitted applications to mobilise the Fund, concerning two cases of redundancies in the automobile sector: Peugeot SA and Renault SA.

In this context, the Parliament and the Council decided that, for the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2007, the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund shall be mobilised for a total amount of EUR 3 816 280 .

Decision 2007/726
OJ L 294 13.11.2007, p. 0021

Results of vote in Parliament

The European Parliament adopted a resolution drafted by Reimer BÖGE (EPP-ED, DE) and approved the proposal on the mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for an amount of EUR 3 816 280 to be allocated under heading 1a of the financial framework 2007-2013.

This proposal follows on from the request from France for assistance in respect of two cases concerning redundancies in the automobile sector, specifically suppliers to Peugeot SA and Renault SA.

Parliament requested the institutions involved to make the necessary efforts to accelerate the mobilisation of the Fund.

T6-0443/2007

A6-0378/2007

A6-0378/2007

The Committee on Budgets adopted the report by Reimer BÖGE (EPP-ED, DE) and approved the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on the mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for an amount of EUR 3 816 280 to be allocated under heading 1a of the financial framework 2007-2013.

This proposal follows on from the request from France for assistance in respect of two cases concerning redundancies in the automobile sector, specifically suppliers to Peugeot SA and Renault SA.

In its resolution, the committee states that the European Union's financial assistance to workers made redundant should be dynamic and made available as quickly and efficiently as possible. Therefore, it requests the institutions involved to make the necessary efforts to accelerate the mobilisation of the Fund.

PE394.029

PURPOSE: to mobilise the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund to cover the cost of redundancies in French car production sector.

PROPOSED ACT: Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council.

CONTENT: The European Union created a European Globalisation Adjustment Fund to provide additional support to redundant workers who suffer from the consequences of major structural changes in world trade patterns and to assist them with their reintegration into the labour market.

The Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006 allows the mobilisation of the Fund within the annual ceiling of EUR 500 million.

In March 2007, France submitted applications to mobilise the Fund, in respect of two cases concerning redundancies in the automobile sector, specifically suppliers to Peugeot SA and Renault SA. The Commission considers that the two applications meet the intervention criteria and other requirements laid down in Regulation (EC) No 1927/2006.

The proposed amount of EUR 3 816 280 determined in accordance with Article 10 of Regulation (EC) No 1927/2006 should, therefore, be mobilised.

The most important elements of the assessments can be summarised as follows:

Case EGF/2007/01/FR/Peugeot SA: the application demonstrates a total of 1 345 notified redundancies, involving 18 different enterprises, operating at 38 different sites in eleven French regions, amongst the industry supplying car parts to Peugeot SA (PSA) during the four-month

period of reference (1 September 2006 to 31 December 2006). The application, however, proposes to provide assistance co-financed by the EGF, only to the 267 workers made redundant by one of these suppliers, the Ateliers de Thomé Génot in Nouzonville (Département des Ardennes), which has gone into liquidation and is no longer in a position to provide effective assistance to its workers.

The Commission is proposing to accept application EGF/2007/01/FR/PSA submitted by France relating to the redundancies in the suppliers of Peugeot SA, as evidence has been provided that these redundancies result from major structural changes in world trade patterns which have led to a serious economic disruption, which, in the case of the Ateliers de Thomé Génot , the company for whose workers assistance is sought, affects the local economy. A coordinated package of eligible personalised services for the amount of EUR 5 116 500 has been proposed of which the requested contribution of the EGF is EUR 2 558 250.

Case EGF/2007/02/FR/Renault SA : according to the details provided by the French authorities 1 057 redundancies amongst 10 different suppliers to Renault SA, have come into effect during the four month period between 01/12/2006 and 31/03/2007. EGF support is only requested for the 628 workers of Cadence Innovation , with production sites in Burhaupt-le-Haut (Alsace), Vernon (Haute Normandie), Noeux-les-Mines (Nord-Pas-de-Calais) and Pouancé (Pays de la Loire). This enterprise is being wound-up by court order and as such is no longer in a position to provide effective assistance to its workers.

The Commission is proposing to accept application EGF/2007/02/FR/Renault submitted by France relating to the redundancies in the suppliers of Renault Société Anonyme (RSA), as evidence has been provided that these redundancies result from major structural changes in world trade patterns which have led to a serious economic disruption, which, in the case of Cadence Innovation , the company for whose workers assistance is sought, affects the local economy. A coordinated package of eligible personalised services for the amount of EUR 2 516 060 has been proposed of which the requested contribution of the EGF is EUR 1 258 030.

COM(2007)0415
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PURPOSE: to mobilise the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund to cover the cost of redundancies in French car production sector.

PROPOSED ACT: Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council.

CONTENT: The European Union created a European Globalisation Adjustment Fund to provide additional support to redundant workers who suffer from the consequences of major structural changes in world trade patterns and to assist them with their reintegration into the labour market.

The Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006 allows the mobilisation of the Fund within the annual ceiling of EUR 500 million.

In March 2007, France submitted applications to mobilise the Fund, in respect of two cases concerning redundancies in the automobile sector, specifically suppliers to Peugeot SA and Renault SA. The Commission considers that the two applications meet the intervention criteria and other requirements laid down in Regulation (EC) No 1927/2006.

The proposed amount of EUR 3 816 280 determined in accordance with Article 10 of Regulation (EC) No 1927/2006 should, therefore, be mobilised.

The most important elements of the assessments can be summarised as follows:

Case EGF/2007/01/FR/Peugeot SA: the application demonstrates a total of 1 345 notified redundancies, involving 18 different enterprises, operating at 38 different sites in eleven French regions, amongst the industry supplying car parts to Peugeot SA (PSA) during the four-month

period of reference (1 September 2006 to 31 December 2006). The application, however, proposes to provide assistance co-financed by the EGF, only to the 267 workers made redundant by one of these suppliers, the Ateliers de Thomé Génot in Nouzonville (Département des Ardennes), which has gone into liquidation and is no longer in a position to provide effective assistance to its workers.

The Commission is proposing to accept application EGF/2007/01/FR/PSA submitted by France relating to the redundancies in the suppliers of Peugeot SA, as evidence has been provided that these redundancies result from major structural changes in world trade patterns which have led to a serious economic disruption, which, in the case of the Ateliers de Thomé Génot , the company for whose workers assistance is sought, affects the local economy. A coordinated package of eligible personalised services for the amount of EUR 5 116 500 has been proposed of which the requested contribution of the EGF is EUR 2 558 250.

Case EGF/2007/02/FR/Renault SA : according to the details provided by the French authorities 1 057 redundancies amongst 10 different suppliers to Renault SA, have come into effect during the four month period between 01/12/2006 and 31/03/2007. EGF support is only requested for the 628 workers of Cadence Innovation , with production sites in Burhaupt-le-Haut (Alsace), Vernon (Haute Normandie), Noeux-les-Mines (Nord-Pas-de-Calais) and Pouancé (Pays de la Loire). This enterprise is being wound-up by court order and as such is no longer in a position to provide effective assistance to its workers.

The Commission is proposing to accept application EGF/2007/02/FR/Renault submitted by France relating to the redundancies in the suppliers of Renault Société Anonyme (RSA), as evidence has been provided that these redundancies result from major structural changes in world trade patterns which have led to a serious economic disruption, which, in the case of Cadence Innovation , the company for whose workers assistance is sought, affects the local economy. A coordinated package of eligible personalised services for the amount of EUR 2 516 060 has been proposed of which the requested contribution of the EGF is EUR 1 258 030.

COM(2007)0415
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