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2011/2254(BUD) Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: redundancies in architectural and engineering activities in Ireland

Progress: Procedure completed

RoleCommitteeRapporteurShadows
Lead BUDG MATERA Barbara (icon: PPE PPE) PICKART ALVARO Alexander Nuno (icon: ALDE ALDE)
Committee Opinion EMPL
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2011/11/30
   Final act published in Official Journal
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PURPOSE: to mobilise the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF) in respect of redundancies in architectural and engineering activities in Ireland.

LEGISLATIVE ACT: Decision 2011/774/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council 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/2010/021 IE/Construction 71 from Ireland).

CONTENT: with this Decision, the European Parliament and the Council have decided to mobilise the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund to provide the sum of EUR 1 387 819 in commitment and payment appropriations in the framework of the general budget 2011.

This amount will assist Ireland in respect of redundancies in 230 enterprises operating in the NACE Revision 2 Division 71 ("Architectural and engineering activities; technical testing and analysis") in the NUTS II regions of Border, Midlands and Western (IE01) and Southern and Eastern (IE02) in Ireland.

Given that this application complies with the requirements for determining the financial contributions as laid down in Regulation (EC) No 1927/2006 ( EGF ), the abovementioned amount has been granted to Ireland meet its request.

To recall, the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF) aims 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 on budgetary discipline allows for the mobilisation of the Fund through a flexibility mechanism, within the annual ceiling of EUR 500 million.

It should be noted that t he scope of the EGF was broadened for applications submitted from 1 May 2009 to include support for workers made redundant as a direct result of the global financial and economic crisis.

2011/11/16
   EP - Results of vote in Parliament
2011/11/16
   EP - Decision by Parliament
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The European Parliament adopted by 534 votes to 73, with 18 abstentions, a resolution on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for an amount of EUR 1 387 819 in commitment and payment appropriations in respect of redundancies in architectural and engineering activities in Ireland.

Parliament recalls that the European Union has set up the appropriate legislative and budgetary instruments to provide additional support to workers who are suffering from the consequences of major structural changes in world trade patterns and to assist their reintegration into the labour market. Given that Ireland has requested assistance in respect of a case concerning 842 redundancies, 554 targeted for assistance, in 230 enterprises operating in the NACE Revision 2 Division 71 ('Architectural and engineering activities; technical testing and analysis') in the NUTS II regions of Border, Midlands and Western (IE01) and Southern and Eastern (IE02) in Ireland and that this application fulfils the eligibility criteria set up by the EGF Regulation, Parliament requests the institutions involved to make the necessary efforts to accelerate the mobilisation of the EGF for the requested amount. It appreciates in this sense the improved procedure put in place by the Commission, following the Parliament's request for accelerating the release of grants. It hopes that further improvements in the procedure will be reached in the framework of the upcoming reviews of the EGF.

Parliament recalls the institutions’ commitment to ensuring a smooth and rapid procedure for the adoption of the decisions on the mobilisation of the EGF, providing one-off, time-limited individual support geared to helping workers who have suffered redundancies as a result of globalisation and the financial and economic crisis.

It recalls that:

assistance from the EGF must not replace actions which are the responsibility of companies by virtue of national law or collective agreements, nor measures restructuring companies or sectors; the information provided on the coordinated package of personalised services to be funded from the EGF includes information on the complementarity with actions funded by the Structural Funds.

Parliament welcomes the fact that following repeated requests from the Parliament, for the first time the 2011 budget shows payment appropriations of EUR 47 608 950 on the EGF budget line 04 05 01. It recalls that the EGF was created as a separate specific instrument with its own objectives and deadlines and that therefore deserves a dedicated allocation, superseding transfers from other budget lines, as done in the past, which could be detrimental to the achievement of the various policies objectives. It states that the amount of payment appropriations initially entered on the budget line 04 05 01 will have been fully consumed with the nineteenth application. As payment appropriations are available in 2011 under the budget line 04 02 01 "Completion of the European Social Fund (ESF) – Objective 1 (2000 to 2006)", an amount of EUR 1 387 819 needed for the present application can therefore be made available for transfer.

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2011/11/16
   EP - End of procedure in Parliament
2011/11/14
   CSL - Draft budget approved by Council
2011/11/14
   CSL - Council Meeting
2011/11/07
   EP - Budgetary report tabled for plenary, 1st reading
Documents
2011/11/07
   EP - Vote in committee
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The Committee on Budgets adopted the report drafted by Barbara MATERA (EPP, IT) on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for an amount of EUR 1 387 819 in commitment and payment appropriations in respect of redundancies in architectural and engineering activities in Ireland.

Members recall that the European Union has set up the appropriate legislative and budgetary instruments to provide additional support to workers who are suffering from the consequences of major structural changes in world trade patterns and to assist their reintegration into the labour market. Given that Ireland has requested assistance in respect of a case concerning 842 redundancies, 554 targeted for assistance, in 230 enterprises operating in the NACE Revision 2 Division 71 ('Architectural and engineering activities; technical testing and analysis') in the NUTS II regions of Border, Midlands and Western (IE01) and Southern and Eastern (IE02) in Ireland and that this application fulfils the eligibility criteria set up by the EGF Regulation, Members request the institutions involved to make the necessary efforts to accelerate the mobilisation of the EGF for the requested amount. They appreciate in this sense the improved procedure put in place by the Commission, following the Parliament's request for accelerating the release of grants. They hope that further improvements in the procedure will be reached in the framework of the upcoming reviews of the EGF.

Members recall the institutions’ commitment to ensuring a smooth and rapid procedure for the adoption of the decisions on the mobilisation of the EGF, providing one-off, time-limited individual support geared to helping workers who have suffered redundancies as a result of globalisation and the financial and economic crisis.

They also recall that:

assistance from the EGF must not replace actions which are the responsibility of companies by virtue of national law or collective agreements, nor measures restructuring companies or sectors; the information provided on the coordinated package of personalised services to be funded from the EGF includes information on the complementarity with actions funded by the Structural Funds.

Members welcome the fact that following repeated requests from the Parliament, for the first time the 2011 budget shows payment appropriations of EUR 47 608 950 on the EGF budget line 04 05 01. They recall that the EGF was created as a separate specific instrument with its own objectives and deadlines and that therefore deserves a dedicated allocation, superseding transfers from other budget lines, as done in the past, which could be detrimental to the achievement of the various policies objectives. They state that the amount of payment appropriations initially entered on the budget line 04 05 01 will have been fully consumed with the nineteenth application. As payment appropriations are available in 2011 under the budget line 04 02 01 "Completion of the European Social Fund (ESF) – Objective 1 (2000 to 2006)", an amount of EUR 1 387 819 needed for the present application can therefore be made available for transfer.

2011/11/07
   EP - Budgetary report tabled for plenary
Documents
2011/10/26
   EP - Amendments tabled in committee
Documents
2011/10/12
   EP - Committee referral announced in Parliament
2011/10/11
   EP - Committee draft report
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2011/10/11
   EP - MATERA Barbara (PPE) appointed as rapporteur in BUDG
2011/10/05
   EC - Document attached to the procedure
2011/10/05
   EC - Non-legislative basic document published
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PURPOSE: to mobilise the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF) in respect of redundancies in architectural and engineering activities in Ireland.

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

CONTENT: the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF) was established by Council Regulation No 1927/2006 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 on budgetary discipline allows for the mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF) through a flexibility mechanism, within the annual ceiling of EUR 500 million over and above the relevant headings of the financial framework.

The Commission services have carried out a thorough examination of the application submitted by Ireland to mobilise the EGF. The main elements of the assessment are as follows:

Ireland: on 9 June 2010, Ireland submitted application EGF/2010/021 IE/Construction 71.

for a financial contribution from the EGF, following redundancies in 230 enterprises operating in the NACE Revision 2 Division 71 ('Architectural and engineering activities; technical testing and analysis') in the NUTS II regions of Border, Midlands and Western (IE01) and Southern and Eastern (IE02) in Ireland. These two contiguous regions comprise the entire State of Ireland. The application was supplemented by additional information up to 17 June 2011.

In order to establish the link between the redundancies and the global financial and economic crisis, Ireland argues that as a small export-oriented economy, it has suffered from the effects of the credit crunch on its major trading partners, at a time when the world economy was experiencing its worst contraction in the postwar period. The credit crunch severely affected the banks in Ireland, with further effects on mortgage loans and building activity in the country. Employment in the previously fast-growing building sector fell sharply. When the crisis hit, the share of those employed in construction in Ireland dropped from 12.25% in Q4 / 2007 to 9.2% in Q1 / 2009 and 6.25% by Q3 / 2010. Many of the redundancies in the sector were caused by the effective closure of the employing enterprise for reasons cited such as liquidation, receivership, closure, insolvency, end of contract and bankruptcy. In Q2 / 2009, unemployment rates in these subsectors was almost 40%. Unemployment in NACE Revision 2 Division 71 rose rapidly from around 3 500 in Q1 / 2009 to 5 600 at the end of Q3 / 2009 and was still high at 4 900 by the end of Q3 / 2010.

Ireland submitted this application under the intervention criteria of Article 2(b) of Regulation (EC) No 1927/2006, which requires at least 500 redundancies over a nine-month period in enterprises operating in the same NACE Revision 2 Division in one region or two contiguous regions at NUTS II level in a Member State. The application cites 842 redundancies in 230 enterprises operating in the NACE Revision 2 Division 71 ('Architectural and engineering activities; technical testing and analysis')5 in the NUTS II regions of Border, Midlands and Western (IE01) and Southern and Eastern (IE02) during the nine-month reference period from 1 July 2009 to 31 March 2010.

After a thorough examination of this application, the Commission has concluded in accordance with Article 10 of Regulation (EC) No 1927/2006 that the conditions for a financial contribution under this Regulation are met.

On the basis of the application from Ireland, the proposed contribution from the EGF to the coordinated package of personalised services is EUR 1 387 819 , representing 65% of the total cost.

It should be noted that this application is part of a series of three, all concerning the construction sector in Ireland. The other two applications are in support of workers made redundant in NACE Revision 2 Divisions 43 (' Specialised construction activities ') and 41 (' Construction of buildings ').

IMPACT ASSESSMENT: no impact assessment was carried out.

FINANCIAL IMPACT: considering the maximum possible amount of a financial contribution from the EGF under Article 10(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1927/2006, as well as the scope for reallocating appropriations, the Commission proposes to mobilise the EGF for the total amount referred to above, to be allocated under heading 1a of the financial framework.

The proposed amount of financial contribution will leave more than 25% of the maximum annual amount earmarked for the EGF available for allocations during the last four months of the year, as required by Article 12(6) of Regulation (EC) No 1927/2006.

By presenting this proposal to mobilise the EGF, the Commission initiates the simplified trialogue procedure, as required by Point 28 of the Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006, with a view to securing the agreement of the two arms of the budgetary authority on the need to use the EGF and the amount required. The Commission invites the first of the two arms of the budgetary authority that reaches agreement on the draft mobilisation proposal, at appropriate political level, to inform the other arm and the Commission of its intentions. In case of disagreement by either of the two arms of the budgetary authority, a formal trialogue meeting will be convened.

The amount of payment appropriations initially entered on the budget line 04.0501 will have been fully consumed after adoption by both arms of the budgetary authority of the proposals submitted to date for mobilising the EGF. As payment appropriations are available in 2011 under the budget line 04.0201 "Completion of the European Social Fund (ESF) – Objective 1 (2000 to 2006)", an amount of EUR 1 387 819 needed for the present application can therefore be made available for transfer.

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AmendmentsDossier
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2011/10/26 BUDG 6 amendments...
source: PE-475.784

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The Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006 on budgetary discipline allows for the mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF) through a flexibility mechanism, within the annual ceiling of EUR 500 million over and above the relevant headings of the financial framework. The Commission services have carried out a thorough examination of the application submitted by Ireland to mobilise the EGF. The main elements of the assessment are as follows: Ireland: on 9 June 2010, Ireland submitted application EGF/2010/021 IE/Construction 71. for a financial contribution from the EGF, following redundancies in 230 enterprises operating in the NACE Revision 2 Division 71 ('Architectural and engineering activities; technical testing and analysis') in the NUTS II regions of Border, Midlands and Western (IE01) and Southern and Eastern (IE02) in Ireland. These two contiguous regions comprise the entire State of Ireland. The application was supplemented by additional information up to 17 June 2011. In order to establish the link between the redundancies and the global financial and economic crisis, Ireland argues that as a small export-oriented economy, it has suffered from the effects of the credit crunch on its major trading partners, at a time when the world economy was experiencing its worst contraction in the postwar period. The credit crunch severely affected the banks in Ireland, with further effects on mortgage loans and building activity in the country. Employment in the previously fast-growing building sector fell sharply. When the crisis hit, the share of those employed in construction in Ireland dropped from 12.25% in Q4 / 2007 to 9.2% in Q1 / 2009 and 6.25% by Q3 / 2010. Many of the redundancies in the sector were caused by the effective closure of the employing enterprise for reasons cited such as liquidation, receivership, closure, insolvency, end of contract and bankruptcy. In Q2 / 2009, unemployment rates in these subsectors was almost 40%. Unemployment in NACE Revision 2 Division 71 rose rapidly from around 3 500 in Q1 / 2009 to 5 600 at the end of Q3 / 2009 and was still high at 4 900 by the end of Q3 / 2010. Ireland submitted this application under the intervention criteria of Article 2(b) of Regulation (EC) No 1927/2006, which requires at least 500 redundancies over a nine-month period in enterprises operating in the same NACE Revision 2 Division in one region or two contiguous regions at NUTS II level in a Member State. The application cites 842 redundancies in 230 enterprises operating in the NACE Revision 2 Division 71 ('Architectural and engineering activities; technical testing and analysis')5 in the NUTS II regions of Border, Midlands and Western (IE01) and Southern and Eastern (IE02) during the nine-month reference period from 1 July 2009 to 31 March 2010. After a thorough examination of this application, the Commission has concluded in accordance with Article 10 of Regulation (EC) No 1927/2006 that the conditions for a financial contribution under this Regulation are met. On the basis of the application from Ireland, the proposed contribution from the EGF to the coordinated package of personalised services is EUR 1 387 819 , representing 65% of the total cost. It should be noted that this application is part of a series of three, all concerning the construction sector in Ireland. The other two applications are in support of workers made redundant in NACE Revision 2 Divisions 43 (' Specialised construction activities ') and 41 (' Construction of buildings '). IMPACT ASSESSMENT: no impact assessment was carried out. FINANCIAL IMPACT: considering the maximum possible amount of a financial contribution from the EGF under Article 10(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1927/2006, as well as the scope for reallocating appropriations, the Commission proposes to mobilise the EGF for the total amount referred to above, to be allocated under heading 1a of the financial framework. The proposed amount of financial contribution will leave more than 25% of the maximum annual amount earmarked for the EGF available for allocations during the last four months of the year, as required by Article 12(6) of Regulation (EC) No 1927/2006. By presenting this proposal to mobilise the EGF, the Commission initiates the simplified trialogue procedure, as required by Point 28 of the Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006, with a view to securing the agreement of the two arms of the budgetary authority on the need to use the EGF and the amount required. The Commission invites the first of the two arms of the budgetary authority that reaches agreement on the draft mobilisation proposal, at appropriate political level, to inform the other arm and the Commission of its intentions. In case of disagreement by either of the two arms of the budgetary authority, a formal trialogue meeting will be convened. The amount of payment appropriations initially entered on the budget line 04.0501 will have been fully consumed after adoption by both arms of the budgetary authority of the proposals submitted to date for mobilising the EGF. As payment appropriations are available in 2011 under the budget line 04.0201 "Completion of the European Social Fund (ESF) – Objective 1 (2000 to 2006)", an amount of EUR 1 387 819 needed for the present application can therefore be made available for transfer.
  • date: 2011-10-12T00:00:00 type: Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading/single reading body: EP
  • date: 2011-11-07T00:00:00 type: Vote in committee, 1st reading/single reading body: EP summary: The Committee on Budgets adopted the report drafted by Barbara MATERA (EPP, IT) on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for an amount of EUR 1 387 819 in commitment and payment appropriations in respect of redundancies in architectural and engineering activities in Ireland. Members recall that the European Union has set up the appropriate legislative and budgetary instruments to provide additional support to workers who are suffering from the consequences of major structural changes in world trade patterns and to assist their reintegration into the labour market. Given that Ireland has requested assistance in respect of a case concerning 842 redundancies, 554 targeted for assistance, in 230 enterprises operating in the NACE Revision 2 Division 71 ('Architectural and engineering activities; technical testing and analysis') in the NUTS II regions of Border, Midlands and Western (IE01) and Southern and Eastern (IE02) in Ireland and that this application fulfils the eligibility criteria set up by the EGF Regulation, Members request the institutions involved to make the necessary efforts to accelerate the mobilisation of the EGF for the requested amount. They appreciate in this sense the improved procedure put in place by the Commission, following the Parliament's request for accelerating the release of grants. They hope that further improvements in the procedure will be reached in the framework of the upcoming reviews of the EGF. Members recall the institutions’ commitment to ensuring a smooth and rapid procedure for the adoption of the decisions on the mobilisation of the EGF, providing one-off, time-limited individual support geared to helping workers who have suffered redundancies as a result of globalisation and the financial and economic crisis. They also recall that: assistance from the EGF must not replace actions which are the responsibility of companies by virtue of national law or collective agreements, nor measures restructuring companies or sectors; the information provided on the coordinated package of personalised services to be funded from the EGF includes information on the complementarity with actions funded by the Structural Funds. Members welcome the fact that following repeated requests from the Parliament, for the first time the 2011 budget shows payment appropriations of EUR 47 608 950 on the EGF budget line 04 05 01. They recall that the EGF was created as a separate specific instrument with its own objectives and deadlines and that therefore deserves a dedicated allocation, superseding transfers from other budget lines, as done in the past, which could be detrimental to the achievement of the various policies objectives. They state that the amount of payment appropriations initially entered on the budget line 04 05 01 will have been fully consumed with the nineteenth application. As payment appropriations are available in 2011 under the budget line 04 02 01 "Completion of the European Social Fund (ESF) – Objective 1 (2000 to 2006)", an amount of EUR 1 387 819 needed for the present application can therefore be made available for transfer.
  • date: 2011-11-07T00:00:00 type: Budgetary report tabled for plenary, 1st reading body: EP docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=REPORT&mode=XML&reference=A7-2011-377&language=EN title: A7-0377/2011
  • date: 2011-11-14T00:00:00 type: Draft budget approved by Council body: CSL
  • date: 2011-11-16T00:00:00 type: Results of vote in Parliament body: EP docs: url: https://oeil.secure.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/popups/sda.do?id=20789&l=en title: Results of vote in Parliament
  • date: 2011-11-16T00:00:00 type: Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading body: EP docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=TA&language=EN&reference=P7-TA-2011-497 title: T7-0497/2011 summary: The European Parliament adopted by 534 votes to 73, with 18 abstentions, a resolution on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for an amount of EUR 1 387 819 in commitment and payment appropriations in respect of redundancies in architectural and engineering activities in Ireland. Parliament recalls that the European Union has set up the appropriate legislative and budgetary instruments to provide additional support to workers who are suffering from the consequences of major structural changes in world trade patterns and to assist their reintegration into the labour market. Given that Ireland has requested assistance in respect of a case concerning 842 redundancies, 554 targeted for assistance, in 230 enterprises operating in the NACE Revision 2 Division 71 ('Architectural and engineering activities; technical testing and analysis') in the NUTS II regions of Border, Midlands and Western (IE01) and Southern and Eastern (IE02) in Ireland and that this application fulfils the eligibility criteria set up by the EGF Regulation, Parliament requests the institutions involved to make the necessary efforts to accelerate the mobilisation of the EGF for the requested amount. It appreciates in this sense the improved procedure put in place by the Commission, following the Parliament's request for accelerating the release of grants. It hopes that further improvements in the procedure will be reached in the framework of the upcoming reviews of the EGF. Parliament recalls the institutions’ commitment to ensuring a smooth and rapid procedure for the adoption of the decisions on the mobilisation of the EGF, providing one-off, time-limited individual support geared to helping workers who have suffered redundancies as a result of globalisation and the financial and economic crisis. It recalls that: assistance from the EGF must not replace actions which are the responsibility of companies by virtue of national law or collective agreements, nor measures restructuring companies or sectors; the information provided on the coordinated package of personalised services to be funded from the EGF includes information on the complementarity with actions funded by the Structural Funds. Parliament welcomes the fact that following repeated requests from the Parliament, for the first time the 2011 budget shows payment appropriations of EUR 47 608 950 on the EGF budget line 04 05 01. It recalls that the EGF was created as a separate specific instrument with its own objectives and deadlines and that therefore deserves a dedicated allocation, superseding transfers from other budget lines, as done in the past, which could be detrimental to the achievement of the various policies objectives. It states that the amount of payment appropriations initially entered on the budget line 04 05 01 will have been fully consumed with the nineteenth application. As payment appropriations are available in 2011 under the budget line 04 02 01 "Completion of the European Social Fund (ESF) – Objective 1 (2000 to 2006)", an amount of EUR 1 387 819 needed for the present application can therefore be made available for transfer.
  • date: 2011-11-16T00:00:00 type: End of procedure in Parliament body: EP
  • date: 2011-11-30T00:00:00 type: Final act published in Official Journal summary: PURPOSE: to mobilise the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF) in respect of redundancies in architectural and engineering activities in Ireland. LEGISLATIVE ACT: Decision 2011/774/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council 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/2010/021 IE/Construction 71 from Ireland). CONTENT: with this Decision, the European Parliament and the Council have decided to mobilise the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund to provide the sum of EUR 1 387 819 in commitment and payment appropriations in the framework of the general budget 2011. This amount will assist Ireland in respect of redundancies in 230 enterprises operating in the NACE Revision 2 Division 71 ("Architectural and engineering activities; technical testing and analysis") in the NUTS II regions of Border, Midlands and Western (IE01) and Southern and Eastern (IE02) in Ireland. Given that this application complies with the requirements for determining the financial contributions as laid down in Regulation (EC) No 1927/2006 ( EGF ), the abovementioned amount has been granted to Ireland meet its request. To recall, the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF) aims 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 on budgetary discipline allows for the mobilisation of the Fund through a flexibility mechanism, within the annual ceiling of EUR 500 million. It should be noted that t he scope of the EGF was broadened for applications submitted from 1 May 2009 to include support for workers made redundant as a direct result of the global financial and economic crisis. docs: title: Decision 2011/774 url: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/smartapi/cgi/sga_doc?smartapi!celexplus!prod!CELEXnumdoc&lg=EN&numdoc=32011D0774 title: OJ L 317 30.11.2011, p. 0032 url: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=OJ:L:2011:317:TOC
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  • date: 2011-10-05T00:00:00 docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/registre/docs_autres_institutions/commission_europeenne/com/2011/0619/COM_COM(2011)0619_EN.pdf title: COM(2011)0619 type: Non-legislative basic document published celexid: CELEX:52011PC0619:EN body: EC type: Non-legislative basic document published commission: DG: url: http://ec.europa.eu/social/ title: Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion url: http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/budget/ title: Budget
  • date: 2011-10-12T00:00:00 body: EP type: Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading/single reading committees: body: EP shadows: group: ALDE name: ALVARO Alexander responsible: True committee: BUDG date: 2011-10-11T00:00:00 committee_full: Budgets rapporteur: group: PPE name: MATERA Barbara body: EP responsible: False committee_full: Employment and Social Affairs committee: EMPL
  • body: EP committees: body: EP shadows: group: ALDE name: ALVARO Alexander responsible: True committee: BUDG date: 2011-10-11T00:00:00 committee_full: Budgets rapporteur: group: PPE name: MATERA Barbara body: EP responsible: False committee_full: Employment and Social Affairs committee: EMPL docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=REPORT&mode=XML&reference=A7-2011-377&language=EN type: Budgetary report tabled for plenary, 1st reading title: A7-0377/2011 date: 2011-11-07T00:00:00 type: Vote in committee, 1st reading/single reading
  • date: 2011-11-14T00:00:00 body: CSL type: Council Meeting council: Agriculture and Fisheries meeting_id: 3123
  • date: 2011-11-16T00:00:00 docs: url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/popups/sda.do?id=20789&l=en type: Results of vote in Parliament title: Results of vote in Parliament url: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=TA&language=EN&reference=P7-TA-2011-497 type: Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading title: T7-0497/2011 body: EP type: Results of vote in Parliament
  • date: 2011-11-30T00:00:00 type: Final act published in Official Journal docs: url: http://eur-lex.europa.eu/smartapi/cgi/sga_doc?smartapi!celexplus!prod!CELEXnumdoc&lg=EN&numdoc=32011D0774 title: Decision 2011/774 url: http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=OJ:L:2011:317:TOC title: OJ L 317 30.11.2011, p. 0032
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