Press Release: Globalisation Fund to help 4,000 workers in mobile phone sector

The European Commission announced on 27 September 2007 that it has approved two further applications for assistance under the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF) – from Germany and Finland. These will now be put before the European Parliament and the Council for decision. They are the third and fourth applications for EGF support and concern redundancies in two companies in the mobile phone sector: BenQ in Germany and Perlos in Finland.