Proposal for a Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on the mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (application from Belgium – EGF/2015/003 BE/Ford Genk)

The rules applicable to financial contributions from the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF) are laid down in Regulation (EU) No 1309/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 on the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (2014-2020) and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1927/2006 (the ‘EGF Regulation’).

On 24 March 2015, Belgium submitted an application EGF/2015/003 BE/Ford Genk for a financial contribution from the EGF, following redundancies in Ford Genk and 11 suppliers and downstream producers in Belgium.

Following its assessment of this application, the Commission has concluded, in accordance with all applicable provisions of the EGF Regulation, that the conditions for awarding a financial contribution from the EGF are met.

• Primary Source

EUR-Lex: COM(2015)336: Follow the progress of this proposal through the decision-making procedure http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/HIS/?uri=COM:2015:336:FIN

ESO: Background information: Employment: Commission proposes €6.2 million from Globalisation Fund for former workers of the car manufacturer Ford in Belgium http://www.europeansources.info/record/press-release-employment-commission-proposes-e6-2-million-from-globalisation-fund-for-former-workers-of-the-car-manufacturer-ford-in-belgium/

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