Proposal for a Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on the mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund in accordance with Point 13 of the Interinstitutional Agreement of 2 December 2013 between the European Parliament, the Council and the Commission on budgetary discipline, on cooperation in budgetary matters and on sound financial management (application EGF/2013/002 BE/Carsid from Belgium)

The rules applicable to financial contributions from the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF) for applications submitted until 31 December 2013 are laid down in Regulation (EC) No 1927/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 December 2006 on establishing the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (the ‘EGF Regulation’).

On 2 April 2013, Belgium submitted application EGF/2013/002 BE/Carsid for a financial contribution from the EGF, following redundancies linked to the closure of the production plant of Carsid SA located in Marcinelle near Charleroi. The application was supplemented by additional information up to 4 July 2014.

Having examined this application, the Commission has concluded, in accordance with the applicable provisions of the EGF Regulation, that the conditions for a financial contribution from the EGF are met.

EUR-Lex: COM(2014)553: Follow the progress of this proposal through the decision-making procedure http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/HIS/?uri=COM:2014:553:FIN

ESO: Background information: Employment: Commission proposes €911,934 from Globalisation Fund for former steel workers in Belgium http://www.europeansources.info/record/press-release-employment-commission-proposes-e911934-from-globalisation-fund-for-former-steel-workers-in-belgium/

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