Decision (EU) 2015/1477 on the mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (application from Finland — EGF/2015/001 FI/Broadcom)

Ce que fait l'acte

to mobilise the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund to assist Finland in respect of redundancies its electronics industry (mobile phone chipsets). PROPOSED ACT: Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council. CONTENT: Article 12 of Council Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 1311/2013 laying down the multiannual financial framework for the years 2014-2020 provides that the EGF shall not exceed a maximum annual amount of EUR 150 million (2011 prices) over and above the relevant headings of the financial framework. 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 on the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (2014-2020) and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1927/2006 . The Committee on Budgets adopted the report by Petri SARVAMAA (EPP, FI) on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on the mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for the amount of EUR 1 365 000 in commitment and payments appropriations to assist Finland in respect of redundancies its electronics industry (mobile phone chipsets). Members recalled that the Union has set up legislative and budgetary instruments to provide additional support to workers who are suffering from the consequences of major structural changes in world trade patterns or of the global financial and economic crisis and to assist their reintegration into the labour market. Finnish application : Finland submitted application EGF/2015/001 FI/Broadcom for a financial contribution from the EGF following 568 redundancies in Broadcom Communications Finland, operating in the NACE Rev. 2 division 46 ('Wholesale trade, except of vehicles and motorcycles'), and 2 suppliers or downstream producers. Members agreed with the Commission that the conditions set out in Article 4(1)(a) of the EGF Regulation are met and that, therefore, Finland is entitled to a financial contribution under that Regulation . Members noted that the Finnish authorities submitted the application for an EGF financial contribution on 30 January 2015, and that its assessment was made available by the Commission on 2 June 2015 and welcomed the speedy evaluation. They noted with satisfaction that, in order to provide workers with speedy assistance, the Finnish authorities decided to initiate the implementation of the personalised services to the affected workers on 11 August 2014, well ahead of the decision and even the application on the granting the EGF support for the proposed coordinated package. Nature of the redundancies : Members considered that the redundancies in Broadcom are partly linked to the trend that affects the entire Finnish electronics industry and culminated in Nokia's announcement of large-scale redundancies in 2011. These redundancies will further aggravate the unemployment situation particularly in the region of Northern Ostrobothnia, where 424 of the 568 redundancies occurred (a region the unemployment rate is consistently a couple of percentage points higher than the national average). A package of personalised services :…