Decision (EU) 2022/1163 on the mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Displaced Workers following an application from Greece (EGF/2021/008 EL/Attica electrical equipment manufacturing)

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to mobilise the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund to assist displaced workers in the electrical equipment manufacturing sector in Greece. PROPOSED ACT: Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council. CONTENT: on 21 December 2021, Greece submitted an application EGF/2021/008 EL/Attica electrical equipment manufacturing for a financial contribution from the EGF, following displacements in the manufacture of electrical equipment sector. Following the assessment of this application, the Commission concluded, in accordance with all the relevant provisions of the EGF Regulation, that the conditions for a financial contribution from the EGF are met. The European Parliament adopted by 564 votes 26, with 6 abstentions, a resolution on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on the mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Displaced Workers following an application from Greece – EGF/2021/008 EL/Attica electrical equipment manufacturing. Parliament approved the proposal for a decision to mobilise the EGF to provide a financial contribution of EUR 1 495 830 in commitment and payment appropriations in response to the application submitted by Greece in the electrical equipment manufacturing sector. This contribution represents 85 % of the total cost of EUR 1 759 800, comprising EUR 1 689 800 of expenditure for personalised services and EUR 70 000 of expenditure for implementing the EGF. On 21 December 2021, Greece submitted an application to mobilise the EGF, in respect of displacement of workers in the economic sector classified under the statistical classification of economic activities in the European Community ('NACE') Revision 2 division 27 (Manufacture of electrical equipment) in the Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics ('NUTS') level 2 region of Attica (EL30) in Greece. The application relates to 206 displaced workers whose activity ceased in six companies during the reference period, and who will all be considered to be eligible beneficiaries. The social impact of the redundancies is expected to be significant for the Attica region in Greece, which had the highest number of unemployed people in Greece in December 2021 (342 744, representing 31 % of registered Greek unemployed people), and where 24.1 % of the population is at risk of poverty and social exclusion. Moreover, expenditure for new household appliances in Greece was strongly impacted first by the economic crisis in the years from 2008 to 2016 (35 % decrease) and second by the COVID-19 pandemic (50 % decrease between 2019 and 2020), having recovered by 9.5 % between 2017 and 2019. The basic digital skills of the Greek population also remain underdeveloped and behind the Union average, which implies a high risk of technological lag and digital illiteracy. The application relates in total to 206 displaced workers whose activity has ceased. Greece expects that all of the eligible beneficiaries will participate in the measures (targeted beneficiaries). 81.1 % of the dismissed workers have lower secondary education or less and will face difficulties in finding re-employment opportunities. Greece will start…

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