Decision (EU) 2022/1164 on the mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Displaced Workers following an application from France (EGF/2022/001 FR/Air France)

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to mobilise the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF) to assist France to deal with displaced workers in the air transport sector. PROPOSED ACT: Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council. CONTENT: on 21 January 2022, France submitted an application for a financial contribution from the EGF, following displacements in Air France in France. 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 18, with 16 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 (EGF) for displaced workers following an application from France – EGF/2022/001 FR/Air France. Parliament approved the proposal for a decision to mobilise the EGF to provide a financial contribution of EUR 17 742 607 in commitment and payment appropriations in response to the application submitted by France in the air transport sector. This contribution represents 85 % of the total cost of EUR 20 873 656, comprising only expenditure for personalised services. On 21 January 2022, France submitted an application EGF/2022/001 FR/Air France for a financial contribution from the EGF, following 282 displacements in the economic sector classified under the NACE Revision 2 division 33 (Repair and installation of machinery and equipment) and 51 (Air transport) in 12 French NUTS level 2 regions in mainland France and four French NUTS level 2 regions overseas. The application relates to 282 displaced workers whose activity in the company Air France and two of its subsidiaries has ceased during the reference period, while 1 298 workers were displaced before or after the reference period as a consequence of the same events that triggered the cessations of activity of the displaced workers during the reference period and all 1 580 workers will thus be considered eligible beneficiaries. The COVID-19 crisis severely and abruptly affected Air France, forcing it to reduce its flight offer due to the closure of borders and the drop in air travel. Air transport recovery is expected to be slow and uncertain. Air France expects to reach 95 % of its pre-pandemic flight offer only in 2023. The region Île-de-France (57 % of the displacements) has been most affected. At the start of the personalised measures in the first quarter of 2021, immediately after the first wave of dismissals, the unemployment rate was 7.7 % in Île-de-France. There were more than one million (1 056 950) registered job seekers, that is an increase by 8 % year-on-year. The application relates in total to 1 580 displaced workers whose activity has ceased. France expects that all of the eligible beneficiaries will participate in the measures (targeted beneficiaries). The social impacts of the redundancies are expected to be important for France, in particular in the region Île-de-France, where 57 % of the displacements took place. Members recalled that out that 56 % of the displaced workers are women…

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