Decision (EU) 2022/51 on the mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Displaced Workers following an application from Italy

Summary:

Decision (EU) 2022/51- adopted by the co-legislators on 15 December 2021 - which mobilises the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF) in response to application EGF/2021/002 IT/Air Italy.

Further information:

The European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF) aims to provide support for workers made redundant and self-employed persons whose activity has ceased as a result of major structural changes in world trade patterns due to globalisation, as a result of a continuation of the global financial and economic crisis, or as a result of a new global financial and economic crisis, and to assist them with their reintegration into the labour market.

On 15 July 2021, Italy submitted an application for a financial contribution from the EGF, following displacements in Air Italy SpA. Following an assessment of this application, the European Commission concluded that the conditions for awarding a financial contribution from the EGF had been met. It therefore tabled on 28 October 2021 a proposal for a Decision to allocate a financial contribution of around €3.9 million in respect of the application submitted by Italy.

The proposed Decision was signed off by the co-legislators on 15 December 2021 and published in the Official Journal on 14 January 2022.

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EUR-LEX: COM(2021)936: Proposal for a Decision on the mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Displaced Workers following an application from Italy – EGF/2021/002 IT/Air Italy https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/ALL/?uri=COM:2021:0936:FIN

European Parliament: Legislative Observatory: Procedure File for Proposal on Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: redundancies in the air transport sector in Italy (2021/0338(BUD)) https://oeil.secure.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/popups/ficheprocedure.do?lang=en&reference=2021/0338(BUD)

European Commission: DG Employment, Social Affairs & Inclusion: News, 28/10/2021: European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: €5.4 million to support 801 dismissed workers in air transport and warehousing in Sardinia, Italy https://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?langId=en&catId=89&furtherNews=yes&newsId=10087

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