Decision (EU) 2024/2854 on the mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Displaced Workers following an application from Belgium

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Series Details (L) 2024/2854
Publication Date 07/11/2024
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Decision (EU) 2024/2854 - adopted by the co-legislators on 23 October 2024 - mobilising the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF) in response to application EGF/2024/001 BE/Match-Smatch.

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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.

Belgium submitted an application for a financial contribution from the EGF in June 2023, seeking to address displacements in Match-Smatch supermarkets (Match SA. and Profi SA.) in Belgium. Following an assessment of this application, the European Commission concluded that the conditions for awarding a financial contribution from the EGF had been met.

On 16 September 2024, the Commission adopted a draft Decision to allocate a financial contribution of around €2.7 million in respect of the application submitted by the Belgian authorities. The Council of the European Union endorsed it on 2 October, followed by the plenary of the European Parliament on 22 October. The Decision was formally signed by the co-legislators on 23 October 2024 and published in the Official Journal on 7 November 2024.

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EUR-LEX: COM(2024)275: Proposal for a Decision on the mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Displaced Workers following an application from Belgium – EGF/2024/001 BE/Match-Smatch https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/ALL/?uri=COM:2024:275:FIN
European Parliament: Legislative Observatory: Procedure File for Proposal on Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: redundancies in the retail sector in Belgium (2024/0226(BUD)) https://oeil.secure.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/popups/ficheprocedure.do?lang=en&reference=2024/0226(BUD)
European Commission: DG Employment, Social Affairs and Inclusion: European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Displaced Workers (EGF) https://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?catId=326&langId=en
European Commission: Press Release, 16/09/2024: €2.7 million from European Globalisation Adjustment Fund to support 365 dismissed workers in Belgium https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_24_4609
European Parliament: Press Release, 22/10/2024: EU aid worth €2.7 million to support 365 dismissed retail workers in Belgium https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/de/press-room/20241017IPR24735/

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The Brussels Times, 22/10/2024: EU approves €2.7m in support for former Belgian supermarket workers https://www.brusselstimes.com/1280753/eu-approves-e2-7m-in-support-for-former-belgian-supermarket-workers

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