Decision (EU) 2023/1430 on the mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Displaced Workers following an application from Belgium

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Series Details L 175, Pages 15-16`
Publication Date 10/07/2023
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Decision (EU) 2023/1430 - adopted by the co-legislators on 15 March 2023 - mobilising the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF) in response to application EGF/2022/002 BE TNT.

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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 October 2022, seeking to address displacements in TNT Express Worldwide (Euro Hub) SRL, the Belgian subsidiary of FedEx. The dismissals resulted from the company's decision to downsize operations at Liège Airport and move those operations to Paris-Charles de Gaulle airport. 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 8 February 2023, the Commission adopted a draft Decision to allocate a financial contribution of around €1.9 million in respect of the application submitted by the Belgian authorities. The Council of the European Union endorsed it on 17 February, followed by the plenary of the European Parliament on 14 March. The Decision was formally signed by the co-legislators on 15 May 2023 and published in the Official Journal on 10 July 2023.

Source Link http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2023/1430/oj
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EUObserver, 06/03/2023: 559 Belgian ex-workers to tap EU job fund https://euobserver.com/work-week/156787

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EUR-LEX: COM(2023)69: Proposal for a Decision on the mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Displaced Workers following an application from Belgium https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/ALL/?uri=COM:2023:69:FIN
European Parliament: Legislative Observatory: Procedure File for Proposal on Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund: redundancies in warehousing and support activities for transportation in Belgium (2023/0031(BUD)) https://oeil.secure.europarl.europa.eu/oeil/popups/ficheprocedure.do?reference=2023/0031(BUD)
European Commission: European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Displaced Workers (EGF) https://ec.europa.eu/social/main.jsp?catId=326&langId=en
European Commission: Press Release, 08/02/2023: €1.9 million from European Globalisation Adjustment Fund to support dismissed workers in Belgium https://ec.europa.eu/commission/presscorner/detail/en/ip_23_644
European Parliament: Press Release, 02/03/2023: EU job seeker’s aid worth €1.9m for 559 dismissed workers in Belgium https://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/en/press-room/20230227IPR76603/

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