Considerations on COM(2009)371 - Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund - Main contents
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dossier | COM(2009)371 - Mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund. |
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document | COM(2009)371 ![]() |
date | September 16, 2009 |
(2) | The Interinstitutional Agreement of 17 May 2006 allows the mobilisation of the Fund within the annual ceiling of EUR 500 million. |
(3) | Spain submitted an application to mobilise the EGF, in respect of redundancies in the textiles sector, on 29 December 2008. This application complies with the requirements for determining the financial contributions as laid down in Article 10 of Regulation (EC) No 1927/2006, therefore the Commission proposes to deploy an amount of EUR 3 306 750. |
(4) | Portugal submitted an application to mobilise the EGF, in respect of redundancies in the textiles sector, on 23 January 2009. This application complies with the requirements for determining the financial contributions as laid down in Article 10 of Regulation (EC) No 1927/2006, therefore the Commission proposes to deploy an amount of EUR 832 800. |
(5) | The EGF should, therefore, be mobilised in order to provide a financial contribution for the applications submitted by Spain and Portugal, |
HAVE DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:
Article 1
For the general budget of the European Union for the financial year 2009, the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund shall be mobilised to provide the sum of EUR 4 139 550 in commitment and payment appropriations.
Article 2
This Decision shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Union.
Done at Strasbourg, 16 September 2009.
For the European Parliament
The President
J. BUZEK
For the Council
The President
C. MALMSTRÖM
(1) OJ C 139, 14.6.2006, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 406, 30.12.2006, p. 1.