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(1) 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.

(2) The EGF is not to exceed a maximum annual amount of EUR 150 million (2011 prices), as laid down in Article 12 of Council Regulation (EU, Euratom) No 1311/2013 .

(3) On 12 July 2016 the Netherlands submitted an application to mobilise the EGF, in respect of redundancies in 6 enterprises operating in the retail trade sector in 2 regions (Drenthe and Overijssel) in the Netherlands. It was supplemented by additional information provided in accordance with Article 8(3) of Regulation (EU) No 1309/2013. That application complies with the requirements for determining a financial contribution from the EGF as laid down in Article 13 of Regulation (EU) No 1309/2013.

(4) The EGF should, therefore, be mobilised in order to provide a financial contribution of EUR 1 818 750 in respect of the application submitted by the Netherlands.

(5) In order to minimise the time taken to mobilise the EGF, this decision should apply from the date of its adoption,