Recital (8)

When an enterprise undergoes a major restructuring event, it often causes restructuring events in its direct suppliers, in downstream producers, or in both. In such cases, it should also be possible for the workers affected by imminent job displacement in such direct suppliers or downstream producers to be eligible for EGF support, provided that the requesting enterprise agrees to include them in the request for EGF support submitted to the Member State. Any projected collective redundancies in the direct suppliers or downstream producers of the requesting enterprise included in the request for EGF support should take place within the same Member State as the projected collective redundancies in the requesting enterprise, and a clear causal link between them should be established. The requesting enterprise should meet the intervention criteria in its own right, without reference to the direct suppliers or downstream producers included in its request. The requesting enterprise should take full and sole responsibility for the submission of the request, the provision of all the necessary information to the Member States, the provision of the national co-financing, and the implementation of the coordinated package.