Recital (9)

The EGF should support workers by developing transferable skills to avoid redundancies and to allow a smooth transition into new employment. Therefore, it is necessary to amend Regulation (EU) 2021/691 so that the EGF can also offer assistance to workers affected by imminent job displacement in enterprises undergoing restructuring, including, where applicable, in their direct suppliers and downstream producers. As those workers are still in active employment, their employer should be able to request assistance through the relevant Member States’ authorities. As the EGF is under shared management, it is the Member States’ authorities that should be able to apply for EGF co-funding upon receipt of a request for support by an enterprise, provided that the enterprise agrees to provide national co-funding. Should the financial contribution from the EGF be granted, the Member State concerned should make the funds requested available to the enterprise within ten working days of their receipt. The enterprise should make all information needed to prepare the final report on the implementation of the relevant financial contribution available to the Member State not later than six months after the end of the implementation of the assistance. The Commission should prepare a beneficiary survey and the requesting enterprise should share access to it with all the workers who participated in the EGF co-funded measures and, where applicable, with their representatives.