Date: 2025-12-30Category: Not ApplicableState: Union GovernmentCountry: Europe
Decision (EU) 2025/2661 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2025 on the mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Displaced Workers following an application from Sweden – EGF/2025/003 SE/Northvolt
**Executive Summary**
This is a Decision (EU) 2025/2661 of the European Parliament and of the Council, dated December 17, 2025, to mobilise the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF) for displaced workers in Sweden, following an application from Sweden, referencing EGF/2025/003 SE/Northvolt. The decision allocates EUR 8,526,322 for the purpose and applies from the date of its adoption, December 17, 2025.
**Key Points / Main Content**
* **EGF Mobilization:**
* The EGF will be mobilised to provide EUR 8,526,322 in commitment and payment appropriations for the financial year 2025.
* This is for the general budget of the Union.
* **Background & Context:**
* The decision is based on Sweden's application to mobilise the EGF, submitted on June 16, 2025, regarding workers' displacements in Northvolt AB, its subsidiaries, subcontractors, suppliers, and downstream producers.
* The application complies with the conditions for providing financial contributions from the EGF, as per Regulation (EU) 2021/691.
* The EGF aims to support workers made redundant due to major restructuring events and assist them in returning to sustainable employment.
* **Entry into Force:**
* The Decision shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
* It shall apply from December 17, 2025.
**Impact Analysis**
**European Parliament and the Council**
*Impact*: The European Parliament and the Council are responsible for adopting the decision to mobilize the EGF.
*Action Required*: N/A
**Displaced Workers in Sweden (Northvolt AB, subsidiaries, subcontractors, suppliers, downstream producers)**
*Impact*: These workers will benefit from the financial support provided by the EGF, facilitating their return to decent and sustainable employment.
*Action Required*: N/A
**Swedish Government**
*Impact*: The Swedish government submitted the application for EGF funding and will likely be involved in the implementation of the support measures for displaced workers.
*Action Required*: N/A
Key Entities Referenced
European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Displaced Workers (EGF): Fund to provide support for workers made redundant.
Regulation (EU) 2021/691: Regulation on the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Displaced Workers (EGF).
Sweden: Country that submitted an application to mobilise the EGF.
Northvolt (Northvolt AB): Company in Sweden where worker displacements occurred, leading to the EGF application.
Official Journal EN
of the European Union L series
2025/2661 30.12.2025
DECISION (EU) 2025/2661 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL
of 17 December 2025
on the mobilisation of the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Displaced Workers following
an application from Sweden – EGF/2025/003 SE/Northvolt
THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Regulation (EU) 2021/691 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 April 2021 on the
European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Displaced Workers (EGF) and repealing Regulation (EU) No 1309/2013(1),
and in particular Article 15(1), first subparagraph, thereof,
Having regard to the Interinstitutional Agreement of 16 December 2020 between the European Parliament, the Council of
the European Union and the European Commission on budgetary discipline, on cooperation in budgetary matters and on
sound financial management, as well as on new own resources, including a roadmap towards the introduction of new own
resources(2), and in particular point 9 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,
Whereas:
(1) The European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Displaced Workers (EGF) aims to demonstrate solidarity and
promote decent and sustainable employment in the Union by providing support for workers made redundant and
self-employed persons whose activity has ceased in the case of major restructuring events and assisting them in
returning to decent and sustainable employment as soon as possible.
(2) The EGF is not to exceed a maximum annual amount of EUR 30 million (in 2018 prices), as laid down in Article 8 of
Council Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2020/2093(3)amended by Council Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/765(4), and
Article 16 of Regulation (EU) 2021/691.
(3) On 16 June 2025, Sweden submitted an application to mobilise the EGF in accordance with Article 8(1) of
Regulation (EU) 2021/691, in respect of workers’ displacements in Northvolt (Northvolt AB) and its subsidiaries as
well as in 13 subcontractors, suppliers and dowstream producers in Sweden. It was supplemented by additional
information provided in accordance with Article 8(5) of Regulation (EU) 2021/691. That application is considered
to comply with the conditions for providing a financial contribution from the EGF as laid down in Article 13 of
Regulation (EU) 2021/691, on the basis of the assessment made by the Commission in the Proposal for
a mobilisation decision of the European Parliament and of the Council(5).
(4) The EGF should, therefore, be mobilised in order to provide a financial contribution of EUR 8 526 322 in respect of
the application submitted by Sweden.
(5) In order to minimise the time taken to mobilise the EGF, this Decision should apply from the date of its adoption,
HAVE ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
For the general budget of the Union for the financial year 2025, the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund for Displaced
Workers shall be mobilised to provide the amount of EUR 8 526 322 in commitment and payment appropriations.
(1) OJ L 153, 3.5.2021, p. 48, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2021/691/oj.
(2) OJ L 433 I, 22.12.2020, p. 28, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/agree_interinstit/2020/1222/oj.
(3) Council Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2020/2093 of 17 December 2020 laying down the multiannual financial framework for the years
2021 to 2027 (OJ L 433 I, 22.12.2020, p. 11, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2020/2093/oj).
(4) Council Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2024/765 of 29 February 2024 amending Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2020/2093 laying down the
multiannual financial framework for the years 2021 to 2027 (OJ L, 2024/765, 29.2.2024, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2024/
765/oj).
(5) COM(2025) 621.
ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2025/2661/oj 1/2EN
OJ L, 30.12.2025
Article 2
This Decision shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 17 December 2025.
Done at Strasbourg, 17 December 2025.
For the European Parliament For the Council
The President The President
R. METSOLA M. BJERRE
2/2 ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2025/2661/oj