# Regulation (EU) No 1309/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 17 December 2013 on the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (2014-2020) and repealing Regulation (EC) No 1927/2006, Article 2: Scope

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

This Regulation shall apply to applications by the Member States for financial contributions from the EGF for actions targeting:
(a) 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, demonstrated, in particular, by a substantial increase in imports into the Union, a serious shift in Union trade in goods or services, a rapid decline of the Union market share in a given sector or a delocalisation of activities to third countries, provided that these redundancies have a significant adverse impact on the local, regional or national economy;
(b) workers made redundant and self-employed persons whose activity has ceased as a result of the continuation of the global financial and economic crisis addressed in Regulation (EC) No 546/2009, or as a result of a new global financial and economic crisis.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2013/1309/article/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2013-1309/article-2
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