Kommissionen understreger også, at strukturfondene - og det var, hvad jeg talte om i forbindelse med et tidligere spørgsmål vedrørende de polske skibsværfter - og navnlig Den Europæiske Socialfond og Den Europæiske Fond for Regionaludvikling, kan bruges af medlemsstaterne til at afbøde de sociale konsekvenser af de mistede arbejdspladser, og det kan desuden overvejes at bruge Globaliseringsfonden under visse omstændigheder og betingelser.
The Commission would also like to point out that the structural funds - and that was what I was touching upon in an earlier question when we were dealing with the Polish shipyards - and in particular the European Social Fund and the European Regional Development Fund, can be used by the Member States to cushion the social consequences of job losses, and furthermore the use of the European globalisation fund can be considered under certain conditions.