Restructuring events
European Restructuring Monitor (ERM)
The restructuring events database contains factsheets with data on large-scale restructuring events reported in the principal national media and company websites in each EU Member State. This database was created in 2002.
In preparation for the Brexit, the Dutch Customs Agency, part of the Tax and Customs Administration, has announced it is recruiting between 750 and 930 new customs officials as soon as possible, to be concentrated in the port of Rotterdam and possibly new customs locations along the Dutch coast. The new officials will be handling the export controls necessitated by Brexit, as the number of export customs declarations are expected to increase by about a third, and are to minimise the effects of Brexit felt by companies trading with the UK. The recruitment effort seems to have been made public in response to concerns voiced by an organisation representing businesses in the Rotterdam port area. A remaining concern admitted by the Dutch government is the necessity to train all new officials, an issue which may be addressed by implementing a short-track training programme.
Eurofound (2018), Tax and Customs Administration, Business expansion in Netherlands, factsheet number 93453, European Restructuring Monitor. Dublin, https://apps.eurofound.europa.eu/restructuring-events/detail/93453.
Eurofound’s ERM restructuring legislation database offers an overview of key restructuring-related regulations in the EU Member States and Norway. Its content is continuously updated to reflect any changes made by national legislators in response to, for instance, policy shifts, legal...
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This working paper offers a comprehensive methodological overview of the European Restructuring Monitor (ERM) databases. Even though the methodology has not changed over time, new categories have been added, and the way it has been used by researchers and policymakers...
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