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He shall, in particular, have the right to take up available employment in the territory of another Member State with the same priority as nationals of that State.

There shall be included in particular among the provisions or practices of a Member State referred to in the first subparagraph of paragraph 1 those which:

prescribe a special recruitment procedure for foreign nationals;

limit or restrict the advertising of vacancies in the press or through any other medium or subject it to conditions other than those applicable in respect of employers pursuing their activities in the territory of that Member State;

subject eligibility for employment to conditions of registration with employment offices or impede recruitment of individual workers, where persons who do not reside in the territory of that State are concerned.

When in a Member State the granting of any benefit to undertakings is subject to a minimum percentage of national workers being employed, nationals of the other Member States shall be counted as national workers, subject to RPQD of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 September 2005 on the recognition of professional qualifications ( 5 ) .

A national who holds an offer in his name from an employer in a Member State other than that of which he is a national may have to undergo a vocational test, if the employer expressly requests this when making his offer of employment.

He shall enjoy the same social and tax advantages as national workers.

He shall also, by virtue of the same right and under the same conditions as national workers, have access to training in vocational schools and retraining centres.

Any clause of a collective or individual agreement or of any other collective regulation concerning eligibility for employment, remuneration and other conditions of work or dismissal shall be null and void in so far as it lays down or authorises discriminatory conditions in respect of workers who are nationals of the other Member States.

A worker referred to in paragraph 1 may, with the same right as nationals, put his name down on the housing lists in the region in which he is employed, where such lists exist, and shall enjoy the resultant benefits and priorities.
If his family has remained in the country whence he came, they shall be considered for this purpose as residing in the said region, where national workers benefit from a similar presumption.

To this end the Member States shall designate specialist services which shall be entrusted with organising work in the fields referred to in the second subparagraph of paragraph 1 and cooperating with each other and with the departments of the Commission.
The Member States shall notify the Commission of any change in the designation of such services and the Commission shall publish details thereof for information in the Official Journal of the European Union . Official Journal of the European Union

The Commission, taking the utmost account of the opinion of the Technical Committee referred to in Article 29 (‘the Technical Committee’), shall determine the manner in which the information referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article is to be drawn up.

In accordance with the procedure laid down by the Commission taking the utmost account of the opinion of the Technical Committee, the specialist service of each Member State shall send to the specialist services of the other Member States and to the European Coordination Office referred to in Article 18 such information concerning living and working conditions and the state of the labour market as is likely to be of guidance to workers from the other Member States. Such information shall be brought up to date regularly.
The specialist services of the other Member States shall ensure that wide publicity is given to such information, in particular by circulating it among the appropriate employment services and by all suitable means of communication for informing the workers concerned.

The details of vacancies and applications referred to in paragraph 1 shall be circulated according to a uniform system to be established by the European Coordination Office referred to in Article 18 in collaboration with the Technical Committee.
This system may be adapted if necessary.

The applications for employment referred to in point (c) of the first subparagraph of Article 13(1) shall be responded to by the relevant services of the Member States within a reasonable period, not exceeding 1 month.

The employment services shall grant workers who are nationals of the Member States the same priority as the relevant measures grant to nationals vis-à-vis workers from third countries.

The Member States concerned shall forward to the Commission the list, drawn up by common accord, of services referred to in paragraph 1 and the Commission shall publish such list for information, and any amendment thereto, in the Official Journal of the European Union . Official Journal of the European Union

The Member States shall examine with the Commission all the possibilities of giving priority to nationals of Member States when filling employment vacancies in order to achieve a balance between vacancies and applications for employment within the Union. They shall adopt all measures necessary for this purpose.

Every 2 years the Commission shall submit a report to the European Parliament, the Council and the European Economic and Social Committee on the implementation of Chapter II, summarising the information required and the data obtained from the studies and research carried out and highlighting any useful points with regard to developments on the Union’s labour market.

It shall communicate to the specialist services vacancies and applications for employment sent directly to the Commission, and shall be informed of the action taken thereon.

examining problems concerning freedom of movement and employment within the framework of national manpower policies, with a view to coordinating the employment policies of the Member States at Union level, thus contributing to the development of the economies and to an improved balance of the labour market;

making a general study of the effects of implementing this Regulation and any supplementary measures;

submitting to the Commission any reasoned proposals for revising this Regulation;

delivering, either at the request of the Commission or on its own initiative, reasoned opinions on general questions or on questions of principle, in particular on exchange of information concerning developments in the labour market, on the movement of workers between Member States, on programmes or measures to develop vocational guidance and vocational training which are likely to increase the possibilities of freedom of movement and employment, and on all forms of assistance to workers and their families, including social assistance and the housing of workers.

For each of the categories referred to in paragraph 1, one alternate member shall be appointed by each Member State.

The term of office of the members and their alternates shall be 2 years. Their appointments shall be renewable.
On expiry of their term of office, the members and their alternates shall remain in office until replaced or until their appointments are renewed.

Opinions shall state the reasons on which they are based; they shall be delivered by an absolute majority of the votes validly cast; they shall be accompanied by a written statement of the views expressed by the minority, when the latter so requests.

promoting and advancing cooperation between the public authorities concerned in the Member States on all technical questions relating to freedom of movement of workers and their employment;

formulating procedures for the organisation of the joint activities of the public authorities concerned;

facilitating the gathering of information likely to be of use to the Commission and the undertaking of the studies and research provided for in this Regulation, and encouraging exchange of information and experience between the administrative bodies concerned;

investigating at a technical level the harmonisation of the criteria by which Member States assess the state of their labour markets.

Each Government shall appoint an alternate from among its other representatives — members or alternates — on the Advisory Committee.

This Regulation shall not affect measures taken in accordance with Article 48 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.

This Regulation shall not affect the obligations of Member States arising out of special relations or future agreements with certain non-European countries or territories, based on institutional ties existing on 8 November 1968, or agreements in existence on 8 November 1968 with certain non-European countries or territories, based on institutional ties between them.
Workers from such countries or territories who, in accordance with this provision, are pursuing activities as employed persons in the territory of one of those Member States may not invoke the benefit of the provisions of this Regulation in the territory of the other Member States.

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This Regulation

Chapter I

Section 1

Article 1

Article 2

Article 3(1), first subparagraph

Article 3(1), first subparagraph, point (a)

Article 3(1), first subparagraph, point (b)

Article 3(1), second subparagraph

Article 3(2)

Article 4

Article 5

Article 6

Section 2

Article 7

Article 8

Article 9

Section 3

Article 10

Chapter II

Section 1

Article 11

Article 12

Section 2

Article 13

Article 14

Article 15

Article 16

Section 3

Article 17

Section 4

Article 18

Article 19

Article 20

Chapter III

Section 1

Article 21

Article 22

Article 23

Article 24

Article 25

Article 26

Article 27

Article 28

Section 2

Article 29

Article 30

Article 31

Article 32

Article 33

Article 34

Chapter IV

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Article 35

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Article 36(1)

Article 36(2)

Article 36(3), first subparagraph

Article 36(3), second subparagraph

Article 37

Article 38

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Article 39

Article 40

Article 41

Article 42

Annex I

Annex II