NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Freedom of movement for workers

Freedom of movement for workers is a policy chapter of the acquis communotaire of the European Union. It is one of the four economic freedoms: free movement of goods, services, labour and capital. The French term acquis (or sometimes acquis communautaire) is used in European Union law to refer to the total body of EU law accumulated so far. ... Good. ... Services are: plural of service Tertiary sector of industry IRC services Web services the name of a first-class cricket team in India This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise share the same title. ... In classical economics and all micro-economics labour is a measure of the work done by human beings and is one of three factors of production, the others being land and capital. ... In politics, a capital (also called capital city or political capital â€” although the latter phrase has an alternative meaning based on an alternative meaning of capital) is the principal city or town associated with its government. ...

Freedom of movement for workers deals with the employment of citizens of one state in another. This policy is different from: Employment is a contract between two parties, one being the employer and the other being the employee. ... The word citizen may refer to: A person with a citizenship Citizen Watch Co. ... A state is a set of institutions that possess the authority to make the rules that govern a society, having internal and external sovereignty over a definite territory. ...

general Free movement of persons (dealing only with tourist and personal travels, border controls, visas and the Schengen Treaty)
Right of establishment (residence permittance without permission to work either as employee or as self-employed person)
Freedom to provide services (for self-employed persons like artists, craftsmen, etc.)

In the Treaty of Accession of the "new" member states of the most recent Enlargement there is a clause about a transition period before workers from the new member states can be employed on an equal, non-discriminatory terms in the old member states. The old member states have the right to impose such transitional period for 2 years (running out in May 2006), then to decide if to extend it for additional 3 years (until May 2009) and then if there is serious proof that labour from new member states would be disruptive to the market in the old member states then the period can be extended for the last time with 2 years (until May 2011). A tourist boat travels the River Seine in Paris, France Tourism can be defined as the act of travel for the purpose of recreation, and the provision of services for this act. ... Travel is the transport of people on a trip or journey. ... Border stone at Passo San Giacomo between Val Formazza in Italy and Val Bedretto in Switzerland Borders define geographic boundaries of political entities or legal jurisdictions, such as governments, states or subnational administrative divisions. ... An entry visa valid in all Schengen treaty countries issued by France Visas for Laos, Thailand, and Sri Lanka A visa (short for the Latin carta visa, lit. ... Schengen Treaty members are in dark blue, while signatories (where it is not yet implemented) are in light blue. ... A dwelling is a structure in which humans or other animals live. ... Look up work in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... Employment is a contract between two parties, one being the employer and the other being the employee. ... A self-employed person works for himself/herself instead of as an employee of another person or organization, drawing income from a trade or business. ... A self-employed person works for himself/herself instead of as an employee of another person or organization, drawing income from a trade or business. ... An artist is someone who employs creative talent to produce works of art. ... An artisan, also called a craftsman, is a skilled manual worker who uses tools and machinery in a particular craft. ... The Treaty of Accession 2003 was the agreement between the European Union and ten countries (Czech Republic, Estonia, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Hungary, Malta, Poland, Slovenia, Slovakia), concerning these countries accession into the EU. At the same time it changed a number of points which were originally laid down in the... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into European Union. ... The European Union (EU) was originally created by the six founding states in 1952, but has grown to its current size of 25 member states. ... In classical economics and all micro-economics labour is one of three factors of production, the others being land and capital. ... Employment is a contract between two parties, one being the employer and the other being the employee. ... 2006 (MMVI) is a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2009 (MMIX) will be a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The workforce is the labour pool in employment. ... 2011 (MMXI) will be a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

The same clause is written in the Treaty of Accession of Bulgaria and Romania, which are expected to join in 2007. The Treaty of Accession 2005 was the agreement between the European Union and two countries (Bulgaria and Romania), concerning these countries accession into the EU. At the same time it changed a number of points which were originally laid down in the Treaty of Nice. ... 2007 (MMVII) will be a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Also, the citizens of the member states of the European Economic Area have the same right of freedom of movement inside the EEA. Also, the European Union and Switzerland have concluded a bilateral agreement with the same meaning. Both EEA member states and Switzerland are treated as "old member states" in regard to the Treaty of Accession of the new EU members, so they can impose such 2+3+2 transitional periods. Map of the EEA countries. ... Bilateralism is a term referring to trade or political relations between two states. ...

It is not clear if the same rules apply to the Special member state territories and their relations with the EU. Two parts of the Treaty of Rome deal with special relationships: Article 299 which sets out the territories to which the treaty applies, supplemented by the accession treaties; and Articles 182-188 and Annex II on association with the non-European countries and territories which have special relations with the...

citizen of:	European Union																									Other EEA members			Switzerland	Accedding states		Other european Microstates
citizen of:	Portugal	Spain	Italy	Greece	France	Germany	Austria	Belgium	Netherlands	Luxembourg	Denmark	Finland	Ireland	UK	Sweden	Cyprus	Malta	Estonia	Latvia	Lithuania	Poland ¹	Hungary ¹	Czech Republic	Slovakia	Slovenia ¹	Norway	Iceland	Liechtenstein	Switzerland	Bulgaria	Romania	Andorra	Monaco	San Marino	Vatican City
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Portugal		1986	1986	1986	1986	1986	1994	1986	1986	1986	1986	1994	1986	1986	1994	2004	2004	2006	2006	2006	2006	2006	2006	2006	2006	1994	1994	1994	2002	2007 ?	2007 ?
Spain	1986		1986	1986	1986	1986	1994	1986	1986	1986	1986	1994	1986	1986	1994	2004	2004	2006	2006	2006	2006	2006	2006	2006	2006	1994	1994	1994	2002	2007 ?	2007 ?
Italy	1986	1986		1981	1958	1958	1994	1958	1958	1958	1973	1994	1973	1973	1994	2004	2004	2006	2006	2006	2006	2006	2006	2006	2006	1994	1994	1994	2002	2007 ?	2007 ?
Greece	1986	1986	1981		1981	1981	1994	1981	1981	1981	1981	1994	1981	1981	1994	2004	2004	2006	2006	2006	2006	2006	2006	2006	2006	1994	1994	1994	2002	2007 ?	2007 ?
France	1986	1986	1958	1981		1958	1994	1958	1958	1958	1973	1994	1973	1973	1994	2004	2004	2009	2009	2009	2009	2009	2009	2009	2009	1994	1994	1994	2002	2009 ?	2009 ?
Germany	1986	1986	1958	1981	1958		1994	1958	1958	1958	1973	1994	1973	1973	1994	2004	2004	2011	2011	2011	2011	2011	2011	2011	2011	1994	1994	1994	2002	2012 ?	2012 ?
Austria	1994	1994	1994	1994	1994	1994		1994	1994	1994	1994	1994	1994	1994	1994	2004	2004	2011	2011	2011	2011	2011	2011	2011	2011	1994	1994	1994	2002	2012 ?	2012 ?
Belgium	1986	1986	1958	1981	1958	1958	1994		1958	1958	1973	1994	1973	1973	1994	2004	2004	2009	2009	2009	2009	2009	2009	2009	2009	1994	1994	1994	2002	2009 ?	2009 ?
Netherlands	1986	1986	1958	1981	1958	1958	1994	1958		1958	1973	1994	1973	1973	1994	2004	2004	2009 ?	2009 ?	2009 ?	2009 ?	2009 ?	2009 ?	2009 ?	2009 ?	1994	1994	1994	2002	2009 ?	2009 ?
Luxembourg	1986	1986	1958	1981	1958	1958	1994	1958	1958		1973	1994	1973	1973	1994	2004	2004	2009 ?	2009 ?	2009 ?	2009 ?	2009 ?	2009 ?	2009 ?	2009 ?	1994	1994	1994	2002	2009 ?	2009 ?
Denmark	1986	1986	1973	1981	1973	1973	1994	1973	1973	1973		1994	1973	1973	1994	2004	2004	2011	2011	2011	2011	2011	2011	2011	2011	1994	1994	1994	2002	2012 ?	2012 ?
Finland	1994	1994	1994	1994	1994	1994	1994	1994	1994	1994	1994		1994	1994	1994	2004	2004	2006	2006	2006	2006	2006	2006	2006	2006	1994	1994	1994	2002	2007 ?	2007 ?
Ireland	1986	1986	1973	1981	1973	1973	1994	1973	1973	1973	1973	1994		1973	1994	2004	2004	2004	2004	2004	2004	2004	2004	2004	2004	1994	1994	1994	2002	2007 ?	2007 ?
UK	1986	1986	1973	1981	1973	1973	1994	1973	1973	1973	1973	1994	1973		1994	2004	2004	2004	2004	2004	2004	2004	2004	2004	2004	1994	1994	1994	2002	2007 ?	2007 ?
Sweden	1994	1994	1994	1994	1994	1994	1994	1994	1994	1994	1994	1994	1994	1994		2004	2004	2004	2004	2004	2004	2004	2004	2004	2004	1994	1994	1994	2002	2007 ?	2007 ?
Cyprus	2004	2004	2004	2004	2004	2004	2004	2004	2004	2004	2004	2004	2004	2004	2004		2004	2004	2004	2004	2004	2004	2004	2004	2004	2004	2004	2004	2005	2007	2007
Malta	2004	2004	2004	2004	2004	2004	2004	2004	2004	2004	2004	2004	2004	2004	2004	2004		2004	2004	2004	2004	2004	2004	2004	2004	2004	2004	2004	2005	2007	2007
Estonia	2004	2004	2004	2004	2004	2004	2004	2004	2004	2004	2004	2004	2004	2004	2004	2004	2004		2004	2004	2004	2004	2004	2004	2004	2004	2004	2004	2005	2007	2007
Latvia	2004	2004	2004	2004	2004	2004	2004	2004	2004	2004	2004	2004	2004	2004	2004	2004	2004	2004		2004	2004	2004	2004	2004	2004	2004	2004	2004	2005	2007	2007
Lithuania	2004	2004	2004	2004	2004	2004	2004	2004	2004	2004	2004	2004	2004	2004	2004	2004	2004	2004	2004		2004	2004	2004	2004	2004	2004	2004	2004	2005	2007	2007
Poland	2006	2006	2006	2006	¹	¹	¹	¹	¹	¹	¹	2006	2004	2004	2004	2004	2004	2004	2004	2004		2004	2004	2004	2004	2006	2006	¹	¹	¹	¹
Hungary	2006	2006	2006	2006	¹	¹	¹	¹	¹	¹	¹	2006	2004	2004	2004	2004	2004	2004	2004	2004	2004		2004	2004	2004	2006	2006	¹	¹	¹	¹
Czech Republic	2004	2004	2004	2004	2004	2004	2004	2004	2004	2004	2004	2004	2004	2004	2004	2004	2004	2004	2004	2004	2004	2004		2004	2004	2004	2004	2004	2005	2007	2007
Slovakia	2004	2004	2004	2004	2004	2004	2004	2004	2004	2004	2004	2004	2004	2004	2004	2004	2004	2004	2004	2004	2004	2004	2004		2004	2004	2004	2004	2005	2007	2007
Slovenia	2006	2006	2006	2006	¹	¹	¹	¹	¹	¹	¹	2006	2004	2004	2004	2004	2004	2004	2004	2004	2004	2004	2004	2004		2006	2006	¹	¹	¹	¹
Norway	1994	1994	1994	1994	1994	1994	1994	1994	1994	1994	1994	1994	1994	1994	1994	2004	2004	2006	2006	2006	2006	2006	2006	2006	2006		1994	1994	2002	2007 ?	2007 ?
Iceland	1994	1994	1994	1994	1994	1994	1994	1994	1994	1994	1994	1994	1994	1994	1994	2004	2004	2006	2006	2006	2006	2006	2006	2006	2006	1994		1994	2002	2007 ?	2007 ?
Liechtenstein	1994	1994	1994	1994	1994	1994	1994	1994	1994	1994	1994	1994	1994	1994	1994	2004	2004	2011 ?	2011 ?	2011 ?	2011 ?	2011 ?	2011 ?	2011 ?	2011 ?	1994	1994		2002	2012 ?	2012 ?
Switzerland	2002	2002	2002	2002	2002	2002	2002	2002	2002	2002	2002	2002	2002	2002	2002	2005	2005	2011	2011	2011	2011	2011	2011	2011	2011	2002	2002	2002		2012 ?	2012 ?
Bulgaria	2007 ?	2007 ?	2007 ?	2007 ?	2007 ?	2007 ?	2007 ?	2007 ?	2007 ?	2007 ?	2007 ?	2007 ?	2007 ?	2007 ?	2007 ?	2007 ?	2007 ?	2007 ?	2007 ?	2007 ?	2007 ?	2007 ?	2007 ?	2007 ?	2007 ?	2007 ?	2007 ?	2007 ?	2007 ?		2007 ?
Romania	2007 ?	2007 ?	2007 ?	2007 ?	2007 ?	2007 ?	2007 ?	2007 ?	2007 ?	2007 ?	2007 ?	2007 ?	2007 ?	2007 ?	2007 ?	2007 ?	2007 ?	2007 ?	2007 ?	2007 ?	2007 ?	2007 ?	2007 ?	2007 ?	2007 ?	2007 ?	2007 ?	2007 ?	2007 ?	2007 ?
Andorra
Monaco
San Marino
Vatican City

¹ The state chose to apply reciprocal treatment to nationals of the other states.
██ no restriction on freedom of movement of workers; year of lifting of restrictions; 0+0+0 ██ restricted movement of workers; year of expected lifting of the restrictions; 2+0+0 ██ restricted movement of workers; year of expected lifting of the restrictions; 2+3+0 ██ restricted movement of workers; year of expected lifting of the restrictions; 2+3+2 ██ restricted movement of workers; no special agreement for their lifting The word citizen may refer to: A person with a citizenship Citizen Watch Co. ... Map of the EEA countries. ... The European Union (EU) was originally created by the six founding states in 1952, but has grown to its current size of 25 member states. ... A microstate is a sovereign state having a very small population or very little land area - usually both. ... Employment is a contract between two parties, one being the employer and the other being the employee. ... In mathematics, the reciprocal, or multiplicative inverse, of a number x is the number which, when multiplied by x, yields 1. ...

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