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TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY # PART THREE: COMMUNITY POLICIES # TITLE III: FREE MOVEMENT OF PERSONS, SERVICES AND CAPITAL # CHAPTER 1: WORKERS # ARTICLE 49
TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY
PART THREE: COMMUNITY POLICIES
TITLE III: FREE MOVEMENT OF PERSONS, SERVICES AND CAPITAL
CHAPTER 1: WORKERS
ARTICLE 49
TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY
PART THREE: COMMUNITY POLICIES
TITLE III: FREE MOVEMENT OF PERSONS, SERVICES AND CAPITAL
CHAPTER 1: WORKERS
ARTICLE 49
/* CODIFIED VERSION OF THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY */
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TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY - PART THREE: COMMUNITY POLICIES - TITLE III: FREE MOVEMENT OF PERSONS, SERVICES AND CAPITAL - CHAPTER 1: WORKERS - ARTICLE 49 /* CODIFIED VERSION OF THE TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY */
Official Journal C 224 , 31/08/1992 P. 0021
Article 49 As soon as this Treaty enters into force, the Council shall, acting in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 189b and after consulting the Economic and Social Committee, issue directives or make regulations setting out the measures required to bring about, by progressive stages, freedom of movement for workers, as defined in Article 48, in particular (13)(): (a) by ensuring close cooperation between national employment services; (b) by systematically and progressively abolishing those administrative procedures and practices and those qualifying periods in respect of eligibility for available employment, whether resulting from national legislation or from agreements previously concluded between Member States, the maintenance of which would from an obstacle to liberalization of the movement of workers; (c) by systematically and progressively abolishing all such qualifying periods and other restrictions provided for either under national legislation or under agreements previously concluded between Member States as imposed on workers of other Member States conditions regarding the free choice of employment other than those imposed on workers of the State concerned; (d) by setting up appropriate machinery to bring offers of employment into touch with applications for employment and to facilitate the achievement of a balance between supply and demand in the employment market in such a way as to avoid serious threats to the standard of living and level of employment in the various regions and industries.