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Document 12012E045

    Consolidated version of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union
    PART THREE - UNION POLICIES AND INTERNAL ACTIONS
    TITLE IV - FREE MOVEMENT OF PERSONS, SERVICES AND CAPITAL
    Chapter 1 - Workers
    Article 45
    (ex Article 39 TEC)

    OJ C 326, 26.10.2012, p. 65–66 (BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)

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    ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/treaty/tfeu_2012/art_45/oj

    26.10.2012   

    EN

    Official Journal of the European Union

    C 326/1


    CONSOLIDATED VERSION OF THE TREATY ON THE FUNCTIONING OF THE EUROPEAN UNION

    PART THREE

    UNION POLICIES AND INTERNAL ACTIONS

    TITLE IV

    FREE MOVEMENT OF PERSONS, SERVICES AND CAPITAL

    CHAPTER 1

    WORKERS

    Article 45

    (ex Article 39 TEC)

    1.   Freedom of movement for workers shall be secured within the Union.

    2.   Such freedom of movement shall entail the abolition of any discrimination based on nationality between workers of the Member States as regards employment, remuneration and other conditions of work and employment.

    3.   It shall entail the right, subject to limitations justified on grounds of public policy, public security or public health:

    (a)

    to accept offers of employment actually made;

    (b)

    to move freely within the territory of Member States for this purpose;

    (c)

    to stay in a Member State for the purpose of employment in accordance with the provisions governing the employment of nationals of that State laid down by law, regulation or administrative action;

    (d)

    to remain in the territory of a Member State after having been employed in that State, subject to conditions which shall be embodied in regulations to be drawn up by the Commission.

    4.   The provisions of this Article shall not apply to employment in the public service.


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