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|| EUROPEAN COMMISSION ||

Brussels, 11.11.2011

SEC(2011) 1343 final

COMMISSION STAFF WORKING PAPER

Accompanying the document

REPORT FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE COUNCIL __on the Functioning of the Transitional Arrangements on Free Movement of Workers from Bulgaria and Romania

{COM(2011) 729 final}

1. Statistical annex

Table A1: Share of foreign nationals resident in the EU-27 by broad group of citizenship, 2003-10 (% of total population)

Sources: Eurostat population statistics, Eurostat EU LFS and DG Employment estimates. “:” figures not available. “-” figures too small to be reliable. Note: Choice of data sources according to data availability for individual countries. — For population statistics: end of year data (1st January of subsequent year), for LFS: 4th quarter data. — Figures not fully comparable between Member States due to the use of different sources. — Data from the LFS should be treated with some caution due to limitations of the survey with regard to foreign populations, in particular concerning coverage of very recent migrants and collective households, relative levels of non-response and small sample sizes. 1) Eurostat population statistics. –2) EU LFS quarterly data, 4th quarter. –3) EU LFS quarterly data (4th quarter) except for 2003-2005: LFS estimates obtained from CSO. For 1), 2) and 3): values for 2010 are estimates of DG Employment based on EU-LFS. 4) EU totals and sub-totals are only of an indicative nature as they are the sum of country values that stem from different sources; EU totals and sub-totals include country data which are not shown individually due to small sample size.

Table A2: Number of foreign nationals resident in the EU-27 by broad group of citizenship, 2003-10 (in 1,000)

Sources: Eurostat population statistics, Eurostat EU LFS and DG Employment estimates. “:” figures not available. “-” figures too small to be reliable. Note: Choice of data sources according to data availability for individual countries. — For population statistics: end of year data (1st January of subsequent year), for LFS: 4th quarter data. — Figures not fully comparable between Member States due to the use of different sources. — Data from the LFS should be treated with some caution due to limitations of the survey with regard to foreign populations, in particular concerning coverage of very recent migrants and collective households, relative levels of non-response and small sample sizes. 1) Eurostat population statistics. –2) EU LFS quarterly data, 4th quarter. –3) EU LFS quarterly data (4th quarter) except for 2003-2005: LFS estimates obtained from CSO. For 1), 2) and 3): values for 2010 are estimates of DG Employment based on EU-LFS. 4) EU totals and sub-totals are only of an indicative nature as they are the sum of country values that stem from different sources; EU totals and sub-totals include country data which are not shown individually due to small sample size.

Chart A1: Working age foreign nationals resident for 7 years or less in Member States, 2010 (in % of total resident working-age population)

Source: Eurostat, EU LFS, annual data 2010. Note: Numbers for missing data and countries too small to be reliable. Limited reliability for EU-15 results for EL and EE; EU-2 results for LU; and non-EU-27 results for EE and SK.

Table A3: Distribution of recent intra-EU movers (aged 15-64) from Bulgaria and Romania by main receiving countries, 2010 

Source: Eurostat, EU LFS, annual data 2010. Note: recent intra-EU movers defined as working age EU nationals resident seven years or less in another EU Member State.

Chart A2: Nationality of recent intra-EU movers (age group 15-64), 2010 (% of all recent intra-EU movers)

Source : Eurostat, EU Labour force survey, annual data 2010

Note: recent intra-EU movers defined as EU nationals resident seven years or less in another EU Member State.

Chart A3: Mobility rates by sending country – mobile EU citizens living in another EU Member State by years of residence (age group 16-64), 2010 (in % of working age population of country of citizenship)

Source: Eurostat, EU Labour force survey, annual data 2010. Note: figures do not include citizens who were born in another Member State and continue living there. Figures for LU, MT and SI too small to be reliable.

Table A4: Annual net growth of stock of foreigners in the EU-15 countries, by group of citizenship (in thousand)

Citizens from : || 2004 || 2005 || 2006 || 2007 || 2008 || 2009 || 2010

EU-15 || 7 || 118 || 420 || 233 || 167 || 77 || 99

EU-10 || 84 || 260 || 429 || 360 || 124 || 18 || 295

EU-2 || 183 || 193 || 274 || 601 || 345 || 186 || 273

Non-EU-27 countries || 1214 || 695 || 297 || 977 || 636 || 333 || 160

Source: Eurostat population statistics and EU LFS. For more details on the source, please see Tables A1 and A2.

Table A5: Average annual net growth of EU-2 nationals, by group of countries (in thousand and in % of the total resident population)

Source: DG EMPL estimates based on Eurostat Population statistics and EU-LFS (for more detailed see notes of tables A1 and A2). Note: Total resident population considered for the ratio is calculated as an average on each period. 2003-2006 corresponds to the period before accession of EU-2 countries; 2007-2008 corresponds to the first phase of the transitional arrangements; 2009-2010 corresponds to the first two years of the second phase of the transitional arrangements. Groups of countries based on table 1 of the main report as follows: 1) Member States granting free access from 2007: CZ, EE, CY, LV, LT, PL, SI, SK, FI and SE; 2) Member States granting free access from 2009: DK, EL, ES, HU, PT; 3) Member States not applying free movement: BE, DE, IE, FR, IT, LU, MT, NL, AT, UK. ES and IT treated separately due to their size in EU-2 inflows.

Chart A4: Distribution of working-age (15-64) EU-2 citizens living in EU-25, by duration of residence in main receiving countries, 2010

Source: Eurostat, EU Labour force survey, annual data 2010.

Chart A5: Labour market status of recent intra EU movers and total population (aged 15-64), 2010           

Source: Eurostat, EU LFS (annual averages). Note: Mobile EU citizens are defined as working-age foreign nationals resident for seven years or less in another Member State

Chart A6: Labour market status of recent EU-2 and EU-10 movers compared to total working-age population in the main destination countries, 2010

Source: Eurostat, EU Labour Force Survey (annual averages). 'WAP' refers to working-age population.

 Chart A7: Labour market status of recent intra-EU movers, compared to nationals and non-EU citizens (aged 15-64) in 2007 and 2010

Source: Eurostat, EU Labour force survey (annual data). Note: Recent intra-EU movers are defined: 1) in 2010 as working-age foreign nationals resident for seven years or less in another Member State 2) in 2007 as working-age foreign nationals resident for four years or less in another Member State. All non-EU citizens are included (no criteria of duration of residence have been applied).

Chart A8: Educational attainment of mobile and total active population, 2010

Source: Eurostat, EU LFS (annual averages). Note: Mobile EU citizens are defined as economically active working-age foreign nationals resident for seven years or less in another Member State.

Table A6: Employment of total resident populations and recently arrived mobile citizens by economic activity, 2010 (% of total employment by group)

Source: Eurostat, EU LFS (annual averages).

Note: Recent EU movers defined as working-age foreign nationals resident for seven years or less in another Member State. ":" indicate figures too small to be reliable. Figures in brackets of limited reliability. For some activities (e.g. agriculture, construction, accommodation and food service activities) the LFS may understate the number of employed due to underestimation of seasonal workers.

Table A7: Occupation of total resident employment and of employed recently mobile, 2010 (% of total employment by group)

Source: Eurostat, EU LFS (annual averages).

Note: Recent EU movers defined as working-age foreign nationals resident for seven years or less in another Member State. ":" indicate figures too small to be reliable. Figures in brackets of limited reliability. For some occupations (e.g. agriculture, construction, accommodation and food service activities) the LFS may understate the number of employed due to underestimation of seasonal workers. The grouping of ISCO categories into 'high-skilled', 'intermediate' and 'low-skilled' follows an OECD methodology presented in OECD, International migration outlook, SOPEMI, 2007 pp. 155-156.

Chart A9: Age and educational attainment of recent EU-2 movers, by main destination countries (2010)

Source: Eurostat, EU LFS (annual averages). Note: EU-2 movers defined as economically active working-age EU-2 nationals resident for seven years or less in the destination country.

Chart A10: Occupational and sectoral distribution of recent EU-2 movers in employment, by main destination countries (2010)

Source: Eurostat, EU LFS (annual averages). Note: EU-2 movers defined as working-age EU-2 nationals in employment resident for seven years or less in the destination country.

Chart A11: Labour market status of EU-2 nationals (aged 15-64), by main destination countries (2006-2010)

Source: Eurostat, EU LFS (annual averages). Note: EU-2 nationals not restricted to recent arrivals contrary to other graphs presented in the annex.  UK: share of unemployed not publishable due to small sample size

Chart A12: Overall unemployment rates in the main EU-15 receiving countries, 2005-2011

Source: Eurostat, EU LFS (quarterly adjusted data).

Chart A13: Overall employment rates in the main EU-15 receiving countries, 2005-2011

Source: Eurostat, EU LFS (quarterly adjusted data)

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