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Proposal for a Directive on conditions of entry and residence of 3rd country nationals for seasonal
30 August 2010
The European Commission has drafted a Directive on the conditions of entry and residence of third-country nationals for the purposes of seasonal employment.
The suggested actions include:
- establishing a simpler entry procedure for the admission of non-EU seasonal workers based on common definitions and criteria, such as the existence of a work contract or a binding job offer that specifies a salary;
- setting a standard seasonal work time limit throughout the EU (6 months per calendar year);
- providing a multi-seasonal permit for three years or a facilitated re-entry procedure in subsequent seasons;
- defining legal provisions applicable to working conditions of seasonal workers;
- entitling seasonal workers to equal treatment with nationals of the Member States in determined fields (freedom of association and affiliation, social security schemes, income-related acquired statutory pensions, access to goods and services, etc);
- leaves EU Member States free to apply a labour market test and to decide how many seasonal workers they admit; the proposal does not create a right to admission.
It forms part of a comprehensive package of measures, proposed in the Policy Plan on Legal Migration of 2005 and further endorsed by the Stockholm Programme in 2009.
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