Belgium : government wants to limit free movement of Bulgarian and Romanian workers

The Council of ministers approved, on November 17th, 2006, a draft royal decree restricting the free movement of workers from Romania and Bulgaria. The decree aims at applying to the workers of the two new Member States, Bulgaria and Romania, the same transitional rules - limiting free movement- than those applicable during the previous enlargement. (Ref. 061159)
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These transitional regulations imply that, during a period of two years maximum, the free movement of workers is postponed until the necessary monitoring measures allow the labor inspectorate to efficiently act against abuses and social fraud. These measures are the following:

  • prior registering of all cases of cross-border occupation,
  • shared responsibility of the main employers or the principals, as regards the conditions of pay and employment of the foreign employees, in order to fight agai

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