Whereas Bulgaria and Romania have just integrated the European Union, France announced that it would use the possibility offered to Member States to temporarily limit the access to their labour market. 62 trades in seven sectors experiencing labour shortages will be entirely opened to Romanian and Bulgarian workers, but the restrictions will be maintained in the other branches. The government in addition announced that it would be "particularly vigilant" as for the respect of the French labour code. (Ref. 070004)
The French government decided to limit the access to its labour market for the two new Member States which are Romania and Bulgaria. In fact, the policy followed will be, according to the ministry for Employment, similar to that followed for the 8 other Eastern European countries since the enlargement of 2004 (see story n°06424): “no general opening of the labour market, progressive and controlled lifting of restrictions, system of work permits in order to control the flows”.
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