Sunday 6 May 2007

Dutch borders open, finally

The work permit requirement for employees from Poland, Lithuania, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Latvia, Slovenia, Estonia and Hungary was abolished on 1 May 2007.

This means that now all citizens of these eight states of Central and Eastern Europe, which joined the EU on 1 May 2004 will enjoy the general (unrestricted) right to free movement of workers.
After much speculation, the Dutch Parliament agreed to abolish the work permit requirement on Wednesday 25 April 2007 and the resolution was published on 27 April 2007. The work permit requirement remains applicable for citizens from Bulgaria and Romania. [Read more]

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