(a) the organisation of the EURES network between the Commission, the European Labour Authority and the Member States; (b) cooperation between the Commission, the European Labour Authority and the Member States on sharing relevant available data on job vacancies, job applications and CVs; (c) actions by and between Member States to achieve a balance between supply and demand in the labour market, with a view to achieving a high level of quality employment; (d) the functioning of the EURES network, including cooperation with the social partners and involvement of other actors; (e) mobility support services related to the functioning of the EURES network to be provided to workers and employers, thereby also promoting mobility on a fair basis; (f) promotion of the EURES network at Union level through effective communication measures taken by the Commission, the European Labour Authority and the Member States.
Regulation (EU) 2016/589 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 April 2016 on a European network of employment services (EURES), workers' access to mobility services and the further integration of labour markets, and amending Regulations (EU) No 492/2011 and (EU) No 1296/2013 (Text with EEA relevance)
Modified by
- Regulation (EU) 2019/1149 of the European Parliament and of the Councilof 20 June 2019establishing a European Labour Authority, amending Regulations (EC) No 883/2004, (EU) No 492/2011, and (EU) 2016/589 and repealing Decision (EU) 2016/344(Text with relevance for the EEA and for Switzerland), 32019R1149, July 11, 2019
(1) "public employment services" or "PES" means the organisations of the Member States, as part of relevant ministries, public bodies or corporations falling under public law, that are responsible for implementing active labour market policies and providing quality employment services in the public interest; (2) "employment services" means a legal entity lawfully operating in a Member State which provides services for workers seeking employment and for employers wishing to recruit workers; (3) "job vacancy" means an offer of employment which would allow the successful applicant to enter into an employment relationship that would qualify that applicant as a worker for the purposes of Article 45 TFEU; (4) "clearance" means the exchange of information and processing of job vacancies, job applications and CVs; (5) "common IT platform" means the IT infrastructure and related platforms set up at Union level for the purpose of transparency and clearance in accordance with this Regulation; (6) "frontier worker" means a worker pursuing an activity as an employed person in a Member State and who resides in another Member State to which that worker returns as a rule daily or at least once a week; (7) "EURES cross-border partnership" means a grouping of EURES Members or Partners and, where relevant, other stakeholders outside of the EURES network, with the intention of long-term cooperation in regional structures, set up in cross-border regions between: the employment services on regional, local and, where appropriate, national level; the social partners; and, where relevant, other stakeholders of at least two Member States or a Member State and another country participating in the Union instruments aiming to support the EURES network; (8) "European Labour Authority" means the body established pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2019/1149 of the European Parliament and of the Council Regulation (EU) 2019/1149 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 June 2019 establishing a European Labour Authority, amending Regulations (EC) No 883/2004, (EU) No 492/2011, and (EU) 2016/589 and repealing Decision (EU) 2016/344 (OJ L 186, 11.7.2019, p. 21 ).
(a) facilitating the exercise of the rights conferred by Article 45 TFEU and by Regulation (EU) No 492/2011; (b) implementing the coordinated strategy for employment and, in particular, for promoting a skilled, trained and adaptable workforce as referred to in Article 145 TFEU; (c) improving the functioning, cohesion and integration of the labour markets in the Union, including at cross-border level; (d) promoting voluntary geographical and occupational mobility in the Union, including in cross-border regions, on a fair basis and in compliance with Union and national law and practice; (e) supporting transitions into the labour market, thereby promoting the social and employment objectives referred to in Article 3 TEU.
(a) a European Coordination Office, which shall be established within the European Labour Authority and which shall be responsible for assisting the EURES network in carrying out its activities; (b) national coordination offices (NCOs) responsible for the application of this Regulation in the respective Member State, which shall be designated by the Member States and which may be their PES; (c) the EURES Members, namely: (i) the PES appointed by the Member States in accordance with Article 10; and (ii) organisations admitted in accordance with Article 11, or, for a transitional period in accordance with Article 40, to provide at national, regional or local level, including on a cross-border basis, support with clearance and support services to workers and employers;
(d) the EURES Partners, which are organisations admitted in accordance with Article 11, and in particular with paragraphs 2 and 4 thereof, or for a transitional period in accordance with Article 40, to provide at national, regional or local level, including on a cross-border basis, support with clearance or support services to workers and employers; (e) the Commission.
(a) the formulation of a coherent framework and the provision of horizontal support activities for the benefit of the EURES network, including: (i) as the system owner for the EURES portal, and related IT services, the definition of user needs and business requirements to be transmitted to the Commission for the operation and development of the portal, including its systems and procedures for the exchange of job vacancies, job applications, CVs and supporting documents and other information, in cooperation with other relevant Union information and advisory services or networks, and initiatives; (ii) information and communication activities regarding the EURES network; (iii) a common training programme and continuing professional development for the staff of the EURES Members and Partners and of the NCOs, ensuring the necessary expertise; (iv) a helpdesk function supporting the staff of the EURES Members and Partners and NCOs, in particular the staff in direct contact with workers and employers; (v) the facilitation of networking, exchange of best practices and mutual learning within the EURES network;
(b) the analysis of geographic and occupational mobility, taking into account the different situations in the Member States; (c) the development of an appropriate cooperation and clearance structure within the Union for apprenticeships and traineeships, in accordance with this Regulation.
(a) the organisation of work relating to the EURES network in the Member State, including ensuring a coordinated transfer to the EURES portal of information on job vacancies, job applications and CVs in accordance with Article 17 through a single coordinated channel; (b) cooperation with the Commission, the European Labour Authority and the Member States on the clearance within the framework set in Chapter III; (c) providing the European Coordination Office with any available information on discrepancies between the number of job vacancies notified and the total number of job vacancies at national level; (d) the coordination of actions within the Member State concerned and together with other Member States in accordance with Chapter V.
(a) for the purpose of publication, in particular on the EURES portal, the collection and validation of up-to-date information on the EURES Members and Partners operating on the NCO's national territory, their activities and the scope of the support services that they provide to workers and employers; (b) the provision of pre-training activities relating to EURES activity and the selection of staff for participation in the common training programme and in mutual learning activities; (c) the collection and analysis of data relating to Articles 31 and 32.
(a) living and working conditions, including general information on social security and tax payments; (b) the relevant administrative procedures regarding employment, and the rules applicable to workers upon taking up employment; (c) its national regulatory framework for apprenticeships and traineeships and existing Union rules and instruments; (d) without prejudice to point (b) of Article 17(2), access to vocational education and training; (e) the situation of frontier workers in particular in cross-border regions; (f) post-recruitment assistance in general and information about where to obtain such assistance within and, if such information is available, outside the EURES network.
(a) contributing to the pool of job vacancies in accordance with point (a) of Article 17(1); (b) contributing to the pool of job applications and CVs in accordance with point (b) of Article 17(1); (c) providing support services to workers and employers in accordance with Articles 23 and 24, Article 25(1), Article 26 and, where relevant, Article 27.
(a) the collection of information and guidance to be published on the EURES portal referred to in Article 9(4); (b) the exchange of information as referred to in Article 30; (c) the programming cycle as referred to in Article 31; (d) the collection of data as referred to in Article 32.
(a) all job vacancies made publicly available through PES as well as those provided by the EURES Members and, where relevant, the EURES Partners in accordance with Article 12(3); (b) all job applications and CVs available through PES as well as those provided by the other EURES Members and, where relevant, the EURES Partners, in accordance with Article 12(3), provided that the workers concerned have consented to making the information available to the EURES portal under the terms defined in paragraph 3 of this Article.
(a) job vacancies which due to their nature or to national rules are open only to citizens of a specific country; (b) job vacancies relating to categories of apprenticeships and traineeships which, having mainly a learning component, are part of national education systems or which are funded publicly as part of a Member State's active labour market policies; (c) other job vacancies as part of a Member State's active labour market policies.
(a) providing or referring to general information on living and working conditions in the country of destination; (b) giving assistance and guidance on obtaining the information referred to in Article 9(4); (c) where appropriate, providing assistance with the drawing up of job applications and CVs to ensure conformity with the European technical standards and formats referred to in Article 17(8) and Article 19(6), and with the uploading of such job applications and CVs on the EURES portal; (d) where appropriate, considering a possible placement within the Union as part of an individual action plan or supporting the drafting of an individual mobility plan as a means to reach a placement within the Union; (e) where appropriate, referring the worker to another EURES Member or Partner.
(a) providing information on specific rules relating to recruitment from another Member State and on factors which can facilitate such recruitment; (b) where appropriate, providing information on and assistance with the formulation of individual job requirements in a job vacancy and with ensuring its conformity with the European technical standards and formats referred to in Article 17(8) and Article 19(6).
(a) general information on post-recruitment assistance such as training on intercultural communication, language courses and support with integration, including general information on employment opportunities for the members of a worker's family; (b) where possible, the contact details of organisations which offer post-recruitment assistance.
(a) labour shortages and labour surpluses on national and sectoral labour markets, paying particular attention to the most vulnerable groups in the labour market and the regions most affected by unemployment; (b) EURES activities at national and, where appropriate, cross-border level.
(a) the main activities to be carried out within the EURES network, at national level as a whole, and, where appropriate, at cross-border level; (b) the overall human and financial resources allocated for their implementation; (c) the arrangements for the monitoring and evaluation of the activities planned, and, where necessary, for updating them.
(a) information and guidance by the EURES network, on the basis of the number of contacts that the case handlers of the EURES Members and Partners have with workers and employers; (b) employment performance, including placement and recruitment resulting from EURES activity, on the basis of the number of vacancies, job applications, CVs handled and processed by case handlers of the EURES Members and Partners and the number of workers recruited in another Member State accordingly, as known to those case handlers or, where available, on the basis of surveys; (c) customer satisfaction with the EURES network, obtained, inter alia, through the use of surveys.
(a) Article 23 is deleted. (b) In Article 24, paragraph 2 is replaced by the following: "2. The EURES axis shall be open to all bodies, actors and institutions designated by a Member State or by the Commission which fulfil the conditions for participating in EURES, as set out in Regulation (EU) 2016/589 of the European Parliament and of the Council Regulation (EU) 2016/589 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 April 2016 on a European network of employment services (EURES), workers' access to mobility services and the further integration of labour markets and amending Regulations (EU) No 492/2011 and (EU) No 1296/2013 (OJ L 107, 22.4.2016, p. 1 )."(a) national, regional and local authorities; (b) employment services; (c) social partner organisations and other interested parties.
----------------------Regulation (EU) 2016/589 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 April 2016 on a European network of employment services (EURES), workers' access to mobility services and the further integration of labour markets and amending Regulations (EU) No 492/2011 and (EU) No 1296/2013 (OJ L 107, 22.4.2016, p. 1 )."
(a) Articles 11 and 12, Article 13(2), Articles 14 to 20 and Article 38 are deleted. (b) Article 13(1) is deleted with effect from 13 May 2018 .
| Regulation (EU) No 492/2011 | This Regulation |
|---|---|
| Article 11(1), first subparagraph | Article 30(1), point (a) |
| Article 11(1), second subparagraph | Article 9(2), points (b) and (d), and 9(3) and Article 13 |
| Article 11(2) | Articles 9 and 10 |
| Article 12(1) | — |
| Article 12(2) | — |
| Article 12(3), first subparagraph | Article 9(4) |
| Article 12(3), second subparagraph | Article 18(1) and (2) |
| Article 13(1) | Article 12(3) and Article 17(1) to 17(6) |
| Article 13(2) | Article 17(7) to 17(8) |
| Article 14(1) | — |
| Article 14(2) | — |
| Article 14(3) | — |
| Article 15(1) | Article 10(1) and 10(2), Article 12(1) to 12(3) and Article 13 |
| Article 15(2) | Article 9(3), point (a), and Article10(1) |
| Article 16 | — |
| Article 17(1) | Article 30 |
| Article 17(2) | Article 16(6) |
| Article 17(3) | Article 33 |
| Article 18 | Article 7(1), point (a) |
| Article 19(1) | Article 8 |
| Article 19(2) | — |
| Article 20 | Article 8(1), point (a)(iii) and (v), and Article 9(3), point (b) |
| Article 38 | — |