Brussels, 14/02/2011 (Agence Europe) - During the transition period provided for in the Act on the accession conditions of the new member states, the principle of free movement of services does not prevent the older member states requiring that posted workers from the new member states obtain work permits.
That was what the Court of Justice of the EU made very clear in giving its response on 10 February to two questions put to it for a ruling (Cases C-307, C-308 and C-309/09) by the Dutch...