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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8004

12 July 2001
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/immigration
Commission defines rules for access to work in EU for third-country nationals and proposes a method to Member States to develop common immigration policy

Brussels, 11/07/2001 (Agence Europe) - As expected, on the initiative of Antonio Vitorino, on Wednesday the Commission approved a draft directive on "conditions of entry and residence of third-country nationals for the purpose of paid employment and self-employed economic activity", and, at the same time, proposed a "mechanism for open cooperation for Community immigration policy" (see EUROPE of 11 July, p.8). "Today, the Commission has begun respecting the undertakings of its communication...

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