Brussels, 03/01/2007 (Agence Europe) - Until 2004, Sweden and Finland were the only two EU Member States to have decided not to restrict the arrival of workers from Romania and Bulgaria after accession by these two countries to the EU on 1 January 2007. They have since been joined by a majority of the countries that entered the EU in 2004 - Estonia, Poland, Slovakia, the Czech Republic and Cyprus - that have all decided to open up their labour markets to workers from the two new member nations. Lithuania and Latvia have also announced their intention not to implement restrictions. Workers from Romania and Bulgaria will nonetheless have restrictions of one kind or another imposed on them in the other Union countries. Great Britain, France, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, the Netherlands, Greece, Spain, Luxembourg, Ireland, and Germany have decided to impose restrictions. Some of these States - Great Britain, Austria and Germany - have announced their intention to prolong implementation of restrictions according to a 2+3+2 year formula. Spain has stated its intention to impose a transitional 1+1 year scheme, during which Romanian workers may, under certain conditions, work on the Spanish labour market. Others, like France and Hungary, have chosen partial opening of their labour market. In France, 62 trades will be open to Romanian workers. Bulgarians, like Romanians, still require a visa for staying more than three months in the Schengen Area. They nonetheless require no more than an identity card to benefit from free movement. (bc)