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What changed between the plenary report and the adopted text

From · plenary report· 13 Apr 2023

A-9-2023-0140

on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning a single application procedure for a single permit for third-country nationals to reside and work in the territory of a Member State and on a common set of rights for third-country workers legally residing in a Member State (recast)

To · adopted text· 13 Mar 2024

TA-9-2024-0146

A single application procedure for a single permit for third-country nationals to reside and work in the territory of a Member State and on a common set of rights for third-country workers legally residing in a Member State (recast)

These two texts have too little in common to compare paragraph by paragraph: they are different documents rather than versions of one (for example one group’s motion and the joint text that was adopted).

+10 added · −229 removed · 1 changed paragraphs, packaging included.

Part 4 of 6: Paragraphs 181–197

Removed:Article 14 – paragraph 1 – point b: (b) through third parties which have, in accordance with the criteria laid down by their national law, practices or applicable collective agreements, a legitimate interest in ensuring compliance with this Directive; and

Removed:Article 14 – paragraph 1 – point c: (c) through a competent authority of the Member State, where provided for under national law in respect of national workers.

Removed:Article 14 – paragraph 2: 2. Member States shall ensure that third parties referred to in paragraph 1, point (b) may engage either on behalf of or in support of a third-country worker, with his or her consent, in any judicial and/or administrative procedures aimed at or leading to enforcing the rights granted to the third-country worker pursuant to this Directive.

Removed:Article 14 – paragraph 3 – introductory part: 3. Member States shall ensure that third-country workers, including those whose employment relationship has come to an end, have the same access as nationals of the Member State where they reside with regard to:

Removed:Article 14 – paragraph 3 – point a: (a) measures protecting against dismissal, adverse treatment by the employer, or other adverse consequences as a result of a complaint or process seeking to enforce the rights granted pursuant to this Directive;

Removed:Article 14 – paragraph 3 – point b: (b) any judicial or administrative procedure, including complaints, mediation or dispute resolution mechanism seeking to enforce the rights granted pursuant to this Directive.

Removed:Article 14 – paragraph 3 – point b a (new): (ba) legal aid and assistance, in accordance with national law.

Removed:Article 16 – paragraph 1 – introductory part: Each Member State shall make easily accessible to the general public, including in relevant third countries, a regularly updated objective set of information drawing on all available sources:

Removed:Amendment to parts of the proposal which remain unchanged ('white part') was necessary for pressing reasons relating to the internal logic of the text and because it is inextricably linked to other admissible amendments.

Removed:Article 16 – paragraph 1 – point a: (a) concerning the conditions of third-country nationals’ admission to and residence in its territory for the purpose of work;

Removed:Amendment to parts of the proposal which remain unchanged ('white part') was necessary for pressing reasons relating to the internal logic of the text and because it is inextricably linked to other admissible amendments.

Removed:Article 16 – paragraph 1 – point b: (b) on all the documentary evidence needed for an application;

Removed:Article 16 – paragraph 1 – point c: (c) on entry and residence conditions, including the rights, obligations and procedural safeguards, of the third-country nationals, and their family members, falling under the scope of this Directive.

Removed:Article 17 – paragraph 2: 2. Annually, and for the first time no later than [ ] , Member States shall publish and communicate to the Commission (Eurostat) high-quality and comparable statistics including disaggregated gender and equality data on the volumes of third-country nationals who have applied for a single permit, those who have been granted a single permit, and those whose single permit has been renewed or withdrawn during the previous calendar year, in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 862/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council55 . Those statistics shall relate to reference periods of one calendar year, be disaggregated by type of decision, reason, length of validity and citizenship and gender and be transmitted within six months after the end of the reference period.

Removed:Amendment to parts of the proposal which remain unchanged ('white part') was necessary for pressing reasons relating to the internal logic of the text and because it is inextricably linked to other admissible amendments.

Removed:Article 17 – paragraph 2 a (new): 2a. The Commission shall adopt, by means of an implementing act, a common template for data collected pursuant to paragraph 2.

Removed:Amendment to parts of the proposal which remain unchanged ('white part') was necessary for pressing reasons relating to the internal logic of the text and because it is inextricably linked to other admissible amendments.