CHAPTER IV

TREATMENT OF THE THIRD-COUNTRY NATIONALS CONCERNED

Economic activities by students
Article 17
1
Outside their study time and subject to the rules and conditions applicable to the relevant activity in the host Member State, students shall be entitled to be employed and may be entitled to exercise self-employed economic activity. The situation of the labour market in the host Member State may be taken into account.
Where necessary, Member States shall grant students and/or employers prior authorisation in accordance with national legislation.
2
Each Member State shall determine the maximum number of hours per week or days or months per year allowed for such an activity, which shall not be less than 10 hours per week, or the equivalent in days or months per year.
3
Access to economic activities for the first year of residence may be restricted by the host Member State.
4
Member States may require students to report, in advance or otherwise, to an authority designated by the Member State concerned, that they are engaging in an economic activity. Their employers may also be subject to a reporting obligation, in advance or otherwise.