CHAPTER I

GENERAL PROVISIONS

Subject matter
Article 1
1
This Directive lays down:
a
a single application procedure for issuing a single permit for third-country nationals to reside for the purpose of work in the territory of a Member State, in order to simplify the procedures for their admission and to facilitate the control of their status; and
b
a common set of rights to third-country workers legally residing in a Member State, irrespective of the purposes for which they were initially admitted to the territory of that Member State, based on equal treatment with nationals of that Member State.
2
This Directive is without prejudice to the Member States’ powers concerning the admission of third-country nationals to their labour markets.