CHAPTER II

CLEARANCE OF VACANCIES AND APPLICATIONS FOR EMPLOYMENT
SECTION 2

Machinery for vacancy clearance
Article 13
1
The specialist service of each Member State shall regularly send to the specialist services of the other Member States and to the European Coordination Office referred to in Article 18:
a
details of vacancies which could be filled by nationals of other Member States;
b
details of vacancies addressed to third countries;
c
details of applications for employment by those who have formally expressed a wish to work in another Member State;
d
information, by region and by branch of activity, on applicants who have declared themselves actually willing to accept employment in another country.
The specialist service of each Member State shall forward this information to the appropriate employment services and agencies as soon as possible.
2
The details of vacancies and applications referred to in paragraph 1 shall be circulated according to a uniform system to be established by the European Coordination Office referred to in Article 18 in collaboration with the Technical Committee.
This system may be adapted if necessary.
Article 14
1
Any vacancy within the meaning of Article 13 communicated to the employment services of a Member State shall be notified to and processed by the competent employment services of the other Member States concerned.
Such services shall forward to the services of the first Member State the details of suitable applications.
2
The applications for employment referred to in point (c) of the first subparagraph of Article 13(1) shall be responded to by the relevant services of the Member States within a reasonable period, not exceeding 1 month.
3
The employment services shall grant workers who are nationals of the Member States the same priority as the relevant measures grant to nationals vis-à-vis workers from third countries.
Article 15
1
The provisions of Article 14 shall be implemented by the specialist services. However, in so far as they have been authorised by the central services and in so far as the organisation of the employment services of a Member State and the placing techniques employed make it possible:
a
the regional employment services of the Member States shall:
1. on the basis of the information referred to in Article 13, on which appropriate action will be taken, directly bring together and clear vacancies and applications for employment;
2. establish direct relations for clearance:
  - of vacancies offered to a named worker,
  - of individual applications for employment sent either to a specific employment service or to an employer pursuing his activity within the area covered by such a service,
  - where the clearing operations concern seasonal workers who must be recruited as quickly as possible;
b
the services territorially responsible for the border regions of two or more Member States shall regularly exchange data relating to vacancies and applications for employment in their area and, acting in accordance with their arrangements with the other employment services of their countries, shall directly bring together and clear vacancies and applications for employment.
If necessary, the services territorially responsible for border regions shall also set up cooperation and service structures to provide:
- users with as much practical information as possible on the various aspects of mobility, and
- management and labour, social services (in particular public, private or those of public interest) and all institutions concerned, with a framework of coordinated measures relating to mobility,
c
official employment services which specialise in certain occupations or specific categories of persons shall cooperate directly with each other.
2
The Member States concerned shall forward to the Commission the list, drawn up by common accord, of services referred to in paragraph 1 and the Commission shall publish such list for information, and any amendment thereto, in the Official Journal of the European Union.
Article 16
Adoption of recruiting procedures as applied by the implementing bodies provided for under agreements concluded between two or more Member States shall not be obligatory.