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INTRODUCTION

When the acts referred to in this Annex contain notions or refer to procedures which are specific to the Community legal order, such as:

  • preambles;

  • the addressees of the Community acts;

  • references to territories or languages of the EC;

  • references to rights and obligations of EC Member States, their public entities, undertakings or individuals in relation to each other; and

  • references to information and notification procedures;

Protocol 1 on horizontal adaptations shall apply, unless otherwise provided for in this Annex.

SECTORAL ADAPTATIONS

For the purposes of this Annex and notwithstanding the provisions of Protocol 1, the term ‘Member State(s)’ contained in the acts referred to shall be understood to include, in addition to its meaning in the relevant EC acts, Austria, Finland, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland.

ACTS REFERRED TO
1. 364 L 0221: Council Directive 64/221/EEC of 25 February 1964 on the coordination of special measures concerning the movement and residence of foreign nationals which are justified on grounds of public policy, public security or public health (OJ No 56, 4.4.1964, p. 850/64).

The provisions of the Directive shall, for the purposes of the present Agreement, be read with the following adaptation:

Article 4(3) shall not apply.

2. 368 R 1612: Council Regulation (EEC) No 1612/68 of 15 October 1968 on freedom of movement for workers within the Community (OJ No L 257, 19.10.1968, p. 2), as amended by:
  • 376 R 0312: Council Regulation (EEC) No 312/76 of 9 February 1976 (OJ No L 39, 14.2.1976, p. 2).

    The provisions of the Regulation shall, for the purposes of the present Agreement, be read with the following adaptations:

    (a)

    in Article 15(2), the phrase ‘within 18 months following the entry into force of this Regulation’ shall not apply;

    (b)

    Article 40 shall not apply;

    (c)

    Article 41 shall not apply;

    (d)

    Article 42(1) shall not apply;

    (e)

    In Article 42(2), the reference to Article 51 of the EEC Treaty shall be replaced by reference to Article 29 of this Agreement;

    (f)

    Article 48 shall not apply.

3. 368 L 0360: Council Directive 68/360/EEC of 15 October 1968 on the abolition of restrictions on movement and residence within the Community for workers of Member States and their families (OJ No L 257, 19.10.1968, p. 13).

The provisions of the Directive shall, for the purposes of the present Agreement, be read with the following adaptations:

(a)

in Article 4(2), the words ‘Residence permit for a national of a Member State of the EEC’ shall be replaced by ‘Residence permit’;

(b)

in Article 4(3), the words ‘Residence permit for a national of a Member State of the EEC’ shall be replaced by ‘Residence permit’;

(c)

Article 11 shall not apply;

(d)

Article 13 shall not apply;

(e)

in the Annex:

(i)

the first paragraph of the statement shall be replaced by the following:

This permit is issued pursuant to Regulation (EEC) No 1612/68 of 15 October 1968 and to the measures taken in implementation of Directive 68/360/EEC as integrated into the EEA Agreement.;

(ii)

the footnote shall be replaced by the following:

Austrian, Belgian, British, Danish, German, Greek, Icelandic, Irish, Finnish, French, Italian, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norwegian, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish, Swiss, according to the country issuing the permit..

4. 370 R 1251: Commission Regulation (EEC) No 1251/70 of 29 June 1970 on the right of workers to remain in the territory of a Member State after having been employed in that State (OJ No L 142, 30.6.1970, p. 24).

The provisions of the Regulation shall, for the purposes of the present Agreement, be read with the following adaptation:

Article 9 shall not apply.

5. 372 L 0194: Council Directive 72/194/EEC of 18 May 1972 extending to workers exercising the right to remain in the territory of a Member State after having been employed in that State the scope of Directive 64/221/EEC (OJ No L 121, 26.5.1972, p. 32).
6. 377 L 0486: Council Directive 77/486/EEC of 25 July 1977 on the education of the children of migrant workers (OJ No L 199, 6.8.1977, p. 32).

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