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COM(80)102 final
Bruxelles ,le12thMarch1980
COMMISSION
DES
COMMUNAUTES EUROPEENNES
Secrétariat général
NEGOTIATIONS ONTHEACCESSION OFSPAINTOTHECOMMUNITY
PROPOSALS CONCERNING THESOCIAL AFFAIRS CHAPTER
presented bytheCommissiontotheCouncil)
COM(80)102final

INTRODUCTION
1.Since thesecond meeting oftheConference between theEuropean Communities
andSpain held inBrussels on18September 1979»thenegotiations have reached *
thestage of"jointly establishing anoverall picture ofthemainchapters ^
under negotiation ,onthebasis ofwhich detailed ,substantive negotiations ^
will beconducted sector bysector ".
Themain purpose ofthis first stage ofthenegotiations ,devoted Ao >
vVV
establishing anoverall picture ,istojointly identify thequestions of
substance which will need tobesolved inthefollowing stagfl^of thenegotiations .
Itisexpected that thefirst stage Will becompleted before theendofthe
first half of1980 .
2.Spain hasnotyetpresented itsposition oqf-the social affairs chapter
<χ-
ofthenegotiations .However ,inhis sta1<enient attheMinisterial Meeting
opening thenegotiations between theEuropean Communities andSpain held on
5February 1979 1MrLeopoldo Calvo Sotelo ,Spanish Minister forRelations with
theEuropean Communities ,placed ^ocial policy among the"mostimportant issues ",
even including itamong thethree most important questions which "cannot be
ignored owing totheir sensitivity ,andmustbeclarified fromtheoutset of
thenegotiations "... nTh&first ofthese issues issocial policy .Wewill
induecourse have todeal with thequestion ofthefree movement oflabour ,
oneofthefundamental principles oftheCommunity which Spain accepts and
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Pendingthepresentation bySpainofitsdetailedposition onthevarious
0/5aspectsofCommunity socialpolicy,atthisstagetheCommission notesthat
KSpainascribesgreatimportance tothesocialchapteroftheaccession
Negotiations .
3.Bearipi^inmindontheonehandtheimportance Spainascribestothis
chapteroft&enegotiations andontheotherthe"acquiscommunautaire w
andtheeconomij^and socialcontextinwhichitapplies,theCommissionis
oftheopinionthatthesocialaspectisoneofthemaincomponents ofthe
overallpictureandofthenegotiations ingeneral.
Therefore ,inconnection withtheworkofpreparing thisoverallpicture,
theCommission thoughtitopportune,inthisCommunication totheCouncil,
tosetoutitsviewsonthemaii^problemsassociatedwiththesocialaffairs
chapteroftheaccession negotiations withSpainandpresentitsproposals
regarding ajointposition atthepresentstageofthenegotiations .V%%
4»Theseproposalsrelatetothemainaspects^.Community socialpolicy,
inparticular thefreemovement ofworkers.Withrespecttotheapplication
ofthelatter,theCommission recommends thattransitional measures should
beadoptedtoensurethattheintegration ofSpaintakesplacewithoutcausing
seriousdisruption intheCommunity .%
(Doc.C0M(78)l20),onitsopiniontotheCouncilconcerning Spain'sapplication
foraccession (Doc.C0M(78)63O )andonanindepthanalysisofthesocial
situation anditsprobabletrendsinSpainandtheCommunity . A%XInformulating itsproposals,theCommission boreinmindtheprospectthat^
' •
theCommunity willbeenlargedtotwelvemembercountries ,including Greece,
Portugal andSpain.

5.InthisCommunication ,theCommission dealsinturnwiththefollowing
points ?%
generalconsiderations (seepointI)
-freedomofmovementforworkers (seepointII)
-socialsecurityformigrejatworkers (seepointIII)
-theEiuKbpeanSocialFund(seepointIV)
-otherfieldscomingwithinthescopeofsocialaffairs (seepointV).
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I.GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS
6.ThisConnnunication coversthemainaspectsofthesocialchapterofthe
accession negotiations betweenSpainandtheCommunity ,TheCommission reserves
theright,ifnecessary ,toreconsider theseaspectsandadoptaposition on
anyotherproblems whichmayemergeorberaisedbySpaininthecourseof
negotiations onthesocialarea. v<^*
m
7.TheCommission emphasizes thatfullapplication oftheAcquiscommunautaire "
constitutes thepointofdeparture fornegotiations inthesocialasin
otherareas,exceptinsofarastransitional measures andtemporary derogations
provenecessary toensurethattheintegration of^SpainwiththeCommunity
takesplacewithoutdisruption#
Thisiswithoutprejudicetoanymeasures^iattheCommunitymaytakebetween
nowand.accession intheareaofsocialaffairsandwhich,therefore becoming
partofthe"acquiscommunautaire ".mustbeappliedbySpainfromthetime
ofaccession ,subjecttothesam^CTeservation .asregardstransitional measures
ortemporary derogations . -
8.AtthisjuncturetheCommission doesnotbelieveitisnecessary to
fixaprecisedur^ionfortheapplicationofanytransitional measuresfound
necessary undecSxnis chapter.
9.TheCommission wouldstressthatitspresentpositionwithregardto
thischapteriswithoutprejudice tothepositionitmayadoptwithrespect
t(^>therchaptersofthenegotiations ,inparticulartheperiodofapplication
<^Jortransitional measures andtemporary derogations .
t •
10•TheCommission alsoemphasizes thattheaccession negotiations mustbe
considered asawholeandthatagreements reachedinthecourseofnegotiations
onchapterstobestudiedinturncannotbeconsidered definitive until
agreement hasbeenreachedonthewhole.

I.FREEDOM OFMOVEMENT FORWORKERS
A.IMTTODUCTION
II.Initsgeneralconsiderations ontheproblemsofenlargement ^,the
v\>%Commission recalled thatfreedomofmovement forworkersisafundamental
rightofallCommunity nationals .Itfurtherstressedthatexperience had
)shovmthatfreedomofmovementalonedidnotresultinsignificant migratory
2flows,duetothepreponderant roleplayedbythedemandforlabour•
TheCommission ,however,addedthataccountshould,b&takenofcurrenttensions
onthelabourmarkets,whichvrerelikelytocontinue ,andasaconsequence full
exerciseoftherighttofreedomofmovement -nationals ofthenew
MemberStatesshouldnotcomeintoeffectunrtilafteranappropriate
transitional periodtoobviateseriousconflicts .
12.Withthisinmind,initsopinioiiconcerning Spain'sapplication for
accession ,theCommission helcL^hat :#
-transitional measures shouldbespreadoveraten-year period:
w
I-"potential migratory pressures justifyprovisions fortheadoptionof
V*»asafeguard meohanism andofprogressive liberalization phasesforaccess
towork,^^brde.r*toavoideraticmovementsoflabour"^;
-if,however,"inthecourseofthetransitional period,conditions were
suchthatthetimetable fortheintegration processcouldbeadjustedin
Agivensector,adecisiontothateffectcouldbetakenbytheCouncil"4.
.Documents CŒî(78)l20 final,19Çfinaland200final.
"Iftherearenoconcreteprospects ofemployment inthecountries of
immigration ,thesemovements aregreatlyreducedinamplitude "(C0I!(78)200 final,
pointX.2.1).
~COM(78)630 final,point45*
C0ï1(78)630final,point64«

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TheCouncil,intheguidelines established oncompletion ofitsworkof
formulating acommon "basisforthenegotiations ,specified that"inanyevent
itwillbenecessary tobecautiousinbringing aboutthefreemovement of-
%workers endtofixtheduration andcontentofthetransitional measures
accordingly
13.Community provisions asregardstheterritory towhichfreedomofmovement
forworkersappliesarelaiddowninCommunity instruments ,inparticular
Article theEECTreaty,asamendedbyArticle26oftheActofAccession
of22Jaiiuar^^972 andArticle20oftheActofAccessionof28May1979(in
courseofratification ).
SomeSpanishmeasurescurrently inforcecouldposeproblems inthisrespect.
B.CONSIDERATIONS REGARjftKJ SPANISH IMMIGRATION TOTHECOMMUNITY
14*Inadditiontotheconsiderations andinformationintheCommissionOpinionontheapplication foraccessionbySpain^,somedataonmigratory
movements betweenSpainandthemaincountries ofimmigration withinthe
Community willbehelpful.
15•Thefollowing figuresforsignificant years'provideinteresting information
aboutthenumberofworkersfromnon-member countriesinemployment andtheshare
accounted forbySpanishworkers. i
Year Workers from
non-member
countriesChange
(1969=100*)Spanish
workersφ
\
Change
(1969=100)ύί,-ffoofallworkers
fronir -jion-member
countries
1969 2300000 100 431000 100 l8.8fo
1973 4851000 211 539000 125 11.1%
1977 4400000 191 435000 101 9.1fo
8.6% I978 4250000 I85 366000 85
Accountshouldbetakenofthefactthatin1969therewereonlysixMemberStatesinthe
Community ;itwasselected asthebaseyeartogiveabetterpictureoftrendsovera
longerperiod.
pCouncilDoc.7372/79(E9)adoptedbytheCouncilof18.9.1979 *
T)oc.COM(78)630final.

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Anotherpointofinterestisthatbetween1973and1978,whilethetotal
numberofworkersfromnon-member countries declined by12.4%thenumberof
SpanishworkersemployedintheCommunity declined muchmoresharply,by
32.1%.Itshouldbenotedthatthesefiguresreflectanetbalanceofthe
two-waymovement onthelabourmarket(entriesanddepartures):thenumber
of"returnees "properisofcoursehigher.C#
16.Offurtherinterestisthefactthatinthiscontesttheflowo£-permanent
SpanishworkerstotheMemberStatespeakedinthe1960sandhad.alreadybegun
toshowadistinct declinefromthebeginning ofthe1970s.
Year Entries ofworkers _
fromnon-member
countriesPromSpain
1965(EEC-Six) 452000 134000
1969(EEC-Six) 693000 80100
1973(EEC-Nine) 510000 45700
1978(EEC-Nine)fP000ι1500
17.OftheSpanishpopulation livingintheCommunity in1977:1
InGermany,j2»6fohadbeenresidentformorethan6years
InGermany,38.5$^"""""10"
InBelgium,8^1$»"«"»"6"InPrance,lfo.0%""«"""6»
InPrance,11,1%»«""•«"10"
IntheNetherlands ,89»0>hadbeenresidentformorethan5years
IiV&feUnitedKingdom,87.1%hadbeenresidentformorethan4years.«I
IIIf
ltη
ηil
it"6
«10η
ii
'SourcesSpanishimmigration institute ,basedondatacollected inthe
hostcountries .

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In1978»50*5%ofSpanishworkersintheCommunity wereemployedin
Pranceend25»2%inGermany ?thesecountries therefore accountedfor
^over13%ofthetotal„%k.
"v^Tothisshould "beadded,inthecaseofPrance,anannualaverageinfluxV'ofabout100000Spanishseasonal workers,someofwhomareaccompanied
bytheirfamilies :inanyyeartheyaccountforbetween84$and88%of
allforeignseasonal labourinFrances%
18.Itshould^pointedoutthatthissubstpntial presenceofSpanish
workersdoesnotresultfrommilesonfreedomofmovement butfromimmigration
authorized fromthehostcountries »%
.1Thebilateral agreements concluded withseveralMemberStates,mostof
whichdatefromtheperiodofe^rongeconomicgrowth,donotingeneral
derogate fromnationalrulesandregulations concerning theaccessof
foreigners topaidemployment ,theirmainobjective beingtolaydown
procedures andmaterialconditions goveriilng movements oflabour(selection ,
recruitment ,channelling ,administrative cooperation ).Undercertainagreements ,7Λ
however,newandmorerestrictive regulations concerning ,forexample,the
accesstoemployment offoilymemberswerenotappliedtoSpanishnationals .
Itwillfurtherberecalledthattheagreements sometimes contained provisions
concerning thesocio-occupational integration ofmigrantwapkersandtheir
families (socialandculturalaspects,trainingandschoolin^&reunifying the
family)•
_ \
Spain-Belgium 28.11.56
Spain-Germany 29.03.60
Spain-Prance 25.01.61
Spain-Luxembourg ..
Spain-Netherlands O8.O4.6l

C.PHASiroIffFREEDOM 0?VMMEm BETHEEOT THE!COJMPECTY AM)SPAIN'
19.Ascanbeseenfromtheabove,theEomberStateseraalreadybound
toSpainbyagreements regarding migrantworkers.Itis,however,a
characteristic ofthelatterthattheyleaveadegreeofscopefor
regulating immigration inperiods whenthelabourmarketsituation is
difficult .Itshouldberemembered inthisconnection thattherto.ere
currently somesixmillionunemployedintheCommunityandtha106he
numberofforeignworkersisalreadyroughlyequaltothio.tfigt»S3.
Furthermore,theforecastsregardingemploymenttrendsi^^heCommunity
suggestthatthesetensions onthelabourmarketareunlikelytoease
inthenearfuture ,,
Theaccession ofSpainwilltherefore represent asubstantial qualitative
o"v
changeinrelations betweenthiscountrycjaid thepresentMemberStates
inthesocialfield:transition fromthestageofmanpower agreements
tofreedomofmovement withintheCommimity .
20.Thistransition must,however,beeffected withoutcausing
seriousdisruption.Ki^ctorypressuresfromSpainandtheuncertainties
regarding futurelabourmarkettrendsintheCommunity aresuchthatit
wouldbeunwisenottotakeappropriate precautions ,intheinterestof
labourmarkets^nboththeCommunityandSpainitself,beforefully
liberalizing jpipfeesstoemployment intheenlarged Community .
21.Inthelightoftheseconsiderations ,theCommission proposesthat
freedomofmovementforworkersbetweentheCommunity andSpainshould
^jeintroducedgradually.Transitional arrangements willneedtobe
<Sjj^devisedtothisendandtheCommissionsuggeststhatfullfreedomof
^movementshouldbeprecededbyathree-stagetransitional period.

"•10**
In "bringing freedom ofmovement ,about bystages ,such asolution would be
inline ldth theprinciple laid down inArticle 49oftheTreaty
establishing the
^^22.Thefollowing points needtobeborne inmindvhendetermining both
theduration ofthotransitional period asawhole andthedetails of
thethree stages (length andrules applicable ):
–the solraiion adopted forGreece ;
–theCoramiss|,'on ,scomments initsOpinion ontheSpanish application
concerning thy'need forcaution ,notably asregards themaximum duration
1ofthetransitional period t*Mch arerelevant here too ,given the
current employment situation andtrends both intheCommunity and
inSpain ;
–theneedtoadoptidentica^^rrangements forSpainandPortugal even
though theeconomic andsocial situations ofthetvroapplicant
countries are different .
This isnecessary forthefolloxdng reason ^ Firstly ,though the
number ofSpanish workers intheCommunity io^aoif slightly lessin
absolute terms thanthenumber ofPortuguese ,4he^total population of
Spain isnearly four times that ofPortugal ,viich means that theSpanish
migration potential forthefuture ,i&ilst difficult toassess ,isfar
greater .Secondly ,theprinciple cfnon-discrimination Remands thatthe
transitional arrangements regarding freedom ofmovement fo^tSercona :''
should onlydiffer totheertent objectively necessary totake'Recount
ofparticular aspects ofthesituation inSpain and/ortheCommunity .
Finally ,itisintheinterests ofefficiency tosimplify procedures by
ensuring that disparities intherules applicable during thetransitional :
period areheld toaminimum .
V
23.Inview oftheabove ,theCommission feels that theduration ofthe
transitional period should liesomeviere between seven years –which
1
Cf•para *12ébove

corresponds tothetransitional periodforGreeceasregardsfreedomof
movement–andten.vcara,i.e.,themax?.nrc!aduration envisaged bythe
Commission initsgeneralconsiderations regarding thetransitional
1 Xporiod »' -.<£
D.DM1AILS(FTRAIÏSrriOML AKRAWÏEMKEPS ^
24.Daringthefirststage,Spanishmigrantworkersshouldremainsubject
tonationalprovisions regarding immigration andaccesstoenrolojrca&nxfor
foreignworkers.
AnySpanishworker )occupying apermanent job"byvirtuecftheappropriate
permitinaMemberStateeitheratthetimeofaccession orthereafter
would,however,boentitledtobenefitwithinthepcrntryconcomed from>\o'
thefullrangeofprovisions cnfreedomofmovc^tcpt;includingtheright
ofentryfordependants ,thoughhewouldnot<fcs?frofreeaccesstoemployment
inotherMemberStates.
MembersofaSpanishworker'sfamilylivingwithhimcnaregularbasis
shouldalsobeentitledtobenefi^frcm theseprovisions,subjecttoa
minimumresidenceretirement^^hreoyears.:
Fortheworkersconcerned theirfamilies,thiswouldmeanfirstly
theabolition ofanydiscrimination basedcnnationality asregards
employment ,remuneration endetherlivingandworkingconditions ;secondly,
theywoulden^b-ledtobenefitfromtheprevisionscf
CommissionReqrjj&vtion (ETC!)Fo1251/70cf2)Jure1970anregardstheright
toremain MemberStateafterhavingbeenemployed there*"'.
Theworkers andtheirchildren wouldalsobenefit frommeasures taken
pursuanttoCouncilDirective 77/436/ETXJof25July1977ontheeducation
^f^thechildrenofmigrantworhc?cr«
.25.Additionally ,inlinewiththearrangements adoptedforGreece,
thepresentMemberStatesshould,'anfromthemomentcf-accession ,#
'001X78)190 final,para.7.
OJKoL14?.,30.6.1970 .3ùJFoL199»6.8.1977.

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grantSpanishnationals thesamepriority withregardtoemployment as
nationals oftheotherMemberStateswhentheyhaverecourse toworkers
fromnon-member countries whodonotformpartoftheirnormallabour
^market^.
%
0J|5mmunitypriorityshouldbegrantedunderthetermsoftheDeclaration
oftheEuropean Economic Community tonationals ofallMemberStates
withoutdistinction .Moreover ,,boththedesirability ofavoiding the
imnecessary,administrative complications whichmightresultfromthe
adoptionof$rffering arrangements foreachofthenewMemberStates,and
thefactofvth^fc^j'asence ofPortugalSpain,andFrance,arcarguments^infavourofaasiriS&.e,uniformsotution .,, ^
••o.-fe""
26.Duringthesecond ofthetransitional period,nationals of
thecountryconcernedshouldd^f^inuetoenjoypriorityoverSpanishworkers
enteringthepresentMemberStat^'asregardsaccesstoemployment,but
therestrictions shouldberelaxedinvarious waysbyanalogywiththe
arrangements adoptedbytheoriginal Community ofsixforthefirststage
intheintroduction offreedomofmovement^jr workers•
Duringthissecondstage,freeaccesstoemployri^£formembersofthefamilyofaSpanishworkeremployedinoneofthe$fesentMemberStates
wouldremainsubjecttoaresidence requirement ofeighteen months.
27.IntheCommission'sview,thetotaldurationofthef$>j£twostages
shouldundernocircumstances exceedsevenyearsandtheprecis^^ngth
ofthefirststageshouldbedetermined laterinthelightof:
-thedateofSpain'saccession;
-theprinciple thatthearrangements forSpanishnationals mustat
notimebemorefavourable thanthoseenjoyedbynationals ofany
otherMemberState. 4?+
1Cf.Declaration oftheEEConGreekworkerstakinguppaidemployment in
thepresent MemberStates(annexedtotheFinalAct)-OJNoL291,
19.11.1979 ,p.190.
Cf.Régulation No^5/61.
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28.Asregardsthethirdstage,theCommission proposesthatthe
fundamental principle shouldbethesameasthatappliedduringthe
secondstageintheintroduction offreedomofmovement withinthe
*3original Community ,i.e.,freeaccesstotheterritory ofanother
MemberStateforthepurposeoftakingupajobvacancyregistered Hith
therelevant employment officeinthatMemberState,unlesstheMemberStat<$°
concerned hasannounced,eitheratthebeginning of,orexceptionally
during,therelevanthalf-year thatitissuspending thisrightforregions •
oroccupations suffering fpomalaboursurplusorforregionswhejwthe
socialinfrastructure wouldbeinadequate fortheassimilationoof immigrants .
Thedurationofthisstageshouldundernocircumstances ex«gj£d3years.
29.ItgoeswithoutsayingthattheSpanishauthorities willintroduce
analogousarrangements forworkersfromotherK^^erStatesandmembersof
theirfamilies ,C-
30.Finally,immediately onaccession thepresent MemberStatesand
Spainmusttakethenecessary st^pswiththeassistance oftheCommission
toensurethesatisfactoryop^&ionoftherulesadoptedforthetransitior
period,notablyasregards^jj^ority ofaccesstoemployment.Inparticular,
Spainmustbebroughtintf^theCommunitysystemforclearingvacanciesand
applications foremployment (SEDOC)assoonaspossible andatthelatest*
bythebeginning ofthesecondstage.
#/Cf.Regulation No38/64/EEC,OJNo62,17.4.19642

·*1Λ
E,CTHETRMASURES
M.I L■WWF-WWM .Il.>1ri"»
31.Allowance rmstalsobemadeforthepossibility ofsocialproblems
arisinginoneormoroHemberJ?fcatesfromtheapplication ofthoprovisions
onfreedomofmovement.Tothisend,itiseugTcctcd thatthojoint
declaration onthefreemovement ofvrorkers vMchvnsannexedtoboththe
PinalActconcerning theaccession ofGreeceonP3I!?.y1219endthe
?.PinalActofAccession of22January1972"shouldboadoptedonceagain
inconnection withtheaccession cfSnain. ^
32.Asregardstheproblemcferlctin'*agreementsrithLatin/n^Mcan
countriesandthePhilippines vMchbird£haintocrantade^^ecf
freedomofmovementforindividuals ,arolrtion v-mld,intheCommission's
view,lieintheapplication ofArticle4^(3)cfregulation (F^S)161?/6S\
whichstipulates thattheprovisions onfreedomofrw^ementshallrotaffect
theobligationscfKcaberKatesarisingoutcf^^ialrelationscr
agreementswithcertainnon~&!ropean corntrie^j^ascd onevictingorpast
institutional ties#Itfurtherbelieves tha%theCouncil'sconclusions
4regarding consultation cnmigration policies non-=2enbcr countries
constitute asuitable fremei-nrfc fcrresolving problems.
33.Asregardsthequestioncftrewsition ?,!arrangements betweenPortugal
andSpainduringtheperiodfci$jn:ingtheiraccession totheCommunity,
theCommissionfeelsthattl^^should.betacKLedlaterinthelightof
suchvieheaasmaythenhavobeenerprccccd bycnecrothercftho
countries concerned .
3Finally,,fo^^scussion ofquestionsconcerningthesocialaspectsof
Communityprovij&onsinthefieldofcooperation ,pleaseseethesection
onezterna^j^ations (applicationoftheprincipleofthe
"acquiscommunautaire ").
^6jETOL291,19.11.1979 »P.186.
2OJ¥0h73,27.3.1972 ?P.196.
30-JFoL257,19.10.1963.
^Adoptedatitsmeetingon22Ebvember1979onthebasisofthe
Communication fromtheCommission (C0?!(79)115finalcf23March1979).Α

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F»COJ»rïTJTSXOiT
35.IntheCo!^wt^.f:oion ,sview ,theproposals outlined above constitute
together abalance ?,solution *Mch r«*,+.:i.r?io3 thoneed fortransitional
arran^eneTrfcs following broadly the JJ.nen r,3those adopted for -
Grcooo „ os^*
#
 
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III.SOCIALSECURITY FORMIGRANT TOFKPTCS
Generalconsiderations
LCA
36.TheCommission considersthatSpainshouldaccepttheprinciple ofapplying
the"acquiscommmatitaire' 1initoentirety.Inotherwords,Article51
theF^GTreatyshouldbsimplcnented frcmthedateofaccession andallthe
regnlafciona deriving fromi~iebonldcr^-'Jtof~-n?,shlaw,territory and
nationals * .
Ithainotyet,b"enpossibletodrawuoadefinitivelistof^thenumerous
technical adjvifrtmcntn thatrillhavetot"»rpd.3toc.ertaii£j>rovieions end
totheannexestothoCouncilr.egulatr.rr^ontheapplication ofEocial
secixrity schemestoemployed peroonoritheirfamilies movingwithinthe
Community (E?sioRegulation ITo1403/71of14Jxn?.ef^.971 endImplementing
_v-y
Regulation Fo574/72of21March1912,la*:*,^j^dedbyRegulation (E^C)
No1517/79of16July1979)*Ther.ecessat>ntnentacannothodetermined
untilthoSpanirhrelegation hasfcruPT^?thoexpropriate information end
technical data.TheDelegation was tosupplythisinformation
immediately dur:ngthecraninatf.on ofrccendary 3eg?,sletionintheeocial
fieldthattookplacefrom5rovcrifco :?1979?r.alnlyowingtotho
structural reorganization bsjngcarriedcutinthorelevantadministrative
bodies.
37.TheCommission vr5.lltherefore havetodeleyenystatement ofposition on
thesetechnica^pattera .
However,^Kfarastheprincipleisconcerned,theredoesnotseemtohe
anyneedforatransitional period.
^nfact,thelevelofdevelopment achievedbytheSpanishsocialsecurity
'systemandthenatureofthebilateral agreements betweenSpainandthe
MemberStatesoftheCommunity cakeitpossibletoimplement Article 51of
theTreatyofEoneandCommunity legislation deriving fromthisArticlefrom ^theTreatycfEoneand
thedatecfaccesrion.

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Theproblemoffamilybenefits --
38.AsmostoftheSpanishmigrantworkersintheComrranity areemployedinPrance,
application ofthe"acamscomrrcnaTit ,aire"wouldmoanthatSpanishworkers\
would "begrantedsmallerbenefitsthanthosetheycurrently receive.-<^
Community rulesdifferaccording towhetheraworkerisemployedinPrance
orinanother FemborSta,tes
-ifaworkerisemployedinFrance,Timbersofhisfamilyrec^^Sthe
familyallowancespaidbythej3oyntry__inwhichtheyresidaj^
-*ifaworkerisemployedinomof.thootherIlember hereceives
thefamilyallowances ofthecotintryinwhichheisemployedformembers
ofhisfamilywhoresideinanotherI!enbsrState,
.0#
Inordertoremedythisunsatisfactory eitt^ion ,theCommission proposedin
1975thattheCounciladoptauniformeysj^hthatwouldentitletheworker
toreceivethefamilybenefitsof in_which he>'as^mploygd,a
solutionthathadalreadybeenadoptedbyeightofthoI!cnborSta,tcs.
Thisproposalhasnotyetbca^fedopted bytheCouncilowingtolackof
unanimity .
39.Theleveloffamilybei^itsinSpain(*^q^P?3nfoTinjj-hich_the_membeiyi_pf
ftthefamilyreside)isconsiderably lowerthanthobenefitspaidinFranco■ΕϋΓ9·<Ε!ι·ίινΓ ' **■ <■ *
(thecotmtryinwhichtheworkerisemployed).
Underab^pfcferalagreementSpanishworkersarocurrentlyentitledtoflat-rate
benefit^Srhich liesomewherebetweenthoamountpaidinPranceandthatpaid
inSpain.
Itwouldbeanunacceptable situationiftheseworkersweretofindthemselves
*^feorseofffromasocialpointofviewasaresultoftheircountry'saccession
totheCommunity .TheComnieeion therefore euggeetsthat,pendingtheadoption
ofitsproposalintroducing the"countryofer.plojment "eycteminFrance,tho-V - •
bilateral agreement concluded betweenFranceandSpainshouldboallowedto
remaininfores.
Thissolution doesnotconstitute anexception totheprinciple ofaccepting
the"acquiscommunautaire "asprovisions inthebilateral agreements thatare
moreadvantageous toworkersmayremaininforcepursuanttoAnnexIIof
Regulation Ho1408/71.

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iv.FTJPOPH:ATT_POC IAL_FTO
AO,TheSpanishDelegation hasnotexplicitly acceptedtheprincipleof ^
applyingthe"acquiscoraaunautaire "inrespectofthoESPbyaspecific
declaration onthosocialaspectnofthenegotiations .However,asit
didnotraisequestions orespressreservations duringthoexamination of
Community secondarylegislation (5-9November 7-979)itcanbesafelyassumed
thattheSpanishDelegation acceptsth?.nprinciple vithonfcreservation .
Itshouldlienoted,however,thatalthoughtheprincipleof^o^eptingthe
I"acquiscomraunautaire "onaccessiontotheCommunityisn^'indispute,
CouncilDecision (EEC)71/66of1February1971onthereformoftheESP
asamendedbyCouncilDecision (EEG)77/201of20December1977states
(Article11)thattheFundmintbereviewed byCormcilbefore
31December 19$2*
A,AlthoughtheSpanishDelegation wasr^elyexpressing anunofficial view,
itshouldbestressedthatduringtheexamination ofsecondary legislation
theDelegation announceditsintention totransmit ,induecoT\rse,alist
ofthoseregionswhich,inj.tf^^J'ew,shouldbenefitfromthehigherrate
ofintervention providedfa^§*nArticle8(3)ofCouncilDecision(E3C)77/201
of20December1$77ercr^^ngCouncilDecision(E^O)"1/66cf1February1971
^onthereformoftheESP"whenoperationsarecarriedcutinregionswhere
thereisanespecially seriousandprolonged imbalance inerplojnent"®
#f?.However,t&froisageneralproblemwhichgoesbeyondthescopeofthe
negotiators onsocialmatters.Itsteasfromthecumulativeeffectthat
theaccession ofthreenewcenberawillhaveonESPassistance .Thesethree
Stateshavecertaincharacteristics incommon,althoughtherearcconsiderable
differences betweenthen.Anewbalanceinthedistribution ofESPresources
«CTJ.:1"TT7R-J-Killhavetobefoundsothattheneedsofthe
presentMemberStates,whicharejustasrealandacuteasthoseofthe
^applicantcountries,arenotneglected.

-19-
Itwould therefore bepremattiro ,especially inview ofthegeneral debate
taking place ontheCommunity 'sbudget endtheoverall level ofits
resources ,topropose guidelines andsetspecific limits fortheESPat .cS
this stago. x<^
Asregards thewayinwhich theESPoperates ,xtshould benoted that within
thescope oftheESP *aoverall appropriation ,rrhich isbroken down bychapter
andarticle according toareas ofintervention andadopted byl^i^budgetary
authorities ,theCommission approves projects thatcomply *^t$fohe priorities
setout .initsownguidelines endpublished intheOffic^^Jmirnal ofthe
European Conrsct»itiese Theeo gnidelines rrhall togoarqd^to theeconomic
andEocial situation intheCommunity ..They shall take account ,vrith aview
toensuring theharmonious development oftheCommunity ,oftheextent ofthe
imbalances inthelabour rarket endthe econo^o capacity available for
correcting then"(Article 3aofRegulation ITo2395/71implementing the
Council Decision of1February 197- rcfom ofthoEuropean Social Fund ,
inserted byvirtue ofArticle 3.(5)ofCouncil Regulation (E*C)ITo2893/77of
20December 1977)"®
A3.Consequently ,whatever overall level oftheESPresources ,theextent
ofESPassistance gran^eJbHo Spain willdepend firstly onthecountry 'sneeds ,
itscapacity toabsorb funds anditsability toceet part ofthecosts ,end
secondly onthenature ofthoprojects undertaken ,theertent towhich they
comply with Coa^iunity rules endtheguidelines forthemanagement ofthefund
inforce wheV' Spain becomes amember ofthoCommunity .
Nevertheless work will beundertaken onestimates ofthepossible effects of
Spanish accession including theeffects inrelation totheESF,forthetrien­
nial forecasts which will bepublished later this year .This work must not ,,
^yhowever ,beallowed toprejudge theresults oftheaccession negotiations .
OJHoL337of27December 1977 ,P«3.

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V.-OTHERFIELDS COT'IITTG (Vocational training,
efprojlraaticn c.?legislation intheeooialfieldendsocial'bodiesand
institutions )
44.AlthoughtheSpanishdelegationhasnotegyetcedoe&jepecifiodeclaration
onthesocialaspectofthenegotiations ,itrhotild "benotedthat,the^
Delegation didnotexpressevjofficialorvnofficial reservations duringthe
examination ofeecondaTy legislation inforceinthefieldofsocialeffeirs
on1August1979?cer.dr.oted .iointlybjtheCc^missionendSpajali^Delegation
from5to9Fovember 1979®
This"beingso,endpendingthetechnical adjustments whichwillbedealtwith
inthecontextoftheexamination ofsecondary legislation ,theCommission
considers thatSpainhasaccepted vdthoutreservation theprinciple of
applyingthe"acrrnincomrmmantaire 11inall£lpldnconingvit.hinthescopeof
socialaffairs*.
S
Thosefieldsrelatingtofreemovement ofworkers,socialsecurityfor
migrantworkersendtheEuropean SocialFundvi.llhedealtwithseparately
(seeehove)o

. o o
' ForeignWorkersInemployment intheMemberStates,bynationality
4%, -1978-
J 1 j 1 COMMUNITYCountryofBELGIUM DENMARK GERMANY FRANCE IRELAND ITALYLUXEMBOURG NETHERLANDS !UNITED I I
eœployraent (l)(2)(1)(l)(2)(])(2)(1)(1)(2) k|N®0M
Countryof end1.1.197930.6.1978 1978 1.10.1978 15.12.1978^ T0TAL
origin.. *^1%.. –
Be1g'um I^19«O121200...77176C017COOb)7500r655C0
Denmark I700^ I5122 700..'340 1cotEOb>2coo*7;cc
Germany IloocoI5235I I24*00I..I8?ss430012*35b>|71000r]137coo
^rance I39C0°I953I*3572| -|..I5763IC000|2CCOb)l16500I116200
're'anc' I600I<5.41f}jiyI9C0I J177I*0I2COOb)452CCOrj457COO
!tely, [895C3I1074I2SSCijfivJUS£00I..I|to700|12COOb)72COOrj650OCO
•••« „;;;;
Nether1ands ,750°t0JC 3SS3C 300",SC5 70=> W50076600
UnitedKingdoa 10COO.547727656<^2400..I30S30010COO 72J00
"I –~r––l– r-–
T0TALEC .1693001440141S42S 242OOC..25915317005tCCOb)|632,000r[15SS000
...1 I.... -\>h.i––i––I–7a1" 292S°69SI92586184'500 228622o0IfSEO37000il366COOGreece «650 3"146752 4OOCI^ 5C3..tec "J^"l'««3 10000rl174000
!0rtu9a1 5600 166587?i 3CS000I t«3«100;t40010000«479000
«*■» •»»»r».. ■««. zz
í"90SaV,a 28004369506»'°0 54354 600It118 4000J437COO
Algerla [JCdå4ffo.IT<51 361000 c\..hST. '!!!!'"!!I,5K>««•"k" - ■«,«
TUn,S,a 4200 W,00004)757000»Y%L' 200.€9000
Othernon-membercountrlesl 36coo15025245734151800215925<232%Ja«92966205rl447000
_^
TOTALnon-member countries ,n,,, I.140700294761453869 14008002235351231810013543110330054246000
GRAraT0TAL 3,0030<387718692941642800223559CJ64980016F000%£6S0055C31000
1L-1 I ! 1 1 E%V'
(continued)^9

"(Table contd .)
COMMUNITY "
Notes :
Belgium ;
Denmark :
Germany :
France :
Ireland :
Italy :
Luxembourg :
Netherlands :r=corrected digure
(1)Notincluding frontier workers .
(2)Including theunemployed anddisabled ;estimates bythe
Ministry ofLabour and Employment ,
(l)Notincluding frontier workers andworkers from
Scandinavian countries .
(1)Including frontier workers .
(2)Break intheseries :thefigures inthenewseries of
Federal Labour Office statistics onemployed workaks covered
bysocial security (30June 1974onwards )areiKg^entirely
comparable tothose published uptothereferaSve date (end
December 1972 ).
(a)Commission estimates .
(l)Including frontier workers ,seasonal workers (except those
employed inagriculture )andtheunemployed .
(-2)Estimates oftheposition inOctc&er 1976 ,made bythe
Ministry ofLabour andIndustrij^M^bemocracy onthebasis of
thesurvey onforeign worker§<jSnore recent data notavailable ,
(1)Following theabolition o«work permits ,nofigures are
yetavailable forCommunity workers .
(2)Refers tothenumber ofwork permits issued in1978 •
(])Notincluding frontier workers .
(2)Annual average 5?more recent data notavailable .are
(l)Including i^Sftier workers .
United Kingdom :
COî.MÎTY :(l)Including^Belgian andGerman frontier workers .
(a)Frontier workers at....
(b)Commission estimate ofthesituation attheendof1978 .
■(c)Including 985German frontier workers at1June 1978 .
(d)£$fefers tothenumber ofvalid work permits andincludes
699forworkers employed less than 5years .
<^V*(l )Estimates relating totheactive foreign population born
outofthecountry ,made bytheDepartment ofEmployment
during the 1971 census ,more recent data notavailable .
(a)Commission estimates .
(b)Including 63I000workers born inCommonwealth countries .
^Commission estimates .
\

COMMUNITY»
COUNTRYCOUTJTRY OFORIGINOFTHEWORKERS
ur
EMPIOYMENT GRAMOTOTAL EC ITALYΝOS-KEI
ΓΠ'Γ'ΤΡïBt'H(6)|
τςSPAIN GREECE PORTUGAL TURKΕΥ YUGOSLAVIA K0RTHAFRICA(2
-JS73''Ί977 1973 1977■·.·h'77lü7d.1977 1Ϊ73-197/ 19?*--1971lr7cMb7?197¿·lb7?1978- ■Ml--l£7a 1977
Belgium 38614716(aíΜ-
ι.)v«
%.}3Ε61 4716 117 163 83103 110 130 7^912=7 93 7o 14b!
Denmark (.)(.)(.)ΙΛ- (.)ι.)(.)UÜ(.)(.)(.)(.)(.)(.)(.)(.)(.)
Germany (b)90COOyOC0373033tíαOCOti500:0e ÇIS521<22730J275 44C 733-1103 Sc13514SD3τη2EÜ2845 222 216
France (c)
(d)19355
1Z265b22756
1121168335
27?ε537
•fi3J7ö
343432
S7'ICG2Ì
«1-w-«niUjor14243
tuíu;237
ir·«Όr-iu¿c*g7ül
3¡023
L)2b
i.)3S3
547a2217
3632103
617J
ι84
•27ü
ι167
2703b7
%η »IJUil1670
12437
Ireland (3)14Ì7Γβ33leí ISS(ε)ÎM1kMl4l?¿*12^\ψ23lb 3 C 1 1'10 4s •(.)(.)
Italy (4)e(5)8«02SΒSJ113113 t23S 193 177U5 153 163 40 .41i003 1127uu
Luxembourg (4)3oes¿535:2:sΛ'5'"^L·Jvw 4S3CLI
'Ύτκ-t
Hi*tf.k,ü17\5bid 873ifi* 42-U)i.)
Netherlands (4),(7lb72*I£CSI¿/wC7*7Cc623cCScC353îS33^ts;252e 93:25¡2531S3äi1S3\270 407xs 503
United
Kinadoro (3),(823*7321Ç-.543J335521*151243ISus18AH 411 492Iti •2£ 26317 186 100\134 47•(.)(.)
GRAND (c)lwKClíes 22ÚCíjt83Cüüfla033iiûöü3füCCGf63ΐνΠI*21Stá)265~172*Ι.3αΓ4Go?35ώ"ïûbi"4|4lo4ìli22-J¡TBL*
TOTAL(<0122112116 277:2bl '3*57ΪΣ2Χ1lì7c5102GiC94Xfu
.<(.)£4733832 S 2m 27013Cil12497
)NotIncludingfrontierworkersexceptforLuxembourg.
;)InBelglumandGermany:Algerians,Moroccans andTunisians;
FranceandtheNetherlands ;Boroccans andTunisians;
UnitedKingdom:Moroccans.
J)Ireland:notincludingUnitedKingdonnationals.
UnitedKingdom:notincludingIrishnationals.
0Italy,Luxeicbcurg andtheNetherlands :Includingseasonalworkers.
0Italy:ThefiguresrelatingtoCommunityworkersdonotinclude
nationals ofthethreenewMemberStates,
i)Workersfromnon-membercountrieshavingreceivedafirstworkpermit.
7)Netherlands;includingworkersfromnon-membercountriesalreadyin
thecountryonfirstemployment .
0UnitedK1ngdom;includingworkersfromnon-membercountriesalready
inthecountry.(b)Germany:' t–
(a)BelgiumandIreland:FojJoyingtheabolitionofworkpermitsthesecountriesarenotyet
in^liofjitiontorecordnewentriesofCommunityworkers.
(b)Germany: StartingfromJanuary1973,dataconcerningplacingsofCommunity
workersisnolongeravailablefollowingchangesInthesystemof
recordingInformation tobetransmitted tothesocialsecurity
servicesandtheFederalLabourOffice,Figuresgivenincolumns"EC"
and"Italy"areConcessionestimatesbasedonsurveysonentriesof
foreignworkerspubff«tad bytheFederalStatistical Officein"Fachserie 1-
Bevolkerung undErwerbstgfrkjkeit -Re1he1.4".
(x)Germany: Nationalsofnon-memberctf&^rieswhoenteredforthefirsttimeduring
the6monthsbeforeissueoftheworkpermitorreturnedtothe
FederalRepublicafteraninterruption ofmorethan3months.
(c)Permanent workers.
(d)Seasonalworkers.
(e)Source:Maandstatistlek voorbevolking envolksgezondheid -K&ch1978and1979.
(f)Incompletefigure;seenotes(a)>(b)andsymbol(.).(x)Germany: