EU-Oplysningen

Free movement of labour

Agreement concerning access to the Danish labour marked for workers from the new EU member states.

On 2 December 2003 the government (the Liberal Party and the Conservative Party) and a majority of political parties in the Folketing (the Social Democrats, the Socialist People's Party, the Social Liberal Party and the Christian Democrats) agreed on a Danish agreement on the EU enlargement (the transitional scheme) for workers from the eight Eastern European EU countries.

The agreement was prolonged and revised on 5 April 2006. With the revision of the agreement Denmark continues to have a transitional scheme, but it will become easier to employ workers from the eight Eastern European EU countries. The transitional scheme runs until 1 May 2009, and the aim is gradually to phase out the scheme.  

Further information

  • Link to the revised agreement.
  • Link to an overview of the revised agreement.
  • Link to the Danish Ministry of Employment.

Sidst opdateret: 17-07-2008

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