Europaudvalget 2015-16
Det Europæiske Råd 18-19/2-16 Bilag 3
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European Council
Brussels, 2 February 2016
(OR. en)
EUCO 9/16
NOTE
To:
Subject:
Delegations
Draft declaration of the European Commission on the Safeguard
Mechanism referred to in paragraph 2(b) of Section D of the Decision of
the Heads of State or Government, meeting within the European Council,
concerning a new settlement for the United Kingdom within the European
Union
Delegations will find attached the draft declaration of the European Commission on the Safeguard
Mechanism referred to in paragraph 2(b) of Section D of the Decision of the Heads of State or
Government, meeting within the European Council, concerning a new settlement for the United
Kingdom within the European Union.
EUCO 9/16
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EN
 Det Europæiske Råd den 18.-19. februar 2016 - Bilag 3: Brev fra formanden for Det Europæiske Råd og udkast til den pakke, som skal danne grundlag for en aftale om genforhandlingen af Storbritanniens forhold til EU
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DRAFT
DECLARATION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION
on the Safeguard Mechanism
referred to in paragraph 2(b) of Section D
of the Decision of the Heads of State or Government, meeting within the European Council,
concerning a new settlement for the United Kingdom within the European Union
With reference to paragraph 2(b) of Section D of the Decision of the Heads of State or Government,
meeting within the European Council, concerning a new settlement for the United Kingdom within
the European Union, the European Commission will table a proposal to amend Regulation 492/2011
on freedom of movement for workers within the Union to provide for a safeguard mechanism with
the understanding that it can and will be used and therefore will act as a solution to the United
Kingdom's concerns about the exceptional inflow of workers from elsewhere in the European Union
that it has seen over the last years.
The European Commission considers that the kind of information provided to it by the United
Kingdom shows the type of exceptional situation that the proposed safeguard mechanism is
intended to cover exists in the United Kingdom today. Accordingly, the United Kingdom would be
justified in triggering the mechanism in the full expectation of obtaining approval.
EUCO 9/16
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EN