{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2016-716/introduction",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2016-716/introduction.json",
  "legislation": "eudn/2016/716",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/716 of 11 May 2016 repealing Implementing Decision 2012/733/EU implementing Regulation (EU) No 492/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the clearance of vacancies and applications for employment and the re-establishment of EURES (notified under document C(2016) 2772) (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2016-716",
  "path": "introduction",
  "kind": "introduction",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/716\nof 11 May 2016\nrepealing Implementing Decision 2012/733/EU implementing Regulation (EU) No 492/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the clearance of vacancies and applications for employment and the re-establishment of EURES\n(notified under document C(2016) 2772)\n(Text with EEA relevance)\nTHE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,\nHaving regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,\nHaving regard to Regulation (EU) No 492/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2011 on freedom of movement for workers within the Union, and in particular Article 38 thereof,\nWhereas:\n(1)\nRegulation (EU) 2016/589 of the European Parliament and of the Council replaces the regulatory framework on EURES as set out in Chapter II of Regulation (EU) No 492/2011.\n(2)\nCommission Implementing Decision 2012/733/EU lays down detailed rules on the functioning of the European Network of Employment Services (‘EURES Network’, in particular as regards the clearance of vacancies and applications for employment.\n(3)\nRegulation (EU) 2016/589 lays down new rules on the clearance of vacancies and applications for employment and re-establishes the EURES network by integrating all the aspects covered by Implementing Decision 2012/733/EU.\n(4)\nImplementing Decision 2012/733/EU should therefore, for reasons of legal certainty and clarity, be repealed at the latest at the date that Regulation (EU) 2016/589 enters into force,\nHAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ L 141, 27.5.2011, p. 1."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Regulation (EU) 2016/589 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 April 2016 on a European network of employment services (EURES), workers' access to mobility services and the further integration of labour markets, and amending Regulations (EU) No 492/2011 and (EU) No 1296/2013 (OJ L 107, 22.4.2016, p. 1)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "Commission Implementing Decision 2012/733/EU of 26 November 2012 implementing Regulation (EU) No 492/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the clearance of vacancies and applications for employment and the re-establishment of EURES (OJ L 328, 28.11.2012, p. 21)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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