{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2014-66/article-8",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2014-66/article-8.json",
  "legislation": "eudr/2014/66",
  "legislation_title": "Directive 2014/66/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 May 2014 on the conditions of entry and residence of third-country nationals in the framework of an intra-corporate transfer",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2014-66",
  "path": "article/8",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Withdrawal or non-renewal of the intra-corporate transferee permit",
  "text": "1. Member States shall withdraw an intra-corporate transferee permit in any of the following cases:\n(a) where it was fraudulently acquired, or falsified, or tampered with;\n(b) where the intra-corporate transferee is residing in the Member State concerned for purposes other than those for which he or she was authorised to reside;\n(c) where the host entity was established for the main purpose of facilitating the entry of intra-corporate transferees.\n2. Member States shall, if appropriate, withdraw an intra-corporate transferee permit where the employer or the host entity has been sanctioned in accordance with national law for undeclared work and/or illegal employment.\n3. Member States shall refuse to renew an intra-corporate transferee permit in any of the following cases:\n(a) where it was fraudulently acquired, or falsified, or tampered with;\n(b) where the intra-corporate transferee is residing in the Member State concerned for purposes other than those for which he or she was authorised to reside;\n(c) where the host entity was established for the main purpose of facilitating the entry of intra-corporate transferees;\n(d) where the maximum duration of stay as defined in Article 12(1) has been reached.\n4. Member States shall, if appropriate, refuse to renew an intra-corporate transferee permit where the employer or the host entity has been sanctioned in accordance with national law for undeclared work and/or illegal employment.\n5. Member States may withdraw or refuse to renew an intra-corporate transferee permit in any of the following cases:\n(a) where Article 5 is not or is no longer complied with;\n(b) where the employer or the host entity has failed to meet its legal obligations regarding social security, taxation, labour rights or working conditions;\n(c) where the employer's or the host entity's business is being or has been wound up under national insolvency laws or if no economic activity is taking place;\n(d) where the intra-corporate transferee has not complied with the mobility rules set out in Articles 21 and 22.\n6. Without prejudice to paragraphs 1 and 3, any decision to withdraw or to refuse to renew an intra-corporate transferee permit shall take account of the specific circumstances of the case and respect the principle of proportionality.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2014/66/article/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:21:43.005447+00:00"
  },
  "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."
}