# 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 (Text with EEA relevance) (revoked) EU Regulation 2016/589 ยท adopted 13 April 2016 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 (Text with EEA relevance) ## Introductory 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 (Text with EEA relevance) (revoked) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter I: GENERAL PROVISIONS ## 1 Subject matter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Scope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Accessibility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter II: RE-ESTABLISHMENT OF THE EURES NETWORK ## 5 Re-establishment of the EURES network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 Objectives of the EURES network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 Composition of the EURES network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 Responsibilities of the European Coordination Office . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 Responsibilities of the NCOs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10 Appointment of PES as EURES Members . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11 Admission as EURES Members (other than PES) and as EURES Partners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 12 Responsibilities of the EURES Members and Partners . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 13 Joint responsibilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 14 Coordination Group . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 15 Common identity and the trade mark . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 16 Cooperation and other measures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter III: COMMON IT PLATFORM ## 17 Organisation of the common IT platform . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 18 Access at national level to the common IT platform . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 19 Automated matching through the common IT platform . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 20 Facilitated access mechanism for workers and employers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter IV: SUPPORT SERVICES ## 21 Principles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 22 Access to basic information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 23 Support services for workers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 24 Support services for employers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 25 Post-recruitment assistance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 26 Facilitated access to information on taxation, issues relating to work contracts, pension entitlement, health insurance, social security and active labour market measures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 27 Support services in cross-border regions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 28 Access to active labour market measures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter V: EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION AND PROGRAMMING CYCLE ## 29 Exchange of information on flows and patterns . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 30 Exchange of information between Member States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 31 Programming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 32 Data collection and analysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 33 Reports on EURES activity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter VI: FINAL PROVISIONS ## 34 Protection of personal data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 35 Ex post evaluation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 36 Exercise of the delegation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 37 Committee procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 38 Amendments to Regulation (EU) No 1296/2013 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 39 Amendments to Regulation (EU) No 492/2011 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 40 Transitional provisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 41 Entry into force . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Signature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex I: Minimum common criteria ## Section 1 SERVICE DELIVERY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Section 2 PARTICIPATION IN THE EURES NETWORK . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 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