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At a Glance
The situation
Following the implementation of the Single Permit Directive in Belgium in January 2019, the Belgian authorities are adopting legislation to implement other EU legal migration Directives. Additionally, the authorities are implementing regional related variations in economic migration. This alert covers the status of the implementation of EU Directives and the key regional differences in economic migration policies.
Status of implementation of EU Directives
Since September 1, 2019, the following changes with respect to EU Directives are applicable in Belgium:
The following EU Directives are yet to be implemented in Belgium:
Regional migration policy differences
Looking ahead
The executive cooperation agreement and regional legislation adopting rules for implementation of the EU Students and Researchers Directive and EU Intracompany Transfer Directive are published. However, additional federal legislation is required to implement these schemes. In light of current situation of the federal government, the publication of this legislation may be postponed to a later date in 2019. There will be limited variations between the regions in their implementation of these EU Directives.
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