Roadmaps & Factsheets on Recognition of Qualifications

Practical Documents Boosting Cross-border Mobility by Facilitating the Recognition of Qualifications Procedures regarding the recognition of qualifications for regulated professions can be challenging. It can be difficult to identify the right competent authority and it may be necessary to submit extensive documentation. Due to their complexity, recognition procedures have often been accused of lacking transparency, […]

Cross-Border Impact Assessment 2016: Dossier 10: Belgian toll system for lorries

Cross-border Assessment 2016 Dossier 10: Belgian toll system for lorries The entire dossier is available here in Dutch and English. Cross-border Impact Assessment 2016: Dossier 10 Grenseffectenrapportage 2016: Dossier 10   The Belgian toll system for lorries Introduction The Flemish Region, the Walloon Region, and the Brussels-Capital Region have committed themselves to introducing a distance-based […]

Cross-Border Impact Assessment 2016: Dossier 9: Cross-border train travel

Cross-border Assessment 2016 Dossier 9: Cross-border train travel The entire dossier is available here in Dutch and English. Cross-border Impact Assessment 2016: Dossier 9 Grenseffectenrapportage 2016: Dossier 9   Cross-border train travel – Fourth Rail Package It can be characterized as extremely contradictory that just at the moment that European integration was getting off the […]

Cross-Border Impact Assessment 2016: Dossier 8: Cross-border employment services

Cross-border Assessment 2016 Dossier 8: Cross-border employment services The entire dossier is available here in Dutch and English. Cross-border Impact Assessment 2016: Dossier 8 Grenseffectenrapportage 2016: Dossier 8   Cross-border employment services: Effects of mandate and capacities of the Dutch UWV (employee insurance agency) Cross-border employment mediation for job-seekers and cross-border services for employers are […]

Cross-Border Impact Assessment 2016: Dossier 7: Retirement ages

Cross-border Assessment 2016 Dossier 7: Retirement ages The entire dossier is available here in Dutch and English. Cross-border Impact Assessment 2016: Dossier 7 Grenseffectenrapportage 2016: Dossier 7   Flexibilization of the Old-Age Pension Commencement Date Act In mid-February 2016, member of the Lower House of Parliament Norbert Klein submitted a legislative proposal to amend the […]

Cross-Border Impact Assessment 2016: Dossier 6: Posting of workers Directive

Cross-border Assessment 2016 Dossier 6: Posting of workers Directive The entire dossier is available here in Dutch and English. Cross-border Impact Assessment 2016: Dossier 6 Grenseffectenrapportage 2016: Dossier 6   Proposal for a directive amending Directive 96/71/EC (COM(2016) 128 def) Introduction Cross-border posting of workers is a phenomenon that appears to be happening more and […]

Cross-Border Impact Assessment 2016: Dossier 5: Qualifying foreign tax obligation

Cross-border Assessment 2016 Dossier 5: Qualifying foreign tax obligation The entire dossier is available here in Dutch and English. Cross-border Impact Assessment 2016: Dossier 5 Grenseffectenrapportage 2016: Dossier 5   The qualifying foreign tax obligation of section 7.8, Income Tax Act, and EU law Introduction On 1 January 2015, the optional scheme of section 2.5, […]

Cross-Border Impact Assessment 2016: Dossier 4: Social security

Cross-border Assessment 2016 Dossier 4: Social security The entire dossier is available here in Dutch and English. Cross-border Impact Assessment 2016: Dossier 4 Grenseffectenrapportage 2016: Dossier 4   Social security: illness and disability Introduction Any person working in the Netherlands and who becomes sick or occupationally disabled then falls under the Dutch systems for illness […]

Cross-Border Impact Assessment 2016: Dossier 3: INTERREG programmes

Cross-border Assessment 2016 Dossier 3: INTERREG programmes The entire dossier is available here in Dutch and English. Cross-border Impact Assessment 2016: Dossier 3 Grenseffectenrapportage 2016: Dossier 3   Cross-border cooperation Investigation of INTERREG programmes on the Dutch border Introduction In 2015, the European Union’s INTERREG programme[1] celebrated its 25th anniversary. INTERREG, the funding programme for […]

Cross-Border Impact Assessment 2016: Dossier 2: Recognition of professional qualifications

Cross-border Assessment 2016 Dossier 2: Recognition of professional qualifications The entire dossier is available here in Dutch and English. Cross-border Impact Assessment 2016: Dossier 2 Grenseffectenrapportage 2016: Dossier 2   Recognition of professional qualifications The Directive The recognition of professional qualifications has been one of the capacities of Europe ever since the early days of […]