Press Release: Posting of workers from the new Member States: the Commission calls on the Netherlands to put an end to unjustified restrictions

The Commission has decided to issue a formal request - in the form of a reasoned opinion - to the Dutch authorities to revise the rules in force concerning the posting on Dutch territory of workers from certain new Member States in the framework of the provision of services. The Dutch authorities have not responded to the Commission's supplementary letter of formal notice of July 2006, calling for Dutch legislation to take the reasoned opinion of July 2005 (see IP/05/1014) into account in the course of the procedure. If the Netherlands does not provide a satisfactory response within two months of receiving the letter, the Commission may decide to bring it before the Court of Justice.