'Blue Card Directive'

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Proposal COM (2007) 637, 23 Oct. 2007
Legal base Articles 63(3)(a) and (4) EC
Flexibility UK and Ireland unknown; Denmark automatically excluded; new Member States would be covered immediately
EP Klamt report adopted by committee (A6-0432/2008); plenary vote 19 Nov. 2008
Council debate at 8-9 Nov. 2007 JHA Council; working group discussions started in Jan. 2008; discussed at July 2008 JHA Council; discussed and agreed at Sep. 2008 JHA Council; adopted by Agriculture Council, 25 May 2009; Directive 2009/50/EC
Deadline for implementation 19 June 2011 (Art. 23(1))

 

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