Individual Rights Under The Agreement
The Agreement, its Additional Protocol and Decisions of the Association Council are part of EEC law. The European Court of Justice has decided that these give specific rights to Turkish nationals and businesses which the EEC Member States are required by EEC law to respect.
Under Article 6(1) of Association Council Decision 1/80, Turkish nationals legally employed in an EEC Member State for certain periods gain rights to remain or switch employment in that state:
- a Turkish national legally employed by the same employer for one year has the right to permission from the Member State to remain in that employment;
- a Turkish national legally employed for three years in a particular area of work has the right to permission from the Member State to take employment with any employer in that area;
- a Turkish national legally employed for four years has the right to permission from the Member State to take employment with any employer.
A Turkish national who works legally as an au pair or while a student can count as a worker.
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