Chapter III, Article 13 · Directive (EU) 2024/1233

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Article 13Monitoring, assessment, inspections and penalties#

1.Member States shall provide for measures to prevent possible abuses and to sanction infringements by employers of national provisions on equal treatment adopted pursuant to Article 12. Measures shall include monitoring, assessment and, where appropriate, inspections, particularly in sectors identified as being at high risk of violations of labour rights, in accordance with national law or administrative practice.

2.Member States shall provide for penalties against employers who have not fulfilled their obligations under this Directive. Those penalties shall be effective, proportionate and dissuasive.

3.Member States shall ensure that services in charge of the inspection of labour or other competent authorities and, where provided for under national law for nationals of the Member State, organisations representing workers’ interests have access to the workplace. Where accommodation is provided by the employer and where provided for under national law for nationals of the Member State, access to the workplace shall include access to that accommodation provided that the third-country worker consents to such access.

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single application procedure
means any procedure leading, on the basis of a single application made by a third-country national, or by the employer of that third-country national, for the authorisation of residence and work in the territory of a Member State, to a decision ruling on that application for the single permit.
single permit
means a residence permit issued by the authorities of a Member State allowing a third-country national to reside legally in its territory for the purpose of work;
third-country national
means a person who is not a citizen of the Union within the meaning of Article 20(1) TFEU;
third-country worker
means a third-country national who has been admitted to the territory of a Member State and who is legally residing and is allowed to work in the context of an employment relationship in that Member State in accordance with national law, collective agreements or practice;