Chapter I, Article 1 · Regulation (EU) 2026/1047

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1.This Regulation establishes an EU Talent Pool, available to all Member States, in order to:

(a)facilitate the recruitment of jobseekers from third countries who reside outside the Union and have the relevant skills and level of qualifications to fill shortage occupations in the Union;

(b)promote fair recruitment standards;

(c)enhance the Union’s ability to attract talent from outside the Union.

2.This Regulation lays down rules on:

(a)the authorities responsible for the management and functioning of the EU Talent Pool and the cooperation between such authorities;

(b)the functioning of the IT Platform and the provision of information;

(c)the conditions and procedures for participation in the EU Talent Pool of jobseekers from third countries, and employers and other entities;

(d)the facilitation of the recruitment of jobseekers from third countries who have benefitted from specific support within the framework of a Talent Partnership, a bilateral arrangement or a national framework on the development and validation of skills in a third country;

(e)the protection of the rights of jobseekers and participating employers and other participating entities for the purposes of this Regulation.

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job vacancy
means a paid position which would allow the jobseeker from a third country who has been selected to enter into an employment relationship in the participating Member State where the participating employer or the other participating entity is established and where the jobseeker from a third country will habitually work.
jobseeker from a third country
means a natural person residing outside the Union who, under the national law or practice of the relevant participating Member State, has reached the age of majority and who is not a citizen of the Union within the meaning of Article 20(1) TFEU and who is seeking employment in the Union;
other participating entity
means a temporary work agency, private employment agency or a labour market intermediary whose job vacancies are available on the IT Platform as transmitted by the National Contact Point of the Member State where the other participating entity is lawfully established;
participating employer
means an employer who is lawfully established in a participating Member State and whose job vacancies are available on the IT Platform as transmitted by the National Contact Point of the Member State where the employer is established;
participating Member State
means a Member State participating in the EU Talent Pool;
profile
means the information provided by a jobseeker from a third country in a standard data format for the purpose of seeking employment through the IT Platform;
registered jobseeker from a third country
means a jobseeker from a third country who has registered on the IT Platform in accordance with Article 11;
single coordinated channel
means the IT service for the transmission of job vacancies from the participating Member States to the IT Platform in accordance with a uniform system and using the necessary technical infrastructure;