Chapter IV, Article 16 · Regulation (EU) 2026/1047

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Article 16Search and matching#

1.Participating employers and other participating entities may search for profiles of registered jobseekers from third countries and match them with job vacancies available on the IT Platform.

2.Participating employers and other participating entities may use specific filters available on the IT Platform to search for profiles of registered jobseekers from third countries who have provided information in the Flag referred to in Article 12(2) indicating that they 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.

3.Participating employers and other participating entities may access a list of suggested profiles of registered jobseekers from third countries, generated by the automatic matching tool and based on the relevance of the skills, competences, qualifications, work experience and availability for the job vacancy of registered jobseekers from third countries.

4.Registered jobseekers from third countries may search for job vacancies on the IT Platform and access a list of suggested relevant job vacancies generated by the automated matching tool.

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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;