Free movement for workers and their families: movement and residence within the Community

At first reading under codecision procedure, the European Parliament adopted the report by Marie-Thérèse Hermange (FR,UPE), which approves the Commission proposal for a European Parliament and Council directive amending directive 68/360/EEC on the abolition of restrictions on movement and residence within the Community for workers of Member States and their families, subject to amendments in the following areas: - adding atypical employment to the activities which nationals of one Member State may leave their territory to pursue in another Member State; - with regard to the 3 consecutive years' residence period which must be fulfilled in order for non-EU members of a Community worker's family involved in divorce to be entitled to the right of residence in a Member State, providing that absences of no more than 6 consecutive months shall not constitute an interruption of this period if they are for family reasons or for training (as well as for completion of military service, health reasons or maternity, as proposed by the Commission); - making the same provision with regard to the validity of residence permits.�