54 submissions from 54 organizations told the European Commission what they think about this file. Here is what each of them said, in their own words.
The Commission lists 71 submissions on this file. Shown here: the 54 from organizations. Not shown, by design: submissions from private individuals, which we never publish, and anything filed since our last weekly refresh.
Who showed up
19 submissions from industry — companies and their trade associations — against 25 from civil society: NGOs, consumer organizations, environmental groups and trade unions.
Industry 19Civil society 25Public authorities, academia, other 10
Groupings use the respondent type each organization selected when filing. Counting submissions, not organizations — a body that filed twice is counted twice.
What the room declares
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full-time lobbying staff
€15.4M+
declared costs a year
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EP accreditations declared
Self-declared to the EU Transparency Register (snapshot 30 Aug 2026). The cost figure sums band floors, so the true total is higher.
The file, right now
The consultation closed on 2 Feb 2026 — it ran from 5 Jan 2026.
Policy area
Employment (DG EMPL)
Where it stands
In planning
Adoption expected
30 Sept 2026 · in 31 days
How it got here
Call for evidence2 Feb 2026
Also on the Commission’s pipeline for this file, with no date recorded: Initiative planned, Communication.
The initiative will help make the single market more competitive and fair, benefiting individuals and workers on the move, companies and public authorities. It will: modernise, simplify and digitalise social security coordination and labour mobility make qualifications and skills more transferable in support of free movement improve enforcement by strengthening the European Labour Authority to bring legal clarity to…
Filed in Italian · English published by the European Commission
EC Consultation on cross-border labour mobility The Association of European Border Regions (AEBR) counts some 100 members from the European Union and its neighbouring countries representing (cross-) border regions. The EC Consultation refers to cross-border mobility in a broad sense (across borders). What is true for mobility across Europe, is even more relevant for cross-border regions along shared borders.
Lo is basically in favour of proposals on fair labour mobility. Freedom of movement is important but it has also enabled cross-border labour criminality through, inter alia, the use of letterbox companies, tax evasion, social security fraud and the exploitation of workers posted between EU countries and from third countries.
Filed in Swedish · English published by the European Commission
PICUMs membership and expertise focuses on migrant workers in precarious and/ or irregular employment. PICUM members provide migrant workers with essential services including information, counselling, casework, legal advice, training, mediation and holistic supports to address peoples needs, as well as spaces for peer-to-peer support and organising.
The ETF welcomes the European Commissions plan to publish a Fair Labour Mobility Package and the opportunity to contribute to shaping it. Mobile and non-EU workers are essential to the fabric of the internal market and ETF values very much the mobility offered by the internal market, however it only works if protections and enforcement also extend across the market.
Deutsche Sozialversicherung (DSV) welcomes the announced Fair Labour Mobility Package and the initiatives contained therein, in particular a proposal for a European Social Security Pass (ESSPASS) and a stronger mandate for the European Labour Authority. Cross-border labour mobility on fair terms is a key building block of the European social model.
Filed in German · English published by the European Commission
Europeans for Fair Competition (E4FC) is a coalition of European airlines and unions representing airline employees fighting for fair competition and high social standards with the objective of safeguarding European aviation, European jobs, and sustaining connectivity for Europes citizens.
The main points of assessment of the National Federation of Public Works (FNTP): — On ESSPASS The FNTP supports the European Social Security Pass project, provided that it strengthens controls in the host country, facilitates real-time cross-border data exchange and secures existing procedures against fraud. The FNTP also calls for the social partners to be closely involved in the evaluation of the project.
Filed in French · English published by the European Commission
iIt s important that this Package is a strategic enabler of mobility in Europe and that it constitutes a genuine approach to simplification of the rules and procedures with the aim of promoting and facilitating mobility. This is particularly important in terms of the role that mobility can play in helping to overcome persistent labour and skills shortages, while preserving fair competition.
CLECAT welcomes the opportunity to provide feedback on the call for evidence on the Fair Labour Mobility Package. CLECAT is the European Association for Forwarding, Transport, Logistics and Customs Services, representing 25 national freight forwarding and logistics associations across the European Union and beyond.
As the European Cleaning and Facility Services Industry (EFCI), the recognised employers organisation and Social Partner for the cleaning industry sector, we call for the creation of a Central EU Police Vetting System to simplify and accelerate cross-border hiring while ensuring trust, safety, and fairness.
The DSLV Bundesverband Spedition und Logistik e. V. welcomes that the European Commission emphasizes the importance of free movement and service provision in the single market, which are crucial for the logistics sector's cross-border operations and supply chain efficiency.
The European Representation of French Social Security Institutions (Reif) welcomes the fact that the Commission is addressing the issues of mobility of individuals and citizens through this future Just Mobility Package, which it hopes will be ambitious.
Filed in French · English published by the European Commission
HOPE welcomes the Commissions commitment to enhance labour mobility. However, there are already a wide range of tools in place at EU-level, to build on in an appropriate way, with full respect for the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality. In this context, voluntary adoption, real-world testing with employers, and interoperability with national systems must guide all EU-level initiatives.
The Austrian Social Insurance welcomes the European Commissions initiative aimed at strengthening labour mobility across Europe. We fully support its commitment to a further modernisation, digitalisation and simplification of social security coordination, where appropriate. However, we would like to emphasise that EU social security coordination policy can already draw on a strong and well-established system.
The European Cockpit Association, as a representative body of European pilot associations, welcomes the European Commissions initiative in the framework of the Fair Labour Mobility package. The European Labour Authority, as an organisation that oversees cross-border mobility, has proved efficient for highly mobile workers such as aircrew.
We welcome the European Commissions initiative on a Fair Labour Mobility Package. Strengthening fair mobility is particularly relevant for border regions, where the practical functioning of EU rules directly affects workers livelihoods and employers ability to operate across borders.
The Office of the Austrian Federal Chamber of Labour (BAK) would like to contribute to the call for evidence with the following contribution: (1) Proposal for a European Social Security Pass The objectives of the European Social Security Card, namely to facilitate the mobility of workers, to facilitate the work of authorities and businesses and to reduce fraud and errors in the issuing of documents, are supported by…
Filed in German · English published by the European Commission
As part of the fair labour mobility package, more specifically in view of the revision of the mandate of the European Labour Authority (ELA), the French authorities propose to: 1. Prioritise Laet missions on strategic actions in response to priority needs. 2. Strengthen cooperation and make full use of the potential of joint and concerted inspections. 3.
Filed in French · English published by the European Commission
The Fair Labour Mobility Package should be a package for improving working conditions and enhancing enforcement, not a package for deregulation. The Commissions own Call for Evidence identifies the right points, notably long subcontracting chains in high-risk sectors, rising numbers of posted TCNs and enforcement gaps.
Finance Denmark/Employer thanks the Commission for the opportunity to provide input to its work on the Fair Labour Mobility Package. We acknowledge the need to strengthen free movement and create smoother frameworks for businesses and workers, while ensuring fair competition and legal certainty.
The objective of competitiveness and cutting red tape must finally also be pursued consistently in the area of EU labour mobility. The European Commission’s proposals so far are too succinct. A targeted labour market omnibus package is needed to reduce existing burdens and strengthen the framework conditions for cross-border mobility in the Single Market.
Filed in German · English published by the European Commission
Salar response to call for evidence on Fair mobility package - Nota Bene our full response, see PDF enclosed! The Swedish Association of Local Authorities and Regions - SALAR would hereby like to contribute with input to the Commisions call for evidence on the upcoming labour mobility package. On a general level, SALAR welcome the Commissions commitment to enhance labour mobility.
The free movement of people, knowledge, and expertise is a core component of an effective and attractive European Research Area (ERA). It is vital that research professionals are provided with opportunities for mobility in an equitable and inclusive manner as a means of gaining expertise, experience, and new skills. Done effectively, this can boost the quality and impact of research across the ERA.
The Danish Trade Union Confederation (Fagbevægelsens Hovedorganisation) welcomes the Commission initiative to present a Fair Labour Mobility Package. We strongly support the planned proposals for a European Social Security Pass and the revision of the European Labour Authority as well as any other initiative to ensure fair labour mobility and fair competition.
While this is a strong and welcome proposal, it appears to lack a clear framework for preventing double taxation. This is particularly important for cross-border workers, as the absence or insufficiency of double taxation treaties can create significant financial and administrative barriers.
Pearle* Live Performance Europe, the European federation representing performing arts organisations, and a recognised sectoral social partner, welcomes the opportunity to provide input on the future Fair Labour Mobility Package through this Call for Evidence.
The European Cabin Crew Association (EurECCA) welcomes the European Commissions initiative on a Fair Labour Mobility Package and recognises its ambition to revitalise one of the most fragile freedoms of the Single Market: the free movement of workers. For cabin crew, labour mobility is neither an abstract principle nor an occasional experience but a structural condition of employment.
The Single Market relies on fair labour mobility, including effective enforcement, equal treatment, even competition and workers protection. Around 14 million EU nationals work in a Member State other than their own, alongside a growing non-EU workforce. In 2023, Third Country Nationals (TCNs) made up ca.
Danish Construction Unions (Danske Byggefag) welcomes the Commission initiative to present a Fair Labour Mobility Package. We strongly support the planned proposals for a European Social Security Pass and the revision of the European Labour Authority as well as any other initiative to ensure fair labour mobility and fair competition.
The European Federation for Services to Individuals (EFSI) welcomes the opportunity to contribute to the European Commissions call for evidence on the Fair Labour Mobility Package. Please find EFSI's position attached.
The European Federation of Geologists (EFG) welcomes the European Commissions Fair Labour Mobility Package as a forward-looking initiative aimed at reducing barriers to the free movement of workers within the EU Single Market while strengthening social protection and ensuring fair working conditions for mobile workers.
Confebus takes note of the Fair Labour Mobility Package that the European Commission wants to put in place. As evidenced by the Political Guidelines and President von der Leyen’s mission letter to Employment Commissioner Mînzatu, a skills portability initiative needs to be addressed to address barriers to labour mobility related to skills and qualifications.
Filed in Spanish · English published by the European Commission
ERGO Network welcomes the European Commissions initiative on fair labour mobility, but stresses that, for Roma and other racialised and impoverished workers, mobility too often doesn't mean opportunity, but exposure to discrimination, exploitation, and severe rights violations.
Confederation of Swedish Enterprise submits the following initial feedback and intends to return with more detailed comments when more is known about the package. ESSPASS The Confederation of Swedish Enterprise is generally positive to modernizing and simplifying the rules for free movement within the EU.
We warmly welcome this opportunity to contribute to the public consultation on the Fair Labour Mobility Package. Through this consultation we would like to support the European Commissions commitment to foster a labour market that is fair, inclusive, and resilient. One that protects all workers, regardless of nationality, and ensures a level playing field for businesses across the EU.
Companies cannot prosper and grow in Europe and internationally without a competitive business environment, which is dependent on improving competitiveness and productivity as well as investments in innovation and skilled workforce.
3F, the United Federation of Workers in Denmark, warmly welcomes the opportunity to contribute to the public consultation on the Fair Labour Mobility Package. As Denmarks largest trade union representing more than 260.000 skilled and unskilled workers in private construction, transportation, agriculture, services, industrial matters and public services, 3F experiences the challenges of unfair labour mobility…
Since 2020, when the meat sector became a vector for the spread of Covid-19 due to the poor working and living conditions faced by meat workers exploited in subcontracting chains and by un-scrupulous labour intermediaries, EFFAT has called for a binding EU legal framework on subcon-tracting and labour intermediation.
Labour migration must not lead to exploitation Social Progress with EU-wide Fair Labour Mobility counselling structure IndustriAll European Trade Union very much welcome the Commissions initiative for a Fair Labour Mobility Package. We think this proposal will be very important to address the shortcomings in the internal market that undermine workers rights.
Mifundo highlights that while EU labour mobility is a legal right, it is hindered by fragmented credit data systems that prevent financial histories from following citizens across borders. Approximately 45 million Europeans, including 14 million EU citizens living and working in other Member States, face systemic disadvantages, including higher costs or exclusion from essential services and credit, because lenders…
For highly mobile sectors such as transport and logistics, EU action on labour mobility can deliver tangible added value if it prioritises simplification, digitalisation and consistent enforcement of existing rules. Transport and Logistics Netherlands (TLN) supports the objectives of the Fair Labour Mobility Package.
The Netherlands welcomes the Fair Labour Mobility Package and looks forward to its publication. More action is needed at EU-level to promote fair labour mobility within the EU and to foster fair competition. In his report, Letta also stressed that more could be done to prevent the evasion of existing labour standards in order to gain a competitive advantage over bona fide companies.
Worker mobility is a key lever for completing the Single Market and strengthening the competitiveness of the European Union. This is why the French Confederation of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises (CPME) regrets that the free movement of workers, despite being enshrined at the core of the Treaties, has not yet become a fully effective reality.
The City of Rotterdam welcomes the Commissions initiative for a Fair Labour Mobility Package that strengthens the internal market while ensuring fair and equal labour conditions. In our experience, effective enforcement and consistent application of existing EU rules are essential to achieving these objectives.
With this position paper, the Confederation of European Security Services (CoESS) responds to the public consultation on the EU Fair Mobility Package. We believe that these initiatives must maintain legal certainty and guarantee respect of the private security services sectors exemption from Directive 2006/123/EC and Member States competency in the regulation of authorisations, training and qualification in private…
European border regions particularly benefit from the freedom to provide services enshrined in the European single market. Around 2.3 million people commute to work across a (internal) border in the European Union, while around 100.000 people (2024 figures) are on the rise in the Upper Rhine.
Filed in German · English published by the European Commission
ver.di associates the Fair Labour Mobility Package with the expectation that it will address the existing shortcomings in the Single Market and consistently focus on fair labour mobility, good work and a level playing field.
Filed in German · English published by the European Commission
The CFDT welcomes the Commission’s initiative to present a legislative package on fair labour mobility. Mobile and migrant workers in the European economy and there is an urgent need to address persistent flaws in the internal market, which undermine the rights of its vulnerable workers and fuel unfair competition.
Filed in French · English published by the European Commission
The CGT welcomes the Commission’s intention to present a fair labour mobility package. While freedom of movement for workers within the EU is an essential freedom, ‘it entails the abolition of any discrimination based on nationality between workers of the Member States as regards employment, remuneration and other conditions of work and employment’ (Article 45 (2) TFEU).
Filed in French · English published by the European Commission
Die IG BAU begrüßt die Initiative der Europäischen Kommission für ein Paket für faire Arbeitskräftemobilität. Als IG BAU müssen wir im Zusammenhang mit mobilen Beschäftigten immer wieder die Verletzung von Arbeitsrechten durch Arbeitgeber feststellen. Unter anderem werden Mindestlöhne häufig nicht eingehalten oder Menschen werden rechtswidrig ohne Sozialversicherungsschutz beschäftigt.
The DGB strongly welcomes the Commissions intention to present a Fair Labour Mobility Package. This initiative is crucial to address persistent shortcomings in the internal market that undermine workers rights and fair competition.
The European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) welcomes the Commissions intention to present a Fair Labour Mobility Package. This is crucial to address persistent challenges that undermine workers rights, fair competition and social progress.
In principle, the ABS welcomes the European Commission’s initiative to make labour mobility in the European Union fairer. In the consultation’s exploratory document, the European Commission refers to the proposal for a European social security card.
Filed in German · English published by the European Commission
Method. Every quote is verbatim from the organization’s own submission to the European Commission, trimmed to its opening passage and never summarized by a model. Where a submission was filed in another EU language we show the English text the European Commission publishes alongside it, labeled on the quote; the original is one click away at the source. Groupings use the respondent type the organization itself selected when filing. We deliberately do not label anyone “supportive” or “opposed” — you read what they wrote and draw your own conclusion. Organizations only, never individuals. Reused under Commission Decision 2011/833/EU; the European Commission is not liable for this reuse.
