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Blue Card Directive (recast) In force since 18 November 2023

Directive (EU) 2021/1883 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 October 2021 on the conditions of entry and residence of third-country nationals for the purpose of highly qualified employment (EU Blue Card), and repealing Council Directive 2009/50/EC
32021L1883 · official text on EUR-Lex

Articles

Chapter I GENERAL PROVISIONS

• Article 1 — Subject matter
• Article 2 — Definitions
• Article 3 — Scope
• Article 4 — More favourable provisions

Chapter II CRITERIA FOR ADMISSION, REFUSAL AND WITHDRAWAL

• Article 5 — Criteria for admission
• Article 6 — Volumes of admission
• Article 7 — Grounds for rejecting an application for an EU Blue Card
• Article 8 — Grounds for withdrawing or not renewing an EU Blue Card

Chapter III EU BLUE CARD AND PROCEDURE

• Article 9 — EU Blue Card
• Article 10 — Applications for admission
• Article 11 — Procedural safeguards
• Article 12 — Fees
• Article 13 — Recognised employers
• Article 14 — Sanctions against employers

Chapter IV RIGHTS

• Article 15 — Labour market access
• Article 16 — Equal treatment
• Article 17 — Family members
• Article 18 — EU long-term resident status for EU Blue Card holders
• Article 19 — Long-term residence permit

Chapter V MOBILITY BETWEEN MEMBER STATES

• Article 20 — Short-term mobility
• Article 21 — Long-term mobility
• Article 22 — Residence in the second Member State for family members
• Article 23 — Safeguards and sanctions in cases of mobility

Chapter VI FINAL PROVISIONS

• Article 24 — Access to information and monitoring
• Article 25 — Statistics
• Article 26 — List of occupations in Annex I
• Article 27 — Reporting
• Article 28 — Cooperation between contact points
• Article 29 — Amendment of Directive (EU) 2016/801
• Article 30 — Repeal of Directive 2009/50/EC
• Article 31 — Transposition
• Article 32 — Entry into force
• Article 33 — Addressees