Close Menu
    Latest Category
    • Finance
    • Tech
    • EU Law
    • Energy
    • About
    • Contact
    EUbusiness.com | EU news, business and politicsEUbusiness.com | EU news, business and politics
    Login
    • EU News
    • Focus
    • Guides
    • Press
    • Jobs
    • Events
    • Directory
    EUbusiness.com | EU news, business and politicsEUbusiness.com | EU news, business and politics
    Home » Red tape cut for those who move to another EU Member State

    Red tape cut for those who move to another EU Member State

    npsBy nps21 February 2019Updated:25 June 2024 No Comments3 Mins Read
    — Filed under: employment EU News Headline2 Living & Working in EU Social
    Share
    Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Pinterest Email
    Red tape cut for those who move to another EU Member State

    Photo by Ildar Sagdejev

    (BRUSSELS) – From 16 February, bureaucratic procedures for citizens who need to present a public document to get married or start a job in the country they live in have been cut across the European Union.

    Currently, citizens moving to or living in another EU country must obtain a stamp to prove that their public documents (such as a birth, marriage or death certificate) are authentic. This is the case of around 17 million EU citizens.

    Under the new regulation, this stamp and the bureaucratic procedures linked to it will no longer be required when presenting public documents issued in one EU country to the authorities of another EU country.

    Under the new rules, citizens are also no longer required to provide a sworn/ official translation of their public document in many cases. At the same time, the regulation foresees strong safeguards to prevent fraud.

    The EU’s Justice Commissioner Vera Jourova said it was good news for people who live or want to live in another EU country: “there will be no more costly and time-consuming bureaucratic procedures for citizens who need to present a public document to get married or start a job in the country they live in. It will make the daily lives of people living and working in another EU country easier and cheaper.”

    The new rules put an end to a number of bureaucratic procedures:

    • Public documents (for example, birth, marriage, or the absence of a criminal record) issued in an EU country must be accepted as authentic by the authorities in another Member State without the need to carry an authenticity stamp;
    • The regulation also abolishes the obligation for citizens to provide in all cases a certified copy and a certified translation of their public documents. Citizens can request a multilingual standard form, available in all EU languages, to present as translation aid attached to their public document to avoid translation requirements;
    • The regulation sets safeguards against fraud: if a receiving authority has reasonable doubts about the authenticity of a public document, it will be able to check its authenticity with the issuing authority in the other EU country through an existing IT platform, the Internal Market Information System (IMI).

    The regulation deals only with the authenticity of public documents, so Member States will continue to apply their national rules concerning the recognition of the content and effects of a public document issued in another Union country.

    Public documents including multilingual forms on the E-Justice Portal

    Public documents Regulation

    Add A Comment
    Leave A Reply Cancel Reply

    You must be logged in to post a comment.

    nps
    • Website

    Related Content

    Sustainable finance - Image by Nattanan Kanchanaprat from Pixabay

    Brussels eases corporate sustainability reporting requirements

    Tochytskyi - Micallef - Ukraine Recovery Conference - Photo © European Union 2025

    EU offers support for Ukraine culture and heritage

    Euro - ECB-Photo by Mika Baumeister on Unsplash

    Poor GDP performance marks end of tough week for the Pound – Euro currency news daily

    Ukraine Recovery Conference - Photo © European Union 2025

    EU announces EUR 2.3 billion package for Ukraine recovery

    Ecommerce - Photo by AS Photography on Pexels

    Euro-Parliament moves to stop sub-standard products from outside EU

    Deforestation - Image by Robert Jones from Pixabay

    EUDR saga: Parliament votes to undermine enforcement and EU credibility

    Sponsor: WWF European Policy Office9 July 2025
    LATEST EU NEWS
    Sustainable finance - Image by Nattanan Kanchanaprat from Pixabay

    Brussels eases corporate sustainability reporting requirements

    11 July 2025
    Tochytskyi - Micallef - Ukraine Recovery Conference - Photo © European Union 2025

    EU offers support for Ukraine culture and heritage

    11 July 2025
    Euro - ECB-Photo by Mika Baumeister on Unsplash

    Poor GDP performance marks end of tough week for the Pound – Euro currency news daily

    11 July 2025
    Ukraine Recovery Conference - Photo © European Union 2025

    EU announces EUR 2.3 billion package for Ukraine recovery

    10 July 2025
    Ecommerce - Photo by AS Photography on Pexels

    Euro-Parliament moves to stop sub-standard products from outside EU

    10 July 2025

    Subscribe to EUbusiness Week

    Get the latest EU news

    CONTACT INFO

    • EUbusiness Ltd 117 High Street, Chesham Buckinghamshire, HP5 1DE United Kingdom
    • +44(0)20 8058 8232
    • service@eubusiness.com

    INFORMATION

    • About Us
    • Advertising
    • Contact Info

    Services

    • Privacy Policy
    • Terms
    • EU News

    SOCIAL MEDIA

    Facebook
    eubusiness.com © EUbusiness Ltd 2025

    Design and developed by : 

    Type above and press Enter to search. Press Esc to cancel.

    Sign In or Register

    Welcome Back!

    Login to your account below.

    Lost password?