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Public interface connected to the Internal Market Information System for the declaration of posting of workers

TA-10-2026-0346 · P10_TA(2026)0346 · PE772.171

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Parliament's position on a proposed regulation sets up a multilingual public interface connected to the Internal Market Information System (IMI) for posting declarations of workers. Member States may choose to use it; the Commission runs it free of charge. The interface uses a standard form with set information requirements and lets service providers submit declarations, upload documents, receive messages and send motivated notifications to extend postings from 12 to 18 months. Member States using the interface must not impose additional posting declaration or document requirements on providers who use it, and must inform the Commission at least six months before starting use and three months before stopping. Personal data rules assign controller roles to the Commission, service providers and receiving authorities; data are deleted 36 months after the posting ends. The European Labour Authority receives statistical data. The Commission must report on the regulation's application five years after entry into force, and the regulation enters into force three months after publication.

Key points

  1. The Commission shall set up a multilingual electronic public interface connected to IMI for posting declarations and, where applicable, for making relevant documents available.
  2. The interface is free of charge and must be available in all official languages of the Union institutions, with secure accounts, logging, technical validation and data storage for reuse.
  3. It must transmit an extract of the posting declaration to the posted worker, make information and documents available in IMI to competent authorities, and allow messages between authorities and service providers.
  4. Member States may decide to use the interface; where they do, it replaces their national posting declaration system and they may also require documents to be submitted through it.
  5. Member States using the interface shall not impose additional posting declaration or document requirements on service providers who submit through it.
  6. A Member State must inform the Commission at least six months before starting to use the interface and at least three months before ceasing to use it.
  7. The standard form covers information on the service provider, posted workers, the posting assignment, contact persons and the service recipient, including for double or chain postings and third-country nationals.
  8. A Member State using the interface may decide not to request all the information requirements in the standard form and shall inform the Commission.
  9. The Commission is controller for security and availability of the interface and for the submitter's identification and contact details; the service provider is controller for the listed personal data.
  10. Information and documents submitted through the interface are automatically deleted 36 months after the end of the posting; Member States may share relevant information with social partners by means other than IMI.
  11. The European Labour Authority shall receive statistical data based on posting declarations submitted through the interface.
  12. By five years from entry into force the Commission shall report on the regulation's application, including on reducing administrative obstacles and on bringing posting declarations and portable document A1 applications closer together.

Who is affected

  • Service providers posting workers: may submit declarations and documents through the interface instead of national systems where the host Member State uses it.
  • Member States: may choose to use the interface, must inform the Commission of start and cessation, and must not add requirements for users.
  • Posted workers: may receive an extract of the posting declaration concerning them electronically.
  • Competent authorities: receive declarations and documents in IMI and may receive them in national back-end systems on request.
  • Social partners and enforcement actors: may receive relevant information from competent authorities by means other than IMI under national law.

Figures and deadlines

  • 36 months after the end of the posting: automatic deletion of information and documents from the public interface.
  • At least six months before the intended date: advance notice a Member State must give the Commission to start using the interface.
  • At least three months before the intended date: advance notice a Member State must give the Commission to cease using the interface.
  • Five years from entry into force: deadline for the Commission's report on the regulation's application.
  • Three months following publication: entry into force of the regulation.
  • 12 to 18 months: extension of the posting period through motivated notifications under Article 3(1a) of Directive 96/71/EC.

Legal basis: Article 114 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.