Press Release: Status of third-country nationals who are long-term residents in the EU: deadline for rules to take effect on 23 January 2006

On 23 January 2006, the deadline for the implementation of Directive 2003/109/EC of 25 November 2003 concerning the status of third-country nationals who are long-term residents was to expire. By mid-January only 5 Member States (Austria, Lithuania, Poland, Slovenia and the Slovak Republic) had notified their implementing measures to the Commission.

European Commission: Memo: MEMO/06/15, Status of third-country nationals who are long-term residents in the EU : deadline for rules to take effect on 23 January 2006, 20.1.06 http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=MEMO/06/15&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

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