With a view to remedying this sector-by-sector, piecemeal approach to the right of free movement and residence and facilitating the exercise of this right, there needs to be a single legislative act to amend Council Regulation (EEC) No 1612/68 of 15 October 1968 on freedom of movement for workers within the Community , and to repeal the following acts: Council Directive 68/360/EEC of 15 October 1968 on the abolition of restrictions on movement and residence within the Community for workers of Member States and their families , Council Directive 73/148/EEC of 21 May 1973 on the abolition of restrictions ...[+++] on movement and residence within the Community for nationals of Member States with regard to establishment and the provision of services , Council Directive 90/364/EEC of 28 June 1990 on the right of residence , Council Directive 90/365/EEC of 28 June 1990 on the right of residence for employees and self-employed persons who have ceased their occupational activity and Council Directive 93/96/EEC of 29 October 1993 on the right of residence for students

With a view to remedying this sector-by-sector, piecemeal approach to the right of free movement and residence and facilitating the exercise of this right, there needs to be a single legislative act to amend Council Regulation (EEC) No 1612/68 of 15 October 1968 on freedom of movement for workers within the Community and to repeal the following acts: Council Directive 68/360/EEC of 15 October 1968 on the abolition of restrictions on movement and residence within the Community for workers of Member States and their families , Council Directive 73/148/EEC of 21 May 1973 on the abolition of restrictions ...[+++] on movement and residence within the Community for nationals of Member States with regard to establishment and the provision of services , Council Directive 90/364/EEC of 28 June 1990 on the right of residence , Council Directive 90/365/EEC of 28 June 1990 on the right of residence for employees and self-employed persons who have ceased their occupational activity and Council Directive 93/96/EEC of 29 October 1993 on the right of residence for students

FREE MOVEMENT OF PERSONS The Council took note of progress and discussed the Commission proposals for: - the elimination of controls on persons crossing internal frontiers; - the abolition of restrictions on movement and residence within the Community for workers and their families and the abolition of restrictions on movement and residence within the Community for nationals of Member States with regard to establishment and the provision of services; - the right of third-country nationals to travel in the Community.

They are specific for each country and include: - trade provisions aiming at promoting mutual trade, including most- favoured nation treatment, mutual trade concessions, the lifting of the Community's specific quantitative restrictions on imports from the partner countries and provisions for possible further trade liberalisation; - commercial cooperation provisions concerning exchanges of commercial and economic information, contacts between business and professional associations, cooperation between customs departments and the promo ...[+++]tion of investment; - economic cooperation in areas of industry, mining, agriculture, energy, research, environment, financial services, training, standards, statistics, and other matters of common interest; - the establishment of a joint committee as a forum for regular consultation.

6. Reviewing the progress made towards their common goal of establishing a dynamic and homogeneous European Economic Space (EES), and in particular developments since the last Ministerial Meeting in Geneva on 29 November 1988, Ministers of the EFTA countries and Mr. Christophersen noted with satisfaction the joint conclusions of the 10th meeting of High Officials from EFTA countries and the EC Commission on 31 May 1989 and in particular the concrete results that had been achieved as regards : - Export restrictions where negotiations on the abolition of existing and prohibition of new export restrictions have been concluded and where supp ...[+++]lementary protocols to the Free Trade Agreements will shortly be signed.

Abolition of Quantitative restrictions Quantitative restrictions in bilateral trade were abolished on the entry into force of the agreements.