Freedom of movement for workers in the European Union the European Coal and Steel Community established a right to free movement for workers in these industries and the Treaty of Rome (1957) provided a right for the free movement of workers within the European Economic Community. The Directive 2004/38/EC on the right to move and reside freely assembles the different aspects of the right of movement in one document, replacing "inter alia" the directive 1968/360/EEC. It also clarifies procedural issues, and it strengthens the rights of family members of European citizens using the freedom of movement. According to the official site of the European Parliament, the explanation of the
Convention on the association of the Netherlands Antilles with the European Economic Community September, 19 October, and 22 October, respectively. An Intergovernmental Conference was convened on 13 November, which signed the Convention. The actual Convention consists of four articles, the first of which establishes that the Netherlands Antilles shall be added to the (now ). Article 2 adds another protocol to the EEC Treaty, named . Article 3 concerns the ratification and article 4 the authentic versions of the text. The treaty entered into force on 1 October 1964, the first day of the month following the date of deposit of the last instrument of ratification by a signatory state, in this case