27.5.2011 Official Journal of the European Union L 141/1 | (Legislative acts) REGULATIONS REGULATION (EU) No 492/2011 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 5 April 2011 on freedom of movement for workers within the Union (codification) (Text with EEA relevance) THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 46 thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission, regards employment, remuneration and other conditions of work and employment, as well as the right of such workers to move freely within the Union in order to pursue activities as employed persons subject to any limitations justified on grounds of public policy, public security or public health. (3)  Provisions should be laid down to enable the objectives J laid down in Articles 45 and 46 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union in the field of After transmission of the draft legislative act to the national freedom of movement to be achieved. parliaments, Ha\{ing regar(.i to the opinion of the European Economic and (4)  Freedom of movement constitutes a fundamental right of Social Committee ('), workers and their families. Mobility of labour within the Union must be one of the means by which workers are guaranteed the possibility of improving their living and Acting in accordance with the ordinary legislative procedure (2), working  conditions and promoting their social advancement, while helping to satisfy the requirements of the economies of the Member States. The right of all 0 . workers in the Member States to pursue the activity of Whereas: their choice within the Union should be affirmed. (1) Regulation (EEC) No 1612/68 of the Council of 15 Octob.er. 1968 on fr(f,ed03m of movement ‘for (5)  Such right should be enjoyed without discrimination by WOI‘kZI‘S dw1th1n '{h§ COIT(I4I;11}nlt);1( ). has been fsull)st.annall()if permanent, seasonal and frontier workers and by those amended several times (%). In the interests of clarity an h their activities for th f i rationality the said Regulation should be codified. :\ér‘(])iczglrsue eIt activities for the purpose of providing (2)  Freedom of movement for workers should be secured within the Union. The attainment of this objective (6)  The right of freedom of movement, in order that it may entails the abolition of any discrimination based on nationality between workers of the Member States as () OJ C 44, 11.2.2011, p. 170. (%) Position of the European Parliament of 7 September 2010 (not yet published in the Official Journal) and decision of the Council of 21 March 2011. () OJ L 257, 19.10.1968, p. 2. (*) See Annex L be exercised, by objective standards, in freedom and dignity, requires that equality of treatment be ensured in fact and in law in respect of all matters relating to the actual pursuit of activities as employed persons and to eligibility for housing, and also that obstacles to the mobility of workers be eliminated, in particular as regards the conditions for the integration of the worker’s family into the host country.