Concerted and joint inspections

ELA provides conceptual, logistical, and technical support as well as legal expertise, translation, and interpretation services to Member States carrying out cross-border concerted or joint inspections (CJIs) . This is part of ELA’s task to facilitate and enhance cooperation between Member States in the enforcement of relevant EU rules on labour mobility and social security coordination across the Union. The increasing complexity of labour mobility abuses requires more and closer cooperation at cross-border level. CJIs can effectively tackle complex irregularities and fraud schemes of cross-border nature by combining resources, information and knowledge from various enforcement bodies. ELA aims to step up cross-border cooperation in enforcement leading to frequent and increasingly systematic concerted and joint inspections, fully exploiting the potential of analyses and risk assessments available both in Member States and at ELA, and contribute to expanding their geographic and sectoral scope. From 2021 until December 2024: 236 cross-border inspections supported, almost 19,000 workers checked in sectors where closer cooperation between national authorities is needed (transport, construction, agriculture, manufacturing, food production, HORECA and others). Targeted and preventive enforcement actions We support targeted cross-border inspections, as requested by the Member States We also promote and support sectoral or thematic intensified enforcement actions carried out by the Member States ("weeks of action"). 8 such weeks of action were run in 2024 focusing on road transport, construction, HORECA, labour exploitation and remuneration . Over 30 different authorities participated in ELA's CJIs: e.g. labour and social security inspectorates, police, customs, immigration, tax, civil protection authorities. We cooperate with social partner organisations. If you are a national enforcement authority you can submit to ELA a request for a CJI. If you are a national social partner, you can bring cases related to irregularities in the area of labour mobility to ELA attention.