The Withdrawal Agreement provides for the maintenance of the Common Travel Area arrangements, so British and Irish citizens will continue to be able to live and work in each other\u2019s state just as they do now.<\/p>
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Article 9(a)(b) of the draft Withdrawal Agreement provides a definition of \u2018frontier workers.\u2019 \u201cFrontier workers\u201d are persons who pursue an economic activity in accordance with the provisions set out in Article 45 or 49 TFEU (Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union) in one or more States in which they do not reside.<\/p>
Economic activity is activity provided for remuneration. For the purposes of Article 9, economic activity must be in accordance with the provisions set out in Articles 45 or 49 TFEU.<\/p>
To be exercising an economic activity as a worker in accordance with Article 45 TFEU a person must be a \u2018genuine and effective\u2019 worker and the work must not be on such a small scale so as to be \u2018purely marginal or ancillary\u2019<\/p>
Article 49 TFEU provides for the freedom of establishment. A person is established in a particular state if they are participating \u2018on a stable and continuous basis\u2019 in the economic life of that State. If a person is providing temporary services they will not fall within the definition in Article 9(a)(b).<\/p>
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