shall be allowed before departure a reasonable period of time to settle their affairs in the State of employment. “3 . The provisions of the preceding paragraphs may not be interpreted as adversely affecting any right to stay and work otherwise granted to such family members by the legislation of the State of employment or by treaties , applicable to that State.” 14. With reference to paragraph 2 of the proposal, the representative of Algeria stated that she would prefer that the word “reasonable” be replaced by the word %ufficient” because the latter was more specific. The representative of Morocco indicated that she would be willing to support a text for the paragraph which gave migrant workers a “reasonable” or “sufficient” period of time “in order” to “enable them to” settle their affairs in the State of employment. The representatives of Portugal and Tunisia expressed the same view. 15. The representative of the Federal Republic of Germany stated that, practically specking, the two words were much the same, particularly when it came to assessing the application of the provision. He strongly preferred maintaining the word *greasonable”, which had already been used in other provisions of the draft COAVeAtiOA. He drew the attention of the Working Group to proposal B submitted by his delegation contained io document A/C.3/45/WG.l/CRP.l and expressed a preference for that formulation for article 50. However, he would not wish to block a coasenaua in favour of another formulation and would be content to have his positios reflected in the report. 16. The representatives of the Netherlands and France expressed a clear preference for the word “reasonable”. The representative of the Netherlands stated that the word carried a precise meaning in his country’s jurisprudence and bath representatives indicated that, if States had to allow “sufficient” time, that 
**Analysis**
The text appears to be discussing the rights of migrant workers, specifically their need for a reasonable period of time to settle their affairs before departing from the state of employment. The language used is formal and diplomatic, suggesting that it may be part of an international agreement or treaty. The discussion centers around the use of specific words, such as "reasonable" and "sufficient", which implies that the text is focused on the details of a policy or regulation rather than a specific economic or environmental issue.

**Category**
Employment, International trade