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The proposal for a directive on the liberalisation of services gives tangible form to an idea that is almost 50 years old, given that one of the European Union’s earliest priorities was that the freedom of services should be a core element of the European project.
The solution that has been adopted is a victory for European democracy and resolves an impasse that until recently was thought to be insurmountable. Without this agreement, we would be in a situation in which nobody would dare touch this issue in years to come, which would have an adverse affect on economic growth and job creation.
The removal of a number of administrative and bureaucratic obstacles hampering the free movement of persons and services has in itself made the adoption of this directive worthwhile.
Small and medium-sized businesses will be the main beneficiaries of this, as they will no longer face the frustrations that they encountered when attempting to operate in a neighbouring country. Previously, they needed to have residency, an office or a subsidiary in the destination country, to have previously registered with some administrative authority, or to prove that they had a command of the language of the country. With this directive, those days are over."@en1
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