Services account for about 70% of GDP in most member states and although the freedom of movement for services is enshrined in the Treaty of Rome, there are still far too many obstacles erected by member states hampering services trade.
Barriers identified by the Commission include long and complicated procedures to obtain licences and permits, overlapping legal requirements from country to country, establishment obligations and discrimination on nationality grounds.
Although the d...
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