Home » HR practices » Professional development » Legal developments » European legislation » European deputies remove the country of origin principle from the “Services” directive European deputies remove the country of origin principle from the “Services” directive European deputies adopted, Thursday February 16, in first reading, the proposal for a Directive relating to the liberalization of services in the EU. They removed the very discussed "country of origin principle" and excluded some services of general economic interest (SGEI). The text is the result of a compromise between the two biggest European parliamentary groups, the European popular Party (EPP, right-wing) and the Party of European Socialists (PES). It was adopted by a comfortable majority of 391 votes for, 213 against and 34 abstentions. (Ref. 06151) Through . Published on 20 February 2006 à 7h02 - Update on 20 March 2013 à 21h46 Resources Removal of the country of origin principle: the draft Directive rejects the law of the country of origin within the framework of free movement of services and founds the principle of free transnational service providing. This obliges Member States to respect the right to provide services and to guarantee to providers “free access to the activity of services and the free exercise on its territory”.… Need more info ? Contact mind's on-demand study service Which service do you want to contact :WritingCommercial serviceTechnical SupportFirst name Last name Organization Function email* Object of the message Your messagePhoneThis field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged. Essentials Les dernières publications Supporting parenthood in the workplace: a win-win strategy Supporting employee carers: a CSR challenge Analyzes Les dernières publications Paternity leave: data observations from 41 countries EU: during H1 2022 five EU Member States have raised their minimum salary levels