Home » HR practices » Professional development » Legal developments » European legislation » “Services” Directive : interview of Stephan Rodrigues for e-europnews “Services” Directive : interview of Stephan Rodrigues for e-europnews Lawyer at the Paris Bar, established at the Brussels Bar and associated to the Lallemand and Legros office (Brussels), Stephan Rodrigues comments on the vote, by European deputies, of the compromise on the draft "Services” Directive. He says that "the promoters of the Directive wanted to treat services like goods and to consider all services without any distinction. It was a double misjudgment ". (Ref. 06150) Through . Published on 17 February 2006 à 18h30 - Update on 20 March 2013 à 21h39 Resources The draft directive has been adopted by European deputies on February 16. Have they emptied the directive of its contents? The most adventurous provisions were deleted, but the objective did not change: improve the domestic market of services’ functioning. The principle of freedom to provide services exists since the signature of the Rome Treaty in 1957; it is even one of the EU’s fundamental principles. But the European Commission noted that this principle had not been sufficiently applied and was too often circumvented by Member States which, on the matter, have much imagination. On this report, almost everyone agrees. This explains why many provisions of the draft Directive were not a problem, such as, for example, the creation of a single counter for companies or service providers in order to carry out administrative formalities in the host country.… 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