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Directive 2006/123/EC - Services Directive
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Chapter I General Provisions (arts. 1-4)
Article 1 Subject matter
Article 2 Scope
Article 3 Relationship with other provisions of Community law
Article 4 Definitions
Chapter II Administrative Simplification (arts. 5-8)
Article 5 Simplification of procedures
Article 6 Points of single contact
Article 7 Right to information
Article 8 Procedures by electronic means
Chapter III Freedom of Establishment for Providers (arts. 9-15)
Section 1 Authorisations (arts. 9-13)
Article 9 Authorisation schemes
Article 10 Condiations for the granting of authorisation
Article 11 Duration of authorisation
Article 12 Selection from among several candidates
Article 13 Authorisation procedures
Section 2 Requirements prohibited or subject to evaluation (arts. 14-15)
Article 14 Prohibited requirements
Article 15 Requirements to be evaluated
Chapter IV Free Movement of Services (arts. 16-21)
Section 1 Freedom to provide services and related derogations (arts. 16-18)
Article 16 Freedom to provide services
Article 17 Additional derogations from the freedom to provide services
Article 18 Case-by-case derogations
Section 2 Rights of recipients of services (arts. 19-21)
Article 19 Prohibited restrictions
Article 20 Non-discrimination
Article 21 Assistance for recipients
Chapter V Quality of Services (arts. 22-27)
Article 22 Information on providers and their services
Article 23 Professional liability insurance and guarantees
Article 24 Commercial communications by the regulated professions
Article 25 Multidisciplinary activities
Article 26 Policy on quality of services
Article 27 Settlement of disputes
Chapter VI Administrative Cooperation (arts. 28-36)
Article 28 Mutual assistance - general obligations
Article 29 Mutual assistance - general obligations for the Member State of establishment
Article 30 Supervision by the Member State of establishment in the event of the temporary movement of a provider to another Member State
Article 31 Supervision by the Member State where the service is provided in the event of the temporary movement of the provider
Article 32 Alert mechanism
Article 33 Information on the good repute of providers
Article 34 Accompanying measures
Article 35 Mutual assistance in the event of case-by-case derogations
Article 36 Implementing measures
Chapter VII Convergence Programme (arts. 37-43)
Article 37 Codes of conduct at Community level
Article 38 Additional harmonisation
Article 39 Mutual evaluation
Article 40 Committee procedure
Article 41 Review clause
Article 42 Amendment of Directive 98/27/EC
Article 43 Protection of personal data
Chapter VIII Final Provisions (arts. 44-46)
Article 44 Transposition
Article 45 Entry into force
Article 46 Addressees
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