ENSPER Briefing Document on the Proposed EU Services Directive
Brussels 01-05-2006
The European Network for Service Providers in Employment and Rehabilitation has prepared this response to the European Commission's amended proposal for a Directive on Services in the European Union.
ENSPER notes that the European "Social NGOs" are broadly satsfied with the new proposal and that social services, medical services as well as vocational training for people with disabilities and other vulnerable groups are definitely excluded from the scope of the Services Directive. This preserves more or less the current state of play for cross-border service provision eliminating any potential threats that could have emanated from the Directive but also restricting potential opportunities.
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European Commission "Services Directive" site: Provides an account of the Services Directive from its beginnings to the present day.
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