Study - Contribution to Growth: Free movement of services and freedom of establishment Delivering improved rights for European citizens and businesses - PE 638.398 - Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection

Following a brief overview of the legal mechanisms provided for in the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU), this study summarises and analyses the Directives and Regulations in the harmonised and non-harmonised areas of the free movement of goods, adopted during the 7th and 8th electoral periods of the European Parliament (2009–2019). It will also highlight the rights that businesses and citizens enjoy under the current legislation, and ways in which the legislation could be improved. This document was prepared for Policy Department A on request of the Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection.