Highlights - Free movement of services and freedom of establishment - Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection

The first study summarises and analyses the Directives & Regulations in the harmonised / non-harmonised areas of the free movement of goods, adopted during the 7th and 8th electoral periods of the EP (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. The second study discusses European legal policy to ensure freedom to provide services and freedom of establishment since 2009.

It also examines the market-opening effects of enacted acts and proposals, and identifies legislative challenges that the Union institutions should address in the coming legislative period. It also addresses the specific Brexit-related issues for the freedom to provide services.

These studies were prepared for Policy Department A on request of the Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection.