Adoption of a Directive on Services in the Internal Market

The common position adopted by the Council retains indeed the essence of the Commission's amended proposal which, in turn, incorporated a large majority of the amendments adopted by the European Parliament in its first reading.

Furthermore, as regards the key elements of the proposal (notably the exclusions from the scope of application and the provisions dealing with the freedom to provide services) the Council's common position has respected the political agreement reached by the European Parliament, which is reflected now in the common position, as it was indeed in the Commission's amended proposal.