Taking Counsel: The new Lithuanian Law on Services: another step towards the common market?

Oct 28, 2009
By Lina Akelyte [Jurevicius, Bartkus & Partners]

Services make up about 70 percent of GDP in most countries of the European Union. The elimination of barriers to the development of service activities between the member states is essential in order to promote balanced and sustainable economic and social progress. To implement the mentioned right the European Parliament and the Council adopted Directive 2006/123/EC on Services in the Internal Market (“the Directive”) in 2006. It sets the obligation for each member state to implement this act in ...

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