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All's Well That Bends Well? The Constitutional Dimension to the Services Directive

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 December 2010

Johan van de Gronden  and
Henri de Waele
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Abstract

Services Directive – Peculiar harmonisation technique – Unusual design – Key provisions giving rise to constitutional problems – Special derogation system – Freezing of the Rule of Reason – (In)compatibility with EU primary law – Appropriate legal basis? – Non–transposition by several member states – Arguments for a benign assessment of the Commission and the Court – Problematic enforcement in horizontal situations – Possible solutions and their shortcomings – Overall need for a flexible approach

Keywords

European UnionServices DirectiveEuropean lawEuropean Court of JusticeFree movementInternal marketHarmonisationRule of Reason
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European Constitutional Law Review , Volume 6 , Issue 3 , October 2010 , pp. 397 - 429
Copyright
Copyright © T.M.C. Asser Press and the Authors 2010

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