Opinion of the Advocate General — ECLI:EU:C:2002:710
Date: 2002-11-21
Based on: Treaty establishing the European Economic Community (1957)
Subject matter: Right of establishment;Freedom to provide services
Procedure: Reference for a preliminary ruling
Origin: Italy

SUMMARY — CASE C-485/01 
Summary of the Judgment 
Freedom of movement for persons — Freedom of establishment — Self-employed 
commercial agents — Directive 86/653 — National legislation making the registration 
of a commercial agent in the register of undertakings subject to that agent's enrolment in a 
special register — Whether permissible — Conditions 
(Council Directive 86/653) 
On a proper reading, Directive 86/653 on 
the coordination of the laws of the Member 
States relating to self-employed commercial 
agents does not preclude national legis­
lation from making registration of a com­
mercial agent in the register of undertak­
ings subject to that agent's enrolment in a 
register provided for that purpose, on 
condition that non-registration in the reg­
ister of undertakings does not affect the 
validity of an agency contract which that 
agent has concluded with his principal or 
that the consequences of such non-regis­
tration do not adversely affect in any other 
way the protection which that directive 
confers on commercial agents in their 
relations with their principals. 
(see para. 20 and operative part) 
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