translate English to French: The Reform Treaty agreed by the European Council on 17 and 18 October 2007 marks a further step forward in relation to services of general interest inasmuch as it includes, among provisions on the functioning of the Union, a clause broadly applicable to services of general economic interest – which will take effect in all EU policy areas including the internal market and competition policy – and it is accompanied by a protocol, to be annexed to the Treaty on European Union and to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, on all services of general interest.
- 14 Toutefois, le fait de prévoir la mise en application de cette politique par le biais du cadre rigide d’un règlement, sans transposition nationale, risque de rendre difficile l’adoption d’un cadre communautaire avec des règles juridiques impératives contraignantes.