CELEX: 51976PC0086
Language: en
Date: 1976-03-08
Title: AMENDMENTS TO THE AMENDED PROPOSAL FROM THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES TO THE COUNCIL FOR A DIRECTIVE TO FACILITATE THE EFFECTIVE EXERCISE BY LAWYERS OF FREEDOM TO PROVIDE SERVICES (submitted by the Commission to the Council in accordance with Article 149, para. 2 of the EEC Treaty)

ARCHIVES HISTORIQUES
DE LA COMMISSION
COLLECTION RELIEE DES
DOCUMENTS "COM"
COM (76) 86
Vol. 1976/0033
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 ---pagebreak--- COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                                        COM(76) 86 final .
                                                        Brussels , 8 March 197°
                                   AMENDMENTS TO THE
          AMENDED PROPOSAL PROM THE COMMISSION OP THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES TO
          THE COUNCIL FOR A DIRECTIVE TO FACILITATE THE EFFECTIVE EXERCISE BY
                        LAWYERS OF FREEDOM TO PROVIDE SERVICES
           (submitted by the Commission to the Council in accordance with
                        Article 149 . para. 2 of the EEC Treaty)
 C0M(76) 86 final .
 ---pagebreak--- .Amended proposal from the Commission of the European Communities to the
Council for a Directive to facilitate the effective exercise by lawyers
of freedom to provide services j
           submitted
proposal              in accordance with th® 'second paragraph of Article 149 of the Treat
1 . Article 1         shall read as follows }      1 v
                                                                                             I
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    W 1 • The provisions of this directive shall apply, within the limits
           end under the conditions laid down by them , to the activities of                 !
           lawyers ca.rried on by way of provision of services . Notwithstanding
           anything contained in this Directive , Member States may reserve to
           prescribed categories of lawyers the draft inj^ of legal do cuments
           relating to the sale and purchase of real property anr|              probate ,"
 2 , Article 1 (2 ) shall read as follows s '        '*' ■ *
      " 2 . " Lawyer" means any person exercising his or her professional
            activities under one of the following designations ?:;
                             List of désignations unchanged
 3» Article 4 ^l) shall read' astollowe t t ,
      " 1 • The activities of lawyers relating to the representation and
            defence of a client before the courts shall be carried on in                   |
            each host Member State under the conditions laid down in respect
            of lawyers established in that State , with the exception of any
            condition requiring residence (three words deleted) or registration
    •       with a professional organisation, in that State',',                            j
 4 . Article 5 , second indent ^hall read as follows s
      " -• they must work in conjunction with a lawyer who practises before the
             court in question and who would be , if necessary, responsible
            to the court in question , or with an "avoue" or "procuratore "
            practising at that courtu;
 ---pagebreak--- COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN
           COMMUN ITIES
                              AtiETOlEKTS TO THE
AMENDED PROPOSAL PROM THE COMMISSI® OP THE EUROPEAN' COMMUNITIES TO
THE COIMCIL FOR A DIRECTIVE TO FACILITATE THE EFFECTIVE EXERCISE BY
                     LAWYERS OF FREEDOM TO PROVIDE SERVICES
( submitted by the Commission to the Council in accordance with Article
  149 ," para. 2 of the EEC Treaty).
 ---pagebreak---  Article 6 is replaced*, by the following text :                                      ]
 " 1# The professional organization in the host Member State may request
      ■ the person providing the services to establish his qualifications
        as a lawyer ." ( 11 words deleted )
" 2 » In oases 'involving the exercise of the activities referred to in Article 4(l )»
       "in tne event ol a breacn      i.iie ruj.es of professional conaucx of
        the host Member State , the professional organization of the latter
        shall determine in accordance with its own rules and procedure the
        consequences of this behaviour , end to this end can obtain the-'
        transmission of the file of the person providing services . If
        shall inform the professional organization in the Member Sta-te
       from which he comes of any decision taken . Such communications
        do not alter the oonfi           xah-axyvatoi" -of. ±hs fila ,"
 ---pagebreak--- EXPLANATORY I®TORAtn)UM for the amendments to be made, to the amended
proposal from the Commission of the European Communities to the 'Council
for a directive to facilitate the effective exercise by lawyers of
freedom to provide services .
Point 1                -        •       -
Although the proposal for a directive does not affect national regulations
concerning the form , the conditions and the procedure relating to the
draftingvy of the documents in Question , it is desirable to add this
phrase in order to facilitate the interpretation of the provisions of
this directive in certain Member States .
Points 2 . 3 , 4 and 5
These drafting amendments are ■ intended to clarify or to simplify the text .