Council Directive 69/82/EEC of 13 March 1969 concerning the attainment of freedom of establishment and freedom to provide services in respect of activities of self- employed persons engaging in exploration (prospecting and drilling) for petroleum and natural gas (ISIC ex Major Group 13)

COUNCIL DIRECTIVE  of 13 March 1969  concerning the attainment of freedom of establishment and freedom to provide services in respect of activities of self-employed persons engaging in exploration (prospecting and drilling) for petroleum and natural gas (ISIC ex Major Group 13)  (69/82/EEC)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
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Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Articles 54 (2) and (3) and 63 (2) and (3) thereof;
Having regard to the General Programme for the abolition of restrictions on freedom of establishment, (1) and in particular Title IV D thereof;
Having regard to the General Programme for the abolition of restrictions on freedom to provide services, (2) and in particular Title V C thereof;
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission;
Having regard to the Opinion of the European Parliament (3);
Having regard to the Opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (4);
Whereas the General Programmes provide for the introduction, between the beginning of the third stage and the end of the second year of the third stage, of freedom of establishment and freedom to provide services in respect of activities of self-employed persons engaging in exploration (prospecting and drilling) for petroleum and natural gas ; whereas these activities comprise the search for petroleum and natural gas deposits by all appropriate means and all operations preparatory to extraction, including preparation of the site;
Whereas, since the adoption of the General Programmes, the European Economic Community has drawn up its own nomenclature of industrial activities, entitled "Nomenclature of Industries in the European Communities" (NICE) ; whereas this nomenclature, which contains references to national nomenclatures, is, while following the same decimal classification, better adapted to the needs of the Member States of the Community than the ISIC nomenclature (International Standard Industrial Classification of all Economic Activities);
Whereas the Council Directive of 7 July 1964 concerning the attainment of freedom of establishment and freedom to provide services in respect of activities of self-employed persons in mining and quarrying (ISIC Major Groups 11-19 (5) abolished existing restrictions in respect of prospecting and drilling for petroleum and natural gas only in so far as such activities were conducted by the holder of the production licence ; whereas the present Directive covers both holders of an exploration (prospecting and drilling) licence and undertakings conducting exploration operations for petroleum and natural gas on behalf of the holder of a production licence or exploration licence (undertakings working under contract) or conducting such operations on their own account;
Whereas the geographical area in respect of which the present Directive applies is identical with that covered by the aforementioned Directive;
Whereas the exercise of certain professions (engineer, geologist, geophysicist) tends to be closely associated, on the technical side, with petroleum and natural gas exploration (prospecting and drilling) ; whereas the liberalisation of these professions and the mutual recognition of diplomas and other evidence of formal  (1) OJ No 2, 15.1.1962, p. 36/62. (2) OJ No 2, 15.1.1962, p. 32/62. (3) OJ No 268, 6.11.1967, p. 3. (4) OJ No C 1, 12.1.1968, p. 8. (5) OJ No 117, 23.7.1964, p. 1871/64.
qualifications relating thereto will be the subject of separate Directives covering technical occupations in general;
Whereas the General Programme for the abolition of restrictions on freedom of establishment provides that restrictions on the right to join professional or trade organisations must be abolished where the professional activities of the person concerned necessarily involve the exercise of this right;
Whereas the position of paid employees accompanying a person providing services or acting on his behalf will be governed by the provisions laid down in pursuance of Articles 48 and 49 of the Treaty;