Member States shall abolish, in respect of the natural persons and companies or firms covered by Title I of the General Programmes for the abolition of restrictions on freedom of establishment and freedom to provide services (hereinafter called 'beneficiaries'), the restrictions referred to in Title III of those General Programmes affecting the right to take up and pursue the activities specified in Article 2 of this Directive. 1. The provisions of this Directive shall apply to activities of self-employed persons coming within the scope of the personal services specified in Annex II to the General Programme for the abolition of restrictions on freedom of establishment (ISIC Groups 852 and 853) 1.2. For the purposes of this Directive 'activities falling within Group 852 (Restaurants, cafes, taverns and other drinking and eating places)' means activities pursued by a natural person, or company or firm, who habitually and by way of trade and in his own name and on his own account serves prepared food or beverages for consumption on the premises in the establishment or establishments run by him.The provisions of this Directive shall apply also to the serving of meals for consumption elsewhere than on the premises where they are prepared.3. The provisions of this Directive shall not apply to the serving of prepared food or beverages intended for immediate consumption if such serving is carried on by way of itinerant trade.4. For the purposes of this Directive, 'activities falling within Group 853 (Hotels, rooming houses, camps and other lodging places)' means activities pursued by a natural person, or company or firm, who habitually and by way of trade supplies in his own name and on his own account:    - furnished lodgings or furnished rooms in an establishment or establishments run by him ; or- camping facilities on specially equipped sites, designed for short-term stays;and who in each case also supplies the services normally associated therewith. 1. Member States shall in particular abolish the following restrictions:    (a) those which prevent beneficiaries from establishing themselves or from providing services in the host country under the same conditions and with the same rights as nationals of that country;(b) those existing by reason of administrative practices which result in treatment being applied to beneficiaries that is discriminatory by comparison with that applied to nationals.2. The restrictions to be abolished shall include in particular those arising out of measures which prevent or limit establishment or the provision of services beneficiaries by the following means:    (a) in Belgium   - the obligation to hold a carte professionelle (Article 1 of the Law 19 February 1965);(b) in Germany   - the requirement that the issue to any foreign national of an authorisation to open a restaurant or hotel be subject to proof of economic necessity (Nachweis eines Bedürfnisses) (Gaststättengesetz of 28 April 1930, paragraph 1 (2));  1International Standard Industrial Classification of all Economic Activities (Statistical Office of the United Nations, Statistical Papers, Series M No 4, Rev. 1, New York, 1958).(c) in France      - the obligation to hold a carte d identité d étranger commerçant décret-loi of 12 November 1938, décret of 2 February 1939, Law of 8 October 1940);- exclusion from the right to renew commercial leases (décret of 30 September 1953, Article 38);- the rule preventing foreign nationals from pursuing the occupation of retailer of beverages for consumption on the premises (Code des débits de boissons et des mesures contre l alcoolisme, Article L 31, decret 55-222 of 8 February 1955, ordonnance No 59-107 of 7 January 1959);(d) in Italy   - the rule that only persons of Italian nationality may pursue the occupation of manager of mountain refuge huts (Gestore di rifugi alpini) (Decreto del Commissario per il Turismo of 29 October 1955, Article 13);(e) in Luxembourg      - the limited period of validity of authorisations granted to foreign nationals (Law of 2 June 1962, Article 21);- the requirement that any person wishing to open an inn (auberge), tavern (cabaret), or other premises for the sale and consumption of alcoholic beverages shall have resided in the Grand Duchy for a continuous period of not less than five years (Law of 12 August 1927, Article 1). 1. Member States shall ensure that beneficiaries have the right to join professional or trade organisations under the same conditions and with the same rights and obligations as their own nationals.2. The right to join professional or trade organisations shall, in the case of establishment, entail eligibility for election or appointment to high office in such organisations. However such posts may be reserved for nationals where, in pursuance of any provision laid down by law or regulation, the organisation concerned is involved in the exercise of official authority.3. In the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg, membership of the Chambre de commerce or of the Chambre des métiers shall not give beneficiaries the right to take part in the election of the administrative organs of those Chambers. No Member State shall grant to any of its nationals who go to another Member State for the purpose of pursuing any activity referred to in Article 2 any aid liable to distort the conditions of establishment. 1. Where a host Member State requires of its own nationals wishing to take up any activity referred to in Article 2 proof of good repute and proof of no previous bankruptcy, or proof of either one of these, that State shall accept as sufficient evidence, in respect of nationals of other Member States, the production of an extract from the 'judicial record' or, failing this, of an equivalent document issued by a competent judicial or administrative authority in the country of origin or the country whence the foreign national comes showing that these requirements have been met.Where the country of origin or the country whence the foreign national comes does not issue such documentary proof of no previous bankruptcy, such proof may be replaced by a declaration on oath made by the person concerned before a judicial or administrative authority, a notary, or a competent professional or trade body, in the country of origin or in the country whence that person comes.2. Where a Member State imposes on its own nationals wishing to take up any activity referred to in Article 2 certain requirements as to good character or good repute in respect of themselves or of members of their family living with them, and proof that such requirements are satisfied cannot be obtained from the document referred to in the first subparagraph of paragraph 1, that State shall accept as sufficient evidence in respect of nationals of other Member States a certificate issued by a competent judicial or administrative authority in the country of origin or in the country whence the foreign national comes indicating that the requirements in question have been met. Such certificate shall relate to the specific facts regarded as relevant by the host country.3. Documents issued in accordance with paragraph 1 or with paragraph 2 may not be produced more than three months after their date of issue.4. Member States shall, within the time limit laid down in Article 7, designate the authorities and bodies competent to issue these documents and shall forthwith inform the other Member States and the Commission thereof.5. Where in the host Member State proof of financial standing is required, that State shall regard certificates issued by banks in the country of origin or in the country whence the beneficiary in question comes as equivalent to certificates issued in its own territory. Member States shall adopt the measures necessary to comply with this Directive within six months of its notification and shall forthwith inform the Commission thereof. This Directive is addressed to the Member States.
Output: Council Directive concerning the attainment of freedom of establishment and freedom to provide services in respect of activities of self-employed persons in the personal services sector (ISIC ex Major Group 85): 1. Restaurants, cafes, taverns and other drinking and eating places (ISIC Group 852), 2. Hotels, rooming houses, camps and other lodging places (ISIC Group 853)