KROES EU SERVICES COMPETITION RESTRICTIONS SPEECH – LAWYERS, NOTARIES
November 1st, 2005
BY KEITH NUTHALLTHE EUROPEAN Commission has warned European Union (EU) legal professions it may act against tough entrance restrictions and rules limiting services offered by qualified lawyers. EU competition Commissioner Neelie Kroes's speech at a British government seminar in London this week (21-11) comes as the Commission stages a competition review of professional services. Kroes proposed "a proportionality test" assessing whether "existing restrictive professional regulations and rules...can be objectively justified". Notably, only rules that "have a ...
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