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Article 60.
Services within the meaning of this Treaty shall
be deemed to be services normally supplied for
remuneration, to
the extent that they are not
governed by the provisions relating to the free
movement of goods, capital and persons.
Services shall include in particular:
(a)
activities of an industrial character;
(£) activities of a commercial character;
(c)
artisan activities and
(d)
activities of the liberal professions.
Without prejudice to the provisions of the Chapter
relating to the right of establishment, a person
supplying a service may, in order to carry out that
service, temporarily exercise his activity in the State
where the service is supplied, under the same
conditions as are imposed by that State on its own
nationals.
Article
62.
Except where otherwise provided for in this
Treaty, Member States shall not introduce any new
restrictions on the freedom which has been in fact
achieved, in regard to the supply of services, at the
date of the entry into force of this Treaty.
Article
63.
i. Before the end of the first stage, the Council,
acting by means of a unanimous vote on a proposal
of the Commission and after the Economic and
Social Committee and the Assembly have been
consulted, shall lay down a general programme for
the abolition of restrictions existing within the
Community on the free supply of services. The
Commission shall submit such proposal to
the
Council in the course of the first two years of the
first stage.
The programme shall, for each category of services,
fix the general conditions and the stages of such
liberalisation.
z. In order to implement the general programme
or, if no such programme exists, to complete one
stage in the liberalisation of a specific service, the
Council, on a proposal of the Commission and after
the Economic and Social Committee and
the
Assembly have been consulted, shall, before the end
of the first stage by means of a unanimous vote and
subsequently by means of a qualified majority vote,
act by issuing directives.
3. The proposals and decisions referred to in
paragraphs i and 2 shall, as a general rule, accord
priority to services which directly affect production
costs or the liberalisation of which contributes to
facilitating the exchange of goods.
Article
64.
Member States hereby declare their willingness to
undertake the liberalisation of services beyond the
extent required by the directives issued in application
of Article 63, paragraph 2, if their general economic
situation and the situation of the sector concerned so
permit.
The Commission shall make recommendations to
this effect to the Member States concerned.
Article
65.
As long as the abolition of restrictions on the free
supply of services has not been effected, each Member
State shall apply such restrictions without distinction
on grounds of nationality or residence to all persons
within the meaning of Article 59, first paragraph, who
supply services.
Article
66.
The provisions of Articles 55 to 58 inclusive shall
apply to the matters governed by this Chapter.
LAND COMMISSION FORMS
Representations were made
to
the
Land
Commission on the inconvenience caused to some
solicitors by the refusal of the Department to supply
stocks of sub-division application forms for use when
required. The Land Commission have now agreed
that applications for forms will be met in full
subject to a maximum issue of three dozen forms at
any one time. The Council feel that this arrangement
will be satisfactory as it will enable practitioners to
lay in a sufficient stock to cover eighteen applications
for sub-division keeping a copy for the file.
ORDNANCE SURVEY MAPS
A letter from the assistant director of Ordnance
Survey states that it has now been decided to
extend the existing licence scheme for the copying
of maps to cover a reproduction by mechanical
means. The annual fee for the licence will be ij/-
in respect of each partner and assistant in the firm.
Details of the scheme and application forms for the
licence maybeobtainedonrequestfromthe Assistant
Director, Ordnance Survey Office, Phoenix Park.,,
Dublin.