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GAZETTE

DECEMBER 1988

the question of double nationality.

It is not clear from the Report of the

case whether this aspect was part

of the reference or if the Court

(including the Advocate General)

took it upon itself to consider the

matter.

The problem raised by double

nationality was whether a national

of t wo Member States, who had

been admitted as a Member of the

legal profession in one of those

States, might rely on the provisions

of the Directive on the territory of

the other Member State.

The free movement of persons,

the freedom of establishment and

the freedom to provide services,

which were fundamental to the

Community system, would not be

fully realised if a Member State

might refuse the benefit of the

provisions of Community law to

those of its nationals who, while

established in another Member

State whose nationality they also

held, made use of the facilities

granted by Community Law in order

to exercise their activities in the

territory of the first State.

The thrust of the Court's ruling

in

Gullung

is that lawyers of one

Community country can provide

legal services in another Member

State once the provisions of the

Directive are complied with, and

may establish themselves subject

to registration at the Bar of the host

State.

In relation to the right of estab-

lishment under Article 52 of the

Treaty it may well be that the Court

will be called upon in future to

clarify the exact extent of this

f r e e d om

w i t h

r e f e r ence

to

particular facts.

(B) C O M M I S S I ON OF T HE

EUROPEAN C OMMU N I T I ES -v-

F E D E R AL

R E P U B L IC

OF

GERMANY,

J u d gme n t 2 5 t h February, 1988.

This matter (hereinafter referred to

as

the German

case)

a r o se o u t of

p r o c eed i ngs b r ought by t he

European Commission against the

Federal Republic of Germany under

Article 169 of the Treaty.

Su b s t a n ce of Case

The Commission sought a declara-

tion that the Federal Republic of

Germany had failed in regard to the

exercise by lawyers of freedom to

provide services to fulfil its obliga-

tions under the Treaty and under

the Directive to facilitate the

effective exercise by lawyers of

freedom to provide such services.

The Commission directed its

complaints against the manner in

which Germany had given effect to

Article 5 of the Directive as regards

the du ty of

" c o - o p e r a t i o n"

imposed on a lawyer from another

Member S t a te w ho pu r sued

activities in Germany by way of

provision of legal services.

There were three separate

matters at issue:

(1) Extent of the co-operation

w i th the German lawyer,

(2) Detailed rules of co-operation,

and

(3) Territorial limits on represen-

tation.

(1) Ex t ent of Co - ope r a t i on w i t h

Ge r man l awye r s:

According to the 1980 German

legislation purporting to transpose

the Directive, the obligation to work

w i t h a lawyer established in

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