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EXTENDING PROVISIONS ON SERVICES FOR THIRD COUNTRY NATIONALS

 [ARTICLE 49]

 

 

AMENDMENT TO: Treaty of Lisbon amending the Treaty on European Union and t= he Treaty establishing the European Community (Lisbon, 13 December 2007)<= /span>

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Policy Area:

Treaty= on the Functioning of the European Union, Part Three Policies and Internal Act= ions of the Union, Title III – Free movement of persons, services and capi= tal, Chapter 3 – Services, Article 49

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56) Ar= ticle 49 shall be amended as follows:

(a) in the first paragraph, the words "State of the Community" shall be replaced by

"= Member State";

(b) in the second paragraph, the words "The Council m= ay, acting by a qualified majority on a proposal from the Commission, extend&qu= ot; shall be replaced by "The European Parliament and the Council, acting = in accordance with the ordinary legislative procedure, may extend".”= ; = ;   

 

Consolidated Treaty Article(s):

“Article 49

Within the framework of the provisions set out below, restrictions = on freedom to provide services within the Community shall be prohibited in res= pect of nationals of Member States who are established in a State of the Communi= ty other than that of the person for whom the services are intended.

The Council may, acting by a qualified majority on a proposal from = the Commission, extend the provisions of the Chapter to nationals of a third country who provide services and who are established within the Community.&= #8221;

 

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Expl= anation:

The Lisbon Treaty introduces the “ordinary legislative procedure (co-decision procedure) for decisions extending the provisions relating to services “to nationals of a third country who provide services and who are established within the Union.” The European Parliament will have a m= ore influential role in this process but the Council will continue to act by QMV. The Europ= ean Parliament will gain an enhanced influence over extending the provisions on services for third country nationals.