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Article 61 TFEU sets out a non-discrimination clause as regards providers of services within the EU, implying that existing restrictions on freedom to provide services may only apply without distinction on grounds of nationality or residence. However, this provision presents some difficulties regarding its legal interpretation.
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Truchot, in Pingel (2010), Article 54 CE para 1.
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Case 33/74, Van Binsbergen (ECJ 3 December 1974) para 27.
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Kotzur, in Geiger et al. (2015), Article 61 TFEU para 2.
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General Programme for the abolition of restrictions on freedom to provide services O.J. 2/32 (1962), English special edition, Series II, Volume IX, p. 4 (1974) which stated, “Until restrictions have been abolished, each Member State shall apply them in such a way as to accord to all beneficiaries falling within Title I, without distinction on grounds of nationality or residence, the most favourable treatment accorded under existing practices and bilateral or multilateral agreements, other than those establishing regional unions between Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands.”
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Kotzur, in Geiger et al. (2015), Article 61 TFEU para 2.
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Truchot, in Pingel (2010), Article 54 CE para 2.
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Segura Serrano, A. (2021). Article 61 [Transitional Rules]. In: Blanke, HJ., Mangiameli, S. (eds) Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union – A Commentary. Springer Commentaries on International and European Law. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-43511-0_62
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