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Document 11957E063
TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY, PART TWO - FOUNDATIONS OF THE COMMUNITY, TITLE III - FREE MOVEMENT OF PERSONS, SERVICES AND CAPITAL, CHAPTER 3: SERVICES, ARTICLE 63
TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY, PART TWO - FOUNDATIONS OF THE COMMUNITY, TITLE III - FREE MOVEMENT OF PERSONS, SERVICES AND CAPITAL, CHAPTER 3: SERVICES, ARTICLE 63
TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY, PART TWO - FOUNDATIONS OF THE COMMUNITY, TITLE III - FREE MOVEMENT OF PERSONS, SERVICES AND CAPITAL, CHAPTER 3: SERVICES, ARTICLE 63
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11957E063
TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY, PART TWO - FOUNDATIONS OF THE COMMUNITY, TITLE III - FREE MOVEMENT OF PERSONS, SERVICES AND CAPITAL, CHAPTER 3: SERVICES, ARTICLE 63
++++ ARTICLE 63 1 . BEFORE THE END OF THE FIRST STAGE , THE COUNCIL SHALL , ACTING UNANIMOUSLY ON A PROPOSAL FROM THE COMMISSION AND AFTER CONSULTING THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE AND THE ASSEMBLY , DRAW UP A GENERAL PROGRAMME FOR THE ABOLITION OF EXISTING RESTRICTIONS ON FREEDOM TO PROVIDE SERVICES WITHIN THE COMMUNITY . THE COMMISSION SHALL SUBMIT ITS PROPOSAL TO THE COUNCIL DURING THE FIRST TWO YEARS OF THE FIRST STAGE . THE PROGRAMME SHALL SET OUT THE GENERAL CONDITIONS UNDER WHICH AND THE STAGES BY WHICH EACH TYPE OF SERVICE IS TO BE LIBERALISED . 2 . IN ORDER TO IMPLEMENT THIS GENERAL PROGRAMME OR , IN THE ABSENCE OF SUCH PROGRAMME , IN ORDER TO ACHIEVE A STAGE IN THE LIBERALISATION OF A SPECIFIC SERVICE , THE COUNCIL SHALL , ON A PROPOSAL FROM THE COMMISSION AND AFTER CONSULTING THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE AND THE ASSEMBLY , ISSUE DIRECTIVES , ACTING UNANIMOUSLY UNTIL THE END OF THE FIRST STAGE AND BY A QUALIFIED MAJORITY THEREAFTER . 3 . AS REGARDS THE PROPOSALS AND DECISIONS REFERRED TO IN PARAGRAPHS 1 AND 2 , PRIORITY SHALL AS A GENERAL RULE BE GIVEN TO THOSE SERVICES WHICH DIRECTLY AFFECT PRODUCTION COSTS OR THE LIBERALISATION OF WHICH HELPS TO PROMOTE TRADE IN GOODS .