Establishment Directive definition
Examples of Establishment Directive in a sentence
This is pursuant to the European Establishment Directive 98/5/EC of 16 February 1999.
Your rights to practise may not be capable of being acquired as you have not fulfilled the requirements of the Lawyers’ Establishment Directive (LED - see clarifications below).
Article 10 of the 1998 Lawyers’ Establishment Directive is essentially an exemption from the regime foreseen by the Recognition of Professional Qualifications Directive.
Article 6(3) of the Establishment Directive allows the host state to oblige the lawyer to take out additional insurance.
Article 10 of the Lawyers’ Establishment Directive is essentially an exemption from the regime foreseen by the Recognition of Professional Qualifications Directive.
There are three key pieces of legislation that affect the legal profession:• Lawyers’ Services Directive of 1977 (77/249)• Lawyers’ Establishment Directive of 1998 (98/5)• Recognition of Professional Qualifications Directive (2005/36)4 In addition, Directive 2006/123/EC on Services in the Internal Market which regulates the provision of services in the European Union also touches on the legal profession.
Nationals of a Member State of the EU who are qualified to practise as a lawyer in their home jurisdiction may register as a foreign qualified solicitor under the Establishment Directive (98/5/EC).
The following topics were discussed: 1) Administrative cooperation in the TFEU and the different cooperation systems in force (IMI, Solvit, etc.); 2) Cooperation between national Bars in the field of Establishment Directive (legal basis: Directive 98/5);3) Cooperation between national Bars through the CCBE.
The CCBE also stated that it wants off the table “[a]ccess to the EU laws on free movement of lawyers (Services Directive 77/249/EEC and Establishment Directive 98/5/EC),” both of which limit the EU’s lawyer mobility rules to European lawyers who are citizens of an EU member state.
Permanent establishment under home titleThe Establishment Directive 1998 entitles lawyers who are qualified in and a citizen of a member state to practise on a permanent basis under their home title in another EU/EEA member state, or Switzerland.