Council Directive 77/249/EEC of 22 March 1977 to facilitate the effective exercise by lawyers of freedom to provide services
- In force
- CELEX number: 31977L0249
- Official Journal: JOL_1977_078_R_0017_014
- Form: Directive
- Procedure number: 1976/1002(CNS), 1976/1002/CNS
- Languages:
- bg
- cs
- da
- de
- el
- en
- et
- fi
- fr
- hr
- hu
- it
- lv
- lt
- mt
- nl
- pl
- pt
- ro
- sk
- sl
- es
- sv
Dates
Date of document: - March 22, 1977
- March 26, 1977
- March 24, 1977
- Entry into force - Date notif.
- March 25, 1979
- See Art 8
Modified by
Modified by:
- Act concerning the conditions of accession of the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovak Republic and the adjustments to the Treaties on which the European Union is founded - Annex II: List referred to in Article 20 of the Act of Accession - 2. Freedom of movement for persons - C. Mutual recognition of professional qualifications - II. Legal professions - detail
- DOCUMENTS CONCERNING THE ACCESSION OF THE HELLENIC REPUBLIC TO THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, ACT CONCERNING THE CONDITIONS OF ACCESSION OF THE HELLENIC REPUBLIC AND THE ADJUSTMENTS TO THE TREATIES, ANNEX I LIST REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 21 OF THE ACT OF ACCESSION, III. RIGHT OF ESTABLISHMENT AND FREEDOM TO PROVIDE SERVICES, G) LAWYERS - detail
- Council Directive 2013/25/EU of 13 May 2013 adapting certain directives in the field of right of establishment and freedom to provide services, by reason of the accession of the Republic of Croatia - detail
- ACT concerning the conditions of accession of the Kingdom of Norway, the Republic of Austria, the Republic of Finland and the Kingdom of Sweden and the adjustments to the Treaties on which the European Union is founded, ANNEX I - List referred to in Article 29 of the Act of Accession - XI. INTERNAL MARKET AND FINANCIAL SERVICES - D. MUTUAL RECOGNITION OF PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS - II. LECAL PROFESSIONS - detail
- Council Directive 2006/100/EC of 20 November 2006 adapting certain Directives in the field of freedom of movement of persons, by reason of the accession of Bulgaria and Romania - detail
Completed by:
- undefined
Modifies
Affected by case
- Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 19 January 1988. Claude Gullung v Conseil de l'ordre des avocats du barreau de Colmar et de Saverne. Reference for a preliminary ruling: Cour d'appel de Colmar - France. Right of establishment and freedom of lawyers to provide services. Case 292/86.
- Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 9 March 2017. Leopoldine Gertraud Piringer. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Oberster Gerichtshof. Reference for a preliminary ruling — Freedom of lawyers to provide services — Possibility for Member States to reserve to prescribed categories of lawyers the drafting of formal documents for creating or transferring interests in land — Legislation of a Member State requiring that the authenticity of the signature on a request for entry in the land register be certified by a notary. Case C-342/15.
- A01P1L2
- Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 11 December 2003. AMOK Verlags GmbH v A & R Gastronomie GmbH. Reference for a preliminary ruling: Oberlandesgericht München - Germany. Freedom to provide services - Lawyer established in one Member State working in conjunction with a lawyer established in another Member State - Legal costs to be reimbursed by the unsuccessful party in a dispute to the successful party - Limitation. Case C-289/02.
- Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 23 November 2017. „CHEZ Elektro Bulgaria“ AD v Yordan Kotsev and „FrontEx International“ EAD v Emil Yanakiev. Requests for a preliminary ruling from the Sofiyski rayonen sad. Reference for a preliminary ruling — Competition — Freedom to provide services — Setting of minimum fee amounts by a lawyers’ professional organisation — Court prohibited from ordering reimbursement of fees in an amount less than those minimum amounts — National legislation considering value added tax (VAT) to form part of the price of a service provided in the performance of professional activities. Joined Cases C-427/16 and C-428/16.
- Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 10 March 2021. VK v An Bord Pleanála. Reference for a preliminary ruling – Lawyers’ freedom to provide services – Directive 77/249/EEC – Article 5 – Obligation for a visiting lawyer representing a client in domestic legal proceedings to work in conjunction with a lawyer who practises before the judicial authority in question – Limits. Case C-739/19.
- A05
- Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 18 May 2017. Jean-Philippe Lahorgue v Ordre des avocats du barreau de Lyon and Others. Request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal de grande instance de Lyon. Reference for a preliminary ruling — Freedom to provide services — Directive 77/249/EEC — Article 4 — Practice of the legal profession — Router for accessing the private virtual network for lawyers (RPVA) — Router for RPVA access — Refusal to issue to a lawyer registered at a Bar of another Member State — Discriminatory measure. Case C-99/16.
- A04
- Case C-342/15: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Oberster Gerichtshof (Austria) lodged on 8 July 2015 — Leopoldine Gertraud Piringer
- article 1 paragraph 1 sentence 2
- Case C-99/16: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunal de grande instance de Lyon (France) lodged on 19 February 2016 — Jean-Philippe Lahorgue v Ordre des avocats du barreau de Lyon, Conseil national des barreaux ‘CNB’, Conseil des barreaux européens ‘CCBE’, Ordre des avocats du barreau de Luxembourg
- article 4
- Case C-428/16: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Sofiyski rayonen sad (Bulgaria) lodged on 1 August 2016 — ‘Frontex International’ ЕАD v Emil Yanakiev
- Case C-739/19: Reference for a preliminary ruling from the Supreme Court (Ireland) made on 7 October 2019 – VK v An Bord Pleanála
- article 5
- Case C-427/16: Request for a preliminary ruling from the Sofiyski rayonen sad (Bulgaria) lodged on 1 August 2016 — ‘Chez Elektro Balgaria’ AD v Yordan Kotsev
Legal basis
- TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY, PART TWO - FOUNDATIONS OF THE COMMUNITY, TITLE III - FREE MOVEMENT OF PERSONS, SERVICES AND CAPITAL, CHAPTER 2: RIGHT OF ESTABLISHMENT, ARTICLE 57
- 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 66
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- Self-employed activities
- Freedom to provide services