Obligations of cross-border service providers

With regard to cross-border services, the varied nature of the structures and individual provisions in the laws of the EU Member States currently produces a great lack of transparency and uncertainty for cross-border services both for the consumer as well as for the provider. This study explores these variations in five illustrative areas of particular significance for the Internal Market (entertainment, telecommunications, rail transport, legal advice and health). Certain Member States were also selected for detailed scrutiny: Czech Republic, Finland, Spain, United Kingdom, Belgium and Germany.