Services Directive legislation
Business Guidance on the Regulations
Detailed guidance for businesses on the Provision of Services Regulations 2009 can be found below. Since the Regulations have now been made, this guidance is final:
Guidance for business on the Provision of Services Regulations (PDF, 814KB)
The following documents provide a summary of the implications of the Services Directive for business:
Sell your services to Europe! (PDF, 53KB)
Keeping your customers informed (PDF, 76KB)
Provision of Services Regulations
The Provision of Services Regulations 2009 were made on 11 November 2009. They are the main Statutory Instrument which will implement the EU Services Directive into UK law.
In May 2009, we asked for comments on the draft Regulations. The government’s response to these comments can be found below, along with the draft statutory instrument and transposition note:
Government response to comments on the draft Provision of Services Regulations 2009 (Doc, 195KB)
The final Statutory Instrument can be found on the OPSI website: Link to Provision of Services Regulations
Transposition note - Provision of Services Regulations 2009 implementing EU Services Directive (Doc, 165KB)
The Regulations are due to come into force on 28 December 2009. As a general principle, the Regulations do no more than transpose the Directive. Where this is not the case, this is highlighted in the Transposition Note.
Economic Rationale
An economic rationale and cost benefit analysis for implementing the Services Directive, can be found in the impact assessment below:
Services Directive: impact assessment (PDF, 464KB)
Consultation
The Government ran a formal public consultation on its plans for implementing the Services Directive in 2007/08 and published its official response to that consultation in June 2008. Click here to view the archived 2007/08 consultation page.
Before the Directive was agreed at EU level, the Government also ran a consultation: Archived 2004 consultation.
Changes to existing legislation
Information on changes to existing UK legislation to implement the Services Directive can be found on the pages below:
