A new report from the European Commission says that a huge gap remains between the goal of creating ...
A new report from the European Commission says that a huge gap remains between the goal of creating a single market and the reality most consumers still experience when buying services, including financial services. The report, titled The State of the Internal Market for Services, says that 70% of the EU's economy is made up of services, but that internal market barriers hit services harder than goods and take place at every stage of the business process. "For example, requirements relating to authorisation or professional qualifications, restrictions on the use of a certain l...
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