Poland under pressure to leave service directive alone

"The service sector directive turned out to be one of the most difficult challenges of the European Union. Its current shape is a fragile compromise," said McCreevy. The PKPP Lewiatan employers association pointed out that one of the "dangerous" stipulations is the possibility of restricting the right to provide services by foreign companies ostensibly to protect consumers. Entrepreneurs are also concerned about the proposal to refuse market access not due to the law in force, but due to so-called practices - in other words informal regulations in power in a given market."Yet another discussion on the shape of the bill would be like opening Pandora's box," stressed Malgorzata Handzlik, member of the Internal Market and Consumer Protection Commission in the EP. (Rzeczpospolita, p. B2) M.M.