This is aimed at reforming professional services, applying the Services Directive to Law and Engineering professionals, among others. This will strengthen the principle of free access to these professions, doing away with unjustified restrictions on competence and strengthening consumer protection, giving pre-eminence to the role of Professional Associations, which will be provided with updated regulations.

Beneficiaries

Consumers, for they will have access to a wider range of professional services at better prices and they will obtain greater protection; and also professionals, for they will be working in a more favourable context and they will be provided with greater legal guarantees.

Development

The general guidelines of this reform were put forward before the Government’s Delegate Commission for Financial Affairs last 6 November 2008.