Freedom to provide cross-border services: admission to the third-country nationals established within the Community

The Commission accepted certain proposals in whole or in part. It made reference to the parallel Directive under procedure COD/1999/0012. Those amendments not accepted by the commission include : - citing the elimination of legal uncertainties as a justification for the directive in the recitals. - the amendment relating to implementing measures is rejected since the adoption of this directive is the sole responsibility of the Council. - changes to the wording of the first article are rejected since the gist of the initial proposal is clear. - the title of the card; - criteria for the issue of the card which were not accepted for the parallel directive cited above.�