Understanding grenzüberschreitender Dienstleistungsverkehr across the European Union
Creutz & Partners publishes independent, plain-language information on the rules, procedures and administrative frameworks that govern cross-border service provision within the EU internal market.
A structured view of the EU framework
Our editorial focus is the free movement of services under Articles 56–62 TFEU, the Services Directive 2006/123/EC, and the administrative cooperation obligations that follow from them.
Internal Market Principles
Overviews of the freedom to provide services, country-of-origin considerations, and the limits set by public interest derogations.
Administrative Procedures
Explanations of notification duties, single points of contact, and the documentation typically requested by host-state authorities.
Regulatory Cooperation
Background on the Internal Market Information (IMI) system and administrative cooperation between EU member states.
Cross-border activity is routine, its rules rarely are
Businesses posting staff abroad, professionals offering services in another member state, and public bodies assessing incoming providers all encounter the same patchwork of national implementing measures layered on shared EU principles.
We organise that patchwork into structured, source-referenced overviews so that founders, compliance teams and researchers can orient themselves before consulting qualified counsel.
Editorially independent
We are not a law firm and this site does not provide legal advice or paid consulting.
The framework at a glance
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