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Repositioning Free Movement of Services: A Substantive Perspective on the Structure and Dynamics of the Internal Market

Van Leeuwen, Barend

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In the last decades, free movement of services has obtained a “central” and “connecting” position in the structure of the EU internal market. This position has an important impact on the relationship between positive and negative integration in the internal market. Empirical analysis of the CJEU’s case law on Article 56 TFEU and the Services Directive in the period of 2014 to 2023 shows that there is still a significant amount of negative integration in the field of services. Moreover, there is a significant amount of interaction between positive and negative integration. Because of the nature, aim and scope of legislation in the field of services, it is often difficult for the CJEU to demarcate the “boundaries” between the respective scopes of application of positive and negative integration. Therefore, it is important to develop a harmonious relationship between positive and negative integration, which should be characterised as a “mentoring relationship”.

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Van Leeuwen, B. (2025). Repositioning Free Movement of Services: A Substantive Perspective on the Structure and Dynamics of the Internal Market. Common Market Law Review, 62(3), 705-746

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Mar 31, 2025
Online Publication Date Jun 15, 2025
Publication Date 2025-06
Deposit Date Mar 31, 2025
Publicly Available Date Jun 15, 2025
Journal Common Market Law Review
Print ISSN 0165-0750
Publisher Kluwer Law International
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 62
Issue 3
Pages 705-746
Public URL https://durham-repository.worktribe.com/output/3746593
Publisher URL https://kluwerlawonline.com/journalarticle/Common+Market+Law+Review/62.3/COLA2025042

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