The European parliament has approved a directive
designed to allow IT outsourcers and other services companies to
operate more freely across Europe.
The Services Directive seeks to reduce red tape and create legal
certainties for those services firms operating across borders.
European Commission ministers are expected to rubber stamp the
directive next month, and it will then come into force in member
states by 2010.
Some left-wing and green parties opposed the directive in the
European parliament, fearing that it would give free rein to big
business and threaten wages and conditions. Industry backers of the
directive said more jobs would be created as a result and that the
GDP of Europe would increase.
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