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  "legislation": "eudn/2005/8",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Decision of 24 June 2004 relating to a proceeding pursuant to Article 81 of the EC Treaty concerning case COMP/A.38549 — Belgian Architects' Association (notified under document number C(2004) 2180) (Only the Dutch text is authentic) (2005/8/EC)",
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  "number": "(2)",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "The Decision on the scale of minimum fees drawn up by the Belgian Architects' Association is in line with the Commission's overall policy towards services in general and professional services in particular. This is reflected in the proposals for Directives on services and on professional qualifications, and the Commission communication on competition in professional services. In this communication the Commission acknowledged that some regulation in the sector of professional services may be justified, for instance to reduce the asymmetry of information between customers and service providers. It however expressed its belief that in some cases more pro-competitive mechanisms than those which presently exist can and should be used.",
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  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on services in the internal market, COM(2004) 2."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Amended proposal for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the recognition of professional qualifications (presented by the Commission pursuant to Article 250(2) of the EC Treaty), COM(2004) 317."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "Report on Competition in Professional Services, COM(2004) 83."
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
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