# Council Directive of 22 March 1977 to facilitate the effective exercise by lawyers of freedom to provide services (77/249/EEC), Article 5

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

For the pursuit of activities relating to the representation of a client in legal proceedings, a Member State may require lawyers to whom Article 1 applies:
to be introduced, in accordance with local rules or customs, to the presiding judge and, where appropriate, to the President of the relevant Bar in the host Member State;
to work in conjunction with a lawyer who practises before the judicial authority in question and who would, where necessary, be answerable to that authority, or with an ‘avoué’ or ‘procuratore’ practising before it.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/1977/249/article/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1977-249/article-5
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