{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1977-249/article-7",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1977-249/article-7.json",
  "legislation": "eudr/1977/249",
  "legislation_title": "Council Directive of 22 March 1977 to facilitate the effective exercise by lawyers of freedom to provide services (77/249/EEC)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1977-249",
  "path": "article/7",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "7",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "1. The competent authority of the host Member State may request the person providing the services to establish his qualifications as a lawyer.\n2. In the event of non-compliance with the obligations referred to in Article 4 and in force in the host Member State, the competent authority of the latter shall determine in accordance with its own rules and procedures the consequences of such non-compliance, and to this end may obtain any appropriate professional information concerning the person providing services. It shall notify the competent authority of the Member State from which the person comes of any decision taken. Such exchanges shall not affect the confidential nature of the information supplied.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/1977/249/article/7",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:23:45.113874+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}