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Article 4 Amendments to the European Communities (Services of Lawyers) Order 1978

Original text. Later amendments are not shown.

In article 2f1–

(a)

after the definitions of “advocate”, “barrister” and “solicitor” insert–

  • ““country of origin”, in relation to a European lawyer, means the country or countries in which he is established”;

(b)

for the definition of “EEC lawyer” substitute–

  • ““European lawyer” means a person entitled to pursue his professional activities in a state in column 1 using the designation referred to in column 2–

    StateDesignation(s)
    AustriaRechtsanwalt
    BelgiumAvocat/Advocaat
    CyprusΔικηγóρος
    Czech RepublicAdvokát
    DenmarkAdvokat
    EstoniaVandeadvokaat
    FinlandAsianajaja/Advokat
    FranceAvocat
    GermanyRechtsanwalt
    Hellenic RepublicDikegoros
    HungaryÜgyvéd
    IcelandLögmaður
    Republic of IrelandBarrister/solicitor
    ItalyAvvocato
    LatviaZvẽrinãts advokãts
    LiechtensteinRechtsanwalt
    LithuaniaAdvokatas
    LuxembourgAvocat
    MaltaAvukat/Prokuratur Legali
    NetherlandsAdvocaat
    NorwayAdvokat
    PolandAdwokat/Radca prawny
    PortugalAdvogado
    SlovakiaAdvokát/Komerčný právnik
    SloveniaOdvetnik/Odvetnica
    SpainAbogado/Advocat/Avogado/Abokatu
    SwedenAdvokat
    SwitzerlandAvocat/Advokat/Rechtsanwalt/Anwalt/Fürsprecher/Fürsprech/Avvocato

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  • and

    1. (c)

      omit the definition of “member State of origin”.

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Footnotes

f1

Article 2 was amended by S.I. 1980/1964, which inserted a reference to the Hellenic Republic.