European Parliament adopts service directive</tile> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> <meta http-equiv="description" content="European Parliament adopts service directive"> <meta http-equiv="keywords" content="European,Parliament,adopts,service,directive"> </head> <body> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="10" height="39"> </td> <td width="99%" height="39"> <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="16%"><a href="http://inttranews.inttra.net"><img src="http://inttranews.inttra.net/images/inttranews_grey_2.jpg" width="192" height="37" border="0"></a></td> <td width="50%" valign="middle"> <p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"><b><font color="#CCCCCC" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1">KNOW.<br> HOW.</font></b></font> </p> </td> <td width="34%" align="right" valign="top"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1" color="#666666">21-11-2006</font></td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="10"> </td> <td width="99%" > </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="10"> </td> <td width="99%" > <table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td width="100%"><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> <b>European Parliament adopts service directive</b></font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td width="100%"> <img src="http://inttranews.inttra.net/img_news/img_0qOjKWUUK9YStYuhruxX_0.jpg" align="left" vspace="5" hspace="5" ><font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Brussels, Belgium (EP): After over 2 years of discussion, MEPs approved a draft of the Services directive which aims to reduce obstacles to providing services across national borders in the EU. Balancing the need for open competition with social protection plus safeguards on certain essential sectors and labour laws was the essence of the Parliament's work. <br> <br>For more information, please visit: <br><a href="http://www.europarl.europa.eu/news/public/story_page/008-12807-317-11-46-901-20061116STO12806-2006-13-11-2006/default_en.htm " target="blank">www.europarl.europa.eu/news/public/story_page/008-12807-317-11-46-901-20061116STO12806-2006-13-11-2006/default_en.htm </a> <br></font></td> </tr> </table> </td></tr> </table> <script type="text/javascript"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="<http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show