| the service contract has to be obtained in one of the activities mentioned below and subject to the additional conditions mentioned in the subsector by the Member State concerned:Legal servicesAccounting servicesAuditing servicesTaxation advisory servicesArchitectural services, urban planning and landscape architectural servicesEngineering services, integrated engineering servicesMedical, dental and midwifery servicesVeterinary servicesServices provided by nurses, physiotherapists and paramedical personnelComputer and related servicesResearch and development servicesAdvertisingMarket research and opinion pollingManagement consulting se ...[+++]rvicesServices related to management consultingTechnical testing and analysis servicesRelated scientific and consulting servicesAdvisory and consulting services relating to agriculture, hunting and forestryAdvisory and consulting services relating to fishingServices relating to miningMaintenance and repair of equipmentPhotographic servicesConvention servicesTranslation services | | |

for overseas companies having a contract to provide services to a client in the EU, for the first time, all 15 Member States have taken commitments on a range of sectors, including legal, architectural, engineering and computer services, and the length of stay for skilled personnel sent to the EU is extended from the previous three to six months;

Without access to high-quality systems which can provide financing, insurance, accounting, tele-communications and transport, our economies cannot be competitive.

For example, the automobile industry uses pre-production services such as design services and Research and Development, production-related services (such as engineering and IT services), after-production services (transport and distribution services) and financial services and finally other business services such as accounting or legal services.

A variety of restrictions also affect the posting of workers to another Member State, the use of equipment or material by service providers outside their own Member State and the use of cross-border business services (such as accountancy, insurance, advertising etc).

The European Commission has yesterday adopted a proposal from Ms Michaele Schreyer, Member of the Commission with responsibility for the Budget, for an in-depth reform of recovery procedures for unduly paid funds (Action 96 of the White Paper on administrative reform). This reform places responsibility for pursuing debtors with the administrative departments, clarifies the role of the accounting departments and boosts the resources of the Legal Service and OLAF at the litigation stage.