A Swedish trade union had tried to make a Latvian company apply Swedish labour law in Sweden, the Latvian company refused and was supported in its stance by the European Court of Justice with reference to the free movement of services.
Viņaprāt, bīstama ir tendence sociālo tiesību samazināšanu pamatot ar brīvu pakalpojumu kustību, kā tas noticis Eiropas Kopienu Tiesai atbalstot Latvijas kompāniju un Laval un Partneri lietā.