On Wednesday, 8 February, representatives of the EPP-ED and Socialist groups reached a draft compromise on some of the main points of this directive based around a new definition of the principle of " freedom to provide services " to replace that drawn up by the Internal Market Committee and the Commission's original plan to use a " country of origin " principle.
Asāko polemiku, īpaši starp jaunajām un vecajām dalībvalstīm, debatēs izraisa izcelsmes valsts princips, ko Parlamenta atbildīgā komiteja iesaka pārdēvēt par brīvību sniegt pakalpojumus.