The European Commission has been working to promote reform and modernisation of restrictive regulation in the professional services area since 2002. This underlines wide disparities in levels of regulation across the EU and reveals links between excessive regulation and economic inefficiency....

This study was commissioned by the European Parliament's Policy Department for Citizens' Rights and Constitutional Affairs at the request of the JURI Committee. It identifies and analyses the legal and practical difficulties that an EU citizen faces when buying properties abroad and investigates...