01789cas a2200253 a 4500 AALejournalIMF014512 230101c9999 xx r poo 0 0eng d 5.00 USD 9781498391726 1018-5941 BD-DhAAL BD-DhAAL Corugedo, Emilio Fernandez. The EU Services Directive : Gains from Further Liberalization / Emilio Fernandez Corugedo, Esther Perez Ruiz. Washington, D.C. : International Monetary Fund, 2014. 1 online resource (25 pages) IMF Working Papers <strong>Off-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required <strong>On-Campus Access:</strong> No User ID or Password Required Electronic access restricted to authorized BRAC University faculty, staff and students The EU Services Directive was adopted in 2006 to foster competition in services across Europe. However, progress in liberalizing services has fallen short of expectations due to the article 15 of the Directive, which allows countries to maintain pre-existing restrictions if judged necessary to protect the public interest. Through input output analysis, this paper finds important multiplier effects of greater efficiency services to the rest of the economy. A renewed impulse to the liberalization process could be given by enhancing the advocacy role of national competition authorities in interpreting the notion of public interest underpinning existing regulations. Mode of access: Internet Perez Ruiz, Esther. IMF Working Papers; Working Paper ; No. 2014/113 Full text available on IMF http://elibrary.imf.org/view/journals/001/2014/113/001.2014.issue-113-en.xml IMF e-Library