Article 60

Services shall be considered to be `services' within the meaning of this Treaty where  they are normally provided for remuneration, in so far as they are not governed by  the provisions relating to freedom of movement for goods, capital and persons.

`Services' shall in particular include:

a. activities of an industrial character;
b. activities of a commercial character;
c. activities of craftsmen;
d. activities of the professions.

Without prejudice to the provisions of the Chapter relating to the right of  establishment, the person providing a service may, in order to do so, temporarily  pursue his activity in the State where the service is provided, under the same  conditions as are imposed by that State on its own nationals.

Article 61

1. Freedom to provide services in the field of transport shall be governed by the  provisions of the Title relating to transport.

2. The liberalization of banking and insurance services connected with movements of  capital shall be effected in step with the progressive liberalization of movement of  capital.

Article 62

Save as otherwise provided in this Treaty, Member States shall not introduce any  new restrictions on the freedom to provide services which have in fact been attained  at the date of the entry into force of this Treaty.

Article 63

1. Before the end of the first stage, the Council shall, acting unanimously on a  proposal from the Commission and after consulting the Economic and Social  Committee and the European Parliament, draw up a general programme for the  abolition of existing restrictions on freedom to provide services within the  Community. The Commission shall submit its proposal to the Council during the first  two years of the first stage.

The programme shall set out the general conditions under which and the stages by  which each type of service is to be liberalized.

2. In order to implement this general programme or, in the absence of such a  programme, in order to achieve a stage in the liberalization of a specific service, the  Council shall, on a proposal from the Commission and after consulting the Economic  and Social Committee and the European Parliament, issue directives acting  unanimously until the end of the first stage and by a qualified majority thereafter.

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