The Country of Origin Principle is the core of the provisions intended to eliminate obstacles to the free movement of services in the proposed Services Directive. In a study prepared for the United Kingdom’s Department of Trade and Industry (DTI), Copenhagen Economics uses a unique quantitative framework for economic impact assessments to show that the Country of Origin Principle accounts for approximately 10 percent of the economic benefits from the proposed Directive. The associated employment effects are found to be less significant.
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