Press Release: Free movement of services: action against Italy for failure to comply with the Court’s judgment concerning extrajudicial debt recovery services

The Commission considers that Italy has failed to complied with the judgment of the Court of Justice of July 2007 which confirmed that certain national provisions concerning extrajudicial debt recovery agencies are incompatible with the freedom of establishment (Article 43 of the EC Treaty) and the free movement of services (Article 49). The Commission has therefore decided to send a letter of formal notice, which is the first stage in the procedure for non-compliance under Article 228 of the EC Treaty.