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European Services Directive

European Services Directive. Ian Hawthorn Head of Network Management & Enforcement LB Hammersmith & Fulham. What’s Covered in Highway’s Licencing. Application to use street or pavement space for displays Skip Licences Ability to place tables and chairs in the road.

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European Services Directive

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  1. European Services Directive Ian Hawthorn Head of Network Management & Enforcement LB Hammersmith & Fulham

  2. What’s Covered in Highway’s Licencing • Application to use street or pavement space for displays • Skip Licences • Ability to place tables and chairs in the road

  3. Directive for Local Authorities • The electronic completion of procedures. • The screening and possible adjustment of the existing legislation and the authorisation schemes in them that are related to the relevant services. • Administration Cooperation • Regulations in connection with the rights of recipients of services

  4. Some of the Directives • Legislative practices must be non-discriminatory, necessary and proportionate • Service providers and service recipients must be given clear, online information on business regulation within scope of the Directive • Local Authorities must screen local legislation and administrative practices to ensure that unnecessary barriers to service provision are removed

  5. Directives • Administrative procedures should be examined from the service providers’ perspective • Local Authorities must at the outset indicate the time it will take to grant authorisations and advise the applicant whether tacit authorisation is permissible • All charges must be proportionate to the effective cost of the procedure dealt with

  6. Directives • Service providers must be able to complete all their transactions online • Local Authority websites must provide business information that covers: • How service providers apply for a permit or licence. • Relevant contact details. • How public registers and databases on providers and services can be accessed. • Means of redress in the event of a dispute.

  7. Point of Single Contact The principal aim of the ‘Point of Single Contact’ (PSC) is to ensure that service providers are able to access information relating to procedures and formalities needed for access to and exercise of their service activity and can complete those procedures and formalities electronically.

  8. Discussion • On the effect Directive has on Highway Licencing? Useful websites: http://www.berr.gov.uk/psc http://www.berr.gov.uk/servicesdirective Any queries you have, can be Directed servicesdirective@bis.gsi.gov.uk

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