Editing European Union (section)

====Single market====
{{Main|European single market}}
{{Further|Digital Single Market}}
[[File:EU Single Market.svg|thumb|right|upright=1|[[European Single Market]]
 {{Leftlegend|#003399|[[Member state of the European Union|EU member states]]}}
 {{Leftlegend|#a050ffff|Non-EU states which participate}}
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The single market involves [[European Single Market|the free circulation of goods, capital, people, and services within the EU]],<ref name="Europa Single Market">{{Cite web |title=The Single Market |url=http://ec.europa.eu/internal_market/index_en.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071001122551/http://ec.europa.eu/internal_market/index_en.htm |archive-date=1 October 2007 |access-date=27 June 2007 |publisher=Europa web portal}}</ref> The free movement of services and of establishment allows self-employed persons to move between member states to provide services on a temporary or permanent basis. While services account for 60 per cent to 70 per cent of GDP, legislation in the area is not as developed as in other areas. This lacuna has been addressed by the [[Services in the Internal Market Directive 2006]] which aims to liberalise the cross border provision of services.<ref name="Europa Single Market S">{{Cite web |last=European Commission |title=A Single Market for Services |url=http://ec.europa.eu/internal_market/top_layer/index_19_en.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070610133514/http://ec.europa.eu/internal_market/top_layer/index_19_en.htm |archive-date=10 June 2007 |access-date=27 June 2007 |publisher=Europa}}</ref> According to the treaty the provision of services is a residual freedom that only applies if no other freedom is being exercised.