The United Kingdom will have to amend its law on granting licences for service activities because the current fee demanded is too high and does not correspond to the real cost of authorisation procedures, explained the European Court of Justice on Wednesday 16 November (C-316/15).
The amounts involved for those who wish to pursue their service activities or set up in the United Kingdom are not negligible. For the year 2011-12, the total fee was £29,102 (approximately €37,700), of which...