Article 52 EC In order to achieve the liberalisation of a specific service, the European Parliament and the Council, acting in accordance with the ordinary legislative procedure and after consulting the Economic and Social Committee, shall issue directives.
Article 4(16) (Definition of ‘main establishment’); Article 4(22) (Definition of ‘supervisory authority concerned’); Article 4(23) (Definition of ‘cross-border processing’); Article 57 (Tasks of supervisory authorities) (see too recitals 122–123 and 132–133); Article 58 (Powers of supervisory authorities) (see too recital 129); Article 59 (Activity reports); Articles 60–67 (Cooperation and Consistency) (see also recitals 126 and 130–138).