Classify and discuss the SOLVIT cases stated below, specifying the freedom of movement
which affected each of them and, where appropriate, the type of barrier that some EU
member state sought to impose.
1. SOLVIT helps Swedish company keep Danish homes warm
Affect to the free Movement of services provided on a temporary basis
2. SOLVIT helps British patient receive healthcare in Bulgaria
Barrier to the Free Movement of People (not services because the service is not moved,
a worker in Bulgaria who has it more difficult to move).
3. SOLVIT ensures fair treatment for rafting companies in Slovenia
Barrier to the Free Movement of Services with a temporary basis (cheaper conditions
for national countries in using public resources)
4. SOLVIT helps British company weigh into French market
Barrier to the Free Movement of Goods (additional tests for the new products, what
discourage foreign companies to compete on a good’s market) and the barrier that the
French state sought to impose is the physical one (the new tests could produce delays on
the entrance of the new products on the market). Way of manufacturing (technical) or
certificate, tests… (physical)
5. SOLVIT makes Italian eyes see clearer through Austrian glasses
Barrier to the Free Movement of Services on a permanent establish and a barrier to the
free movement of self-paid workers (the Italy government is not recognising the
freedom to establish a foreign company indirectly, not recognising the diplomas)
6. SOLVIT quenches Maltese thirst for Norwegian water
Free movement of Goods (restrictions of imports into Malta from Norweigen company)
and the barrier that the Maltese state sought to impose is the physical one (standards of
the products). Norway does not belong to the EU, but it has already
7. German health insurer pays maternity benefits for French citizen
Free Movement of Workers (paid-workers) (not equality in rights for workers in
Germany and could be a way of stop the entrance of workers)
8. France lifts barrier to market access for Austrian cheese
Free Movement of Goods (a contradiction) and a technical barrier (the way it is
manufactured, adding starch)
9. Public procurement procedure corrected thanks to SOLVIT France.