What services are not covered by the Services Directive?

Labor, tax and criminal laws are not affected. A number of services are also excluded from its scope. Exceptions include:

• financial services
• electronic communications services
• transport services
• health care services provided by health professionals to patients to assess, maintain or restore their state of health where those activities are reserved to a regulated health profession 
• temporary work agencies' services 
• private security services
• audiovisual services
• gambling
• certain social services provided by the state, by providers mandated by the state or by charities recognised as such by the state 
• services provided by notaries and bailiffs (appointed by an official act of government)