Service provision and business activity
from PSC Italy - UNIONCAMERE
Service provision refers to a business activity (service) that is carried out by a self-employed person or a company, and is provided for economic remuneration. In order to access and provide a service in an EU Member State, it is necessary to comply with a series of requirements related to a variety of different fields, such as, for example:
- setting up a company which may have various different legal forms, such as individual company, public limited company, limited liability company, etc;
- obtaining the necessary licenses;
- becoming a member of a Professional Association;
- registering the company on the Business Register, obtaining a Tax ID Code and enrolling workers in the Social Security System, etc.
The Service providers from Member States can chose to carry out their activities in Italy, in two different ways:
- service provision without establishment , when the performance of the services does not need a stable infrastructure and the lender of services (whose activity is regularly established in another EU Country) supplies its business on a temporary basis;
- service provision with an Establishment, when an economic activity has to be carried out for an undetermined period of time, using a stable infrastructure, which may be, for example:
- a company that has been set up;
- a branch to be opened;
- a subsidiary to be opened;
- other forms of establishment: Joint Ventures, Cooperatives, Professional Partnerships, etc.
There is a wide-range of requirements for both kinds of services provision, depending on the business activity in question, the type of provision, the legal form adopted, and the geographic location where the activity has to be carried out.
