25Contrary to the chapter of the Treaty concerning the free movement of capital, the chapter regulating the freedom to provide services does not contain any provision which enables service providers in nonmember countries and established outside the European Union to rely on those provisions. As the Court found in its Opinion of 15 November 1994, Opinion 1/94 [1994] ECR I-5267, paragraph 81, the objective of the latter chapter is to secure the right to provide services for nationals of Member States. Therefore, Article 49 EC et seq. cannot be relied on by a company established in a nonmember country.
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