40Therefore, it must be stated that neither Directive 89/48 nor Directive 98/5 preclude the application, to any person practising the profession of lawyer in a Member State, particularly as regards the taking up or pursuit thereof, of national provisions laid down by law, regulation or administrative action justified by the general good, such as rules relating to organisation, qualifications, professional ethics, supervision and liability (see, to that effect, as regards Directive 89/48, Case C-55/94 Gebhard [1995] ECR I-4165, paragraph 35 and the case-law cited).
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