47Under Article 4(6) of Directive 2006/123, an ‘authorisation scheme’ is defined as any procedure under which a provider or recipient is in effect required to take steps in order to obtain from a competent authority a formal decision, or an implied decision, concerning access to a service activity or the exercise thereof.
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