On granting European lawyers the right to apostille private and public documents 

Petition addressed to: Petitionsausschuss des Europäischen Parlaments

The petitioner calls on the EU to grant European lawyers the right to apostille private and public documents. He justifies his claim with the following Convention and EU Directives:(i) the Apostille Convention (Hague Convention of 5 October 1961 Abolishing the Requirement of Legalisation for Foreign Public Documents), to which all EU Member States are parties;(ii) Directive 98/5/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 February 1998 to facilitate practice of the profession of lawyer on a permanent basis in a Member State other than that in which the qualification was obtained;(iii) Council Directive 77/249/EEC of 22 March 1977 to facilitate the effective exercise by lawyers of freedom to provide services;(iv) Directive 2005/36/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 September 2005 on the recognition of professional qualifications.