11) Article 54(2) shall be replaced by the following:
"2. In order to implement this general programme or, in the absence of
such programme, in order to achieve a stage in attaining freedom of
establishment as regards a particular activity, the Council, acting in
accordance with the Procedure referred to in Article 189b and after
consulting the Economic and Social Committee, shall act by means of
directives."
12) Article 56(2) shall be replaced by the following:
"2. Before the end of the transitional period, the Council shall, acting
unanimously on a proposal from the Commission and after consulting
the European Parliament, issue directives for the co-ordination of the
above mentioned provisions laid down by law, regulation or
administrative action. After the end of the second stage, however, the
Council shall, acting in accordance with the procedure referred to in
Article 189b, issue directives for the co-ordination of such provisions
as, in each Member State, are a matter for regulation or administrative
action."
13) Article 57 shall be replaced by the following:
"ARTICLE 57
1. In order to make it easier for persons to take up and pursue
activities as self-employed persons, the Council shall, acting in
accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 189b, issue
directives for the mutual recognition of diplomas, certificates and other
evidence of formal qualifications.
2. For the same purpose, the Council shall, before the end of the
transitional period, issue directives for the co-ordination of the
provisions laid down by law, regulation or administrative action in
Member States concerning the taking up and pursuit of activities as
self-employed persons. The Council, acting unanimously on a
proposal from the Commission and after consulting the European