Opinion of Mr Advocate General Gulmann delivered on 19 January 1994

1 Original language: Danish.

2 Case 186/87 Cowan [1989] ECR 195. The Court held inter alia that: ... the freedom to provide services includes the freedom for the recipients of services to go to another Member State in order to receive a service there, without being obstructed by restrictions, and that tourists, among others, must be regarded as recipients of services (paragraph 15) and that: When Community law guarantees a natural person the freedom to go to another Member State the protection of that person from harm in the Member State in question, on the same basis as that of nationals and persons residing there, is a corollary of that freedom of movement. It follows that the prohibition of discrimination is applicable to recipients of services within the meaning of the Treaty as regards protection against the risk of assault and the right to obtain financial compensation provided for by national law when that risk materializes (paragraph 17).