»Rådets direktiv 86/653/EØF af 18. december 1986 om samordning af medlemsstaternes lovgivning om selvstændige handebagenter er til hinder for nationale bestemmeber, hvorefter en agenturkontrakts gyldighed er betinget af, at handelsagenten er optaget i et register for handebagenter.
'Council Directive 86/653/EEC of 18 December 1986 on the coordination of the laws of the Member States relating to self-employed commercial agents precludes national legislation which makes the validity of an agency contract conditional upon the commercial agent being entered in the appropriate register.