The Directive on services in the internal market (commonly referred to as the Bolkestein Directive) is an initiative of the European Commission (EC) aimed at creating a single market for services within the European Union (EU), similar to the single market for goods already present.

I believe the proposed legislation need not have been amended. The proposal already contained a clause protecting essential services(referred to as services of general interest (SGI)) and in my opinion no other exceptions where necessary.