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Council Directive 2013/25/EU of 13 May 2013 adapting certain directives in the field of right of establishment and freedom            to provide services, by reason of the accession of the Republic of Croatia         

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# Council Directive 2013/25/EU                     

# of 13 May 2013

# adapting certain directives in the field of right of establishment and freedom to provide services, by reason of the accession                        of the Republic of Croatia                     

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

Having regard to the Treaty of Accession of Croatia, and in particular Article 3(4) thereof,

Having regard to the Act of Accession of Croatia, and in particular Article 50 thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission,

Whereas:

(1)Pursuant to Article 50 of the Act of Accession of Croatia, where acts of the institutions adopted prior to accession require                              adaptation by reason of accession, and the necessary adaptations have not been provided for in that Act of Accession or in                              the Annexes thereto, the Council, acting by qualified majority on a proposal from the Commission, shall, to this end, adopt                              the necessary acts, if the original act was not adopted by the Commission.

(2)The Final Act of the Conference which drew up and adopted the Treaty of Accession of Croatia indicated that the High Contracting                              Parties had reached political agreement on a set of adaptations to acts adopted by the institutions required by reason of                              accession and invited the Council and the Commission to adopt those adaptations before accession, completed and updated where                              necessary to take account of the evolution of the law of the Union.

(3)Directives 74/557/EEC(1), 77/249/EEC(2), 98/5/EC(3) and 2005/36/EC(4) should therefore be amended accordingly,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:

# Article 1U.K.

Directives 74/557/EEC, 77/249/EEC, 98/5/EC and 2005/36/EC are amended as set out in the Annex to this Directive.

# Article 2U.K.

1.Member States shall adopt and publish, by the date of accession of Croatia to the Union at the latest, the laws, regulations                        and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive. They shall forthwith communicate to the Commission                        the text of those provisions.                  

They shall apply those provisions from the date of accession of Croatia to the Union.

When Member States adopt those measures, they shall contain a reference to this Directive or be accompanied by such a reference                     on the occasion of their official publication. Member States shall determine how such reference is to be made.                  

2.Member States shall communicate to the Commission the text of the main provisions of national law which they adopt in the                        field covered by this Directive.                  

# Article 3U.K.

This Directive shall enter into force subject to and as from the date of the entry into force of the Treaty of Accession of                     Croatia.                  

# Article 4U.K.

This Directive is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 13 May 2013.

*For the Council*                            

*The President*                            

S. Coveney                            

## ANNEXU.K.

## PART AU.K.**MUTUAL RECOGNITION OF PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS**

Directive 2005/36/EC is amended as follows:

in the first subparagraph of Article 49(2), the following point is inserted:

1 July 2013 for Croatia;’;                                    

Annex V is amended as follows:

Section V.1 is amended as follows:

in the table in point 5.1.1, the following is inserted after the entry for France:

in the table in point 5.1.2, the following is inserted after the entry for France:

in the tables in point 5.1.3, the following entries are inserted after the respective entries for France:
                            -  in the table for ‘Anaesthetics’ and ‘General surgery’:  ‘HrvatskaAnesteziologija, reanimatologija i intenzivna medicinaOpća kirurgija’ 
                            -  in the table on ‘Neurological surgery’ and ‘Obstetrics and Gynaecology’:  ‘HrvatskaNeurokirurgijaGinekologija i opstetricija’ 
                            -  in the table on ‘General (internal) medicine’ and ‘Ophthalmology’:  ‘HrvatskaOpća interna medicinaOftalmologija i optometrija’ 
                            -  in the table on ‘Otorhinolaryngology’ and ‘Paediatrics’:  ‘HrvatskaOtorinolaringologijaPedijatrija’ 
                            -  in the table on ‘Respiratory medicine’ and ‘Urology’:  ‘HrvatskaPulmologijaUrologija’ 
                            -  in the table on ‘Orthopaedics’ and ‘Pathological anatomy’:  ‘HrvatskaOrtopedija i traumatologijaPatologija’ 
                            -  in the table on ‘Neurology’ and ‘Psychiatry’:  ‘HrvatskaNeurologijaPsihijatrija’ 
                            -  in the table on ‘Diagnostic radiology’ and ‘Radiotherapy’:  ‘HrvatskaKlinička radiologijaOnkologija i radioterapija’ 
                            -  in the table on ‘Plastic surgery’ and ‘Clinical biology’:  ‘HrvatskaPlastična, rekonstrukcijska i estetska kirurgija’ 
                            -  in the table on ‘Microbiology-bacteriology’ and ‘Biological chemistry’:  ‘HrvatskaKlinička mikrobiologija’ 
                            -  in the table on ‘Immunology’ and ‘Thoracic surgery’:  ‘HrvatskaAlergologija i klinička imunologija’ 
                            -  in the table on ‘Paediatric surgery’ and ‘Vascular surgery’:  ‘HrvatskaDječja kirurgijaVaskularna kirurgija’ 
                            -  in the table on ‘Cardiology’ and ‘Gastro-enterology’:  ‘HrvatskaKardiologijaGastroenterologija’ 
                            -  in the table on ‘Rheumatology’ and ‘General Haematology’:  ‘HrvatskaReumatologijaHematologija’ 
                            -  in the table on ‘Endocrinology’ and ‘Physiotherapy’:  ‘HrvatskaEndokrinologija i dijabetologijaFizikalna medicina i rehabilitacija’ 
                            -  in the table on ‘Neuropsychiatry’ and ‘Dermato-venereology’:  ‘HrvatskaDermatologija i venerologija’ 
                            -  in the table on ‘Radiology’ and ‘Child psychiatry’:  ‘HrvatskaKlinička radiologijaDječja i adolescentna psihijatrija’ 
                            -  in the table on ‘Geriatrics’ and ‘Renal diseases’:  ‘HrvatskaNefrologija’ 
                            -  in the table on ‘Communicable diseases’ and ‘Community medicine’:  ‘HrvatskaInfektologijaJavnozdravstvena medicina’ 
                            -  in the table on ‘Pharmacology’ and ‘Occupational medicine’:  ‘HrvatskaKlinička farmakologija s toksikologijomMedicina rada i športa’ 
                            -  in the table on ‘Allergology’ and ‘Nuclear medicine’:  ‘HrvatskaAlergologija i klinička imunologijaNuklearna medicina’ 
                            -  in the table on ‘Maxillo-facial surgery (basic medical training)’:  ‘HrvatskaMaksilofacijalna kirurgija’ 
                            -  in the table on ‘Biological haematology’:  ‘Hrvatska’ 
                            -  in the table on ‘Stomatology’ and ‘Dermatology’:  ‘Hrvatska’ 
                            -  in the table on ‘Venerology’ and ‘Tropical medicine’:  ‘Hrvatska’ 
                            -  in the table on ‘Gastro-enterological surgery’ and ‘Accident and emergency medicine’:  ‘HrvatskaAbdominalna kirurgijaHitna medicina’ 
                            -  in the table on ‘Clinical neurophysiology’ and ‘Dental, oral and maxillo-facial surgery (basic medical and dental training)’:  ‘Hrvatska’ 
                            -  in the table on ‘Medical oncology’ and ‘Medical genetics’:  ‘Hrvatska’ 

in the table in point 5.1.4, the following is inserted after the entry for France:

in the table in point 5.2.2 of Section V.2, the following is inserted after the entry for France:

in the table in point 5.3.2 of Section V.3, the following is inserted after the entry for France:

in the table in point 5.4.2 of Section V.4, the following is inserted after the entry for France:

in the table in point 5.5.2 of Section V.5, the following is inserted after the entry for France:

in the table in point 5.6.2 of Section V.6, the following is inserted after the entry for France:

in the table in point 5.7.1 of Section V.7, the following is inserted after the entry for France:

in Annex VI, the following is inserted after the entry for France:

## PART BU.K.**LEGAL PROFESSIONS**

### (1)in Article 1(2) of Directive 77/249/EEC, the following is added:U.K.

‘Croatia: Odvjetnik/Odvjetnica.’;                  

### (2)in Article 1(2)(a) of Directive 98/5/EC, the following is inserted after the entry for France:U.K.

‘Croatia: Odvjetnik/Odvjetnica’.                  

## PART CU.K.**TRADE AND DISTRIBUTION OF TOXIC PRODUCTS**

In the Annex to Directive 74/557/EEC, the following is added:
          -  ‘Croatia:                          1.
Chemicals/toxic products as regulated by the Chemicals Act (OG 150/05, 53/08, 49/11) and the bylaws adopted on the basis of                                       the said Act;                                 
2.
Plant protection products as regulated by the Act on Plant Protection Products (OG 70/05) and the bylaws adopted on the basis                                       of the said Act.’.                                 
 

1

Council Directive 74/557/EEC of 4 June 1974 on the attainment of freedom of establishment and freedom to provide services                              in respect of activities of self-employed persons and of intermediaries engaging in the trade and distribution of toxic products                              (OJ L 307, 18.11.1974, p. 5).                           

2

Council Directive 77/249/EEC of 22 March 1977 to facilitate the effective exercise by lawyers of freedom to provide services                              (OJ L 78, 26.3.1977, p. 17).                           

3

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 (OJ L 77, 14.3.1998, p. 36).                           

4

Directive 2005/36/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 September 2005 on the recognition of professional                              qualifications (OJ L 255, 30.9.2005, p. 22).