Opinion of the Advocate General — ECLI:EU:C:2003:236
Date: 2003-04-10
Based on: Treaty establishing the European Economic Community (1957)
Subject matter: Right of establishment;Free movement of workers
Procedure: Reference for a preliminary ruling
Origin: Italy

Summary of the Judgment 
Freedom of movement for persons — Freedom of establishment — Recognition of 
diplomas and evidence of qualifications — University education and training awarded in 
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SUMMARY — CASE C-153/02 
a Member State by an educational establishment which has made an agreement with a 
university established in another Member State — Refusal of the first Member State to 
recognise diplomas issued by that university attesting to that education and training — 
Not permissible 
(Art. 43 EC) 
An administrative practice under which 
degrees awarded by a university of one 
Member State cannot be recognised in 
another Member State when the courses 
of preparation for those degrees were 
provided in the latter Member State by 
another educat ional establ ishment in 
accordance with an agreement made 
between the two establishments is incom­
patible with Article 43 EC. 
(see para. 51 , operative part) 
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