EN Official Journal of the European Union C 182/1

Communication from the Commission — Notification of the professional associations or organisations fulfilling the conditions of Article 3(2) listed under Annex I to Directive 2005/36/EC

(Text with EEA relevance)

2011/C 182/01

Directive 2005/36/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 September 2005 on the recognition of professional qualifications (1) provides in its Article 3(2) subparagraph 1 that ‘A profession practised by the members of an association or organisation listed in Annex I shall be treated as a regulated profession’. It also provides that whenever a Member State grants recognition to an association or organisation referred to in the first subparagraph, it shall inform the Commission. The Commission shall then publish an appropriate notification in the Official Journal of the European Union.

Since the United Kingdom notified the following professional associations or organisations under Annex I, the Commission publishes the present Communication in accordance with Article 3(2) of the Directive (2).

List of professional associations or organisations fulfilling the conditions of Article 3(2)

UNITED KINGDOM

1. Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales

2. Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland

3. Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland

4. Association of Chartered Certified Accountants

5. Chartered Institute of Loss Adjusters

6. Chartered Institute of Management Accountants

7. Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators

8. Chartered Insurance Institute

9. Institute of Actuaries

10. Faculty of Actuaries

11. ifs School of Finance

12. Chartered Institute of Bankers in Scotland

13. Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors

14. Royal Town Planning Institute

15. Royal Society of Chemistry

16. Royal Geographical Society

17. Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals

18. Institute of Chartered Foresters

19. Chartered Institute of Building

20. Engineering Council (UK)

21. The Energy Institute

22. Institution of Structural Engineers

23. Institution of Civil Engineers

24. Institute of Mathematics and its Applications

25. Institution of Engineering & Technology

26. Institution of Gas Engineers and Managers

27. Institution of Mechanical Engineers

28. Institution of Chemical Engineers

29. Institute of Marine Engineering Science and Technology

30. Royal Institution of Naval Architects

31. Royal Aeronautical Society

32. Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining

33. Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers

34. Institute of Measurement and Control

35. British Computer Society

36. Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy

37. The Institute of Physics

38. The Society of Biology

39. The Society of Dyers & Colourists

40. The Geological Society

41. Chartered Institute of Marketing

42. Institute of Chartered Shipbrokers

43. The Textile Institute

44. Chartered Institute of Environmental Health

45. Chartered Institute of Housing

46. Royal Horticultural Society

47. The Landscape Institute

48. Chartered Institute of Arbitrators

49. Royal Environmental Health Institute of Scotland

50. Royal Meteorological Society

51. Chartered Institution of Wastes Management

52. Chartered Management Institute

53. Royal Academy of Dance

54. Chartered Institute of Architectural Technologists

55. Royal Statistical Society

56. Chartered Institute of Taxation

57. Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management

58. The Science Council

59. Institution of Occupational Safety and Health

(1) OJ L 255, 30.9.2005, p. 22.

(2) A consolidated version of Annex I to Directive 2005/36/EC can be found at the following address: http://ec.europa.eu/internal_market/qualifications/index_en.htm