No C 40/4 Official Journal of the European Communities 15.2.84 
Amendment to the proposal for the First Council Directive concerning the mutual 
recognition of diplomas, certificates and other evidence of formal qualifications in 
pharmacy, including measures to facilitate the effective excercise of the right of 
establishment relating to certain activities in the field of pharmacy (') 
COM(84) 15 final 
(Submitted by the Commission to the Council pursuant to Article 149 (2) of the EEC Treaty 
on 24 January 1984) 
(84/C 40/05) 
ORIGINAL PROPOSAL AMENDED PROPOSAL 
Council Directive concerning the mutual recognition First Council Directive concerning the mutual 
of diplomas, certificates and other evidence of formal recognition of diplomas, certificates and other 
qualifications in pharmacy, including measures to fa- evidence of formal qualifications in pharmacy, 
cilitate the effective exercise of the right of including measures to facilitate the effective exercise 
establishment relating to certain activities in the field of the right of establishment relating to certain 
of pharmacy activities in the field of pharmacy 
Preamble unchanged 
First to sixth recitals unchanged 
Recital 6a 
Whereas, although the coordination of training and 
the mutual recognition of diplomas are of an 
objective nature, it is clearly impossible to extend the 
effect of recognition to access to the exercise of the 
activities of self-employed persons in the field of 
pharmacy, with respect to the establishment of new 
pharmacies or the takeover of pharmacies open to the 
public which have been in operation for less than two 
years; whereas the differences in provisions laid down 
by law, regulation or administrative action in the 
Member States on this latter matter — in some cases, 
severe restrictions are placed on such establishment 
and in others, there is complete freedom in this 
respect — might in fact, if recognition of diplomas in 
pharmacy were extended to the right to establish a 
new pharmacy, lead to unbalanced emigration of 
pharmacists from Member States where there is 
geographical distribution of pharmacies to countries 
where there is complete freedom to set up phar­
macies; 
Seventh to twelfth recitals unchanged 
CHAPTER I CHAPTER I 
Scope Scope 
Article 1 unchanged 
(') OJNo C 35, 18. 2. 1981, p. 6. 
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ORIGINAL PROPOSAL AMENDED PROPOSAL 
CHAPTER II 
Diplomas, certificates and other evidence of formal 
qualifications in pharmacy 
Article 2 
Each Member State shall recognize the diplomas, 
certificates and other qualifications awarded to 
nationals of Member States by other Member States 
in accordance with Article 2 of Directive . . ./ 
. . ./EEC and listed in Article 3, by giving to such 
qualifications, as far as the right to take up and 
pursue the activities in a self-employed capacity is 
concerned, the same effect in its territory as to those 
diplomas, certificates and other qualifications, listed 
in the same Article, which it itself awards. CHAPTER II 
Diplomas, certificates and other evidence of formal 
qualifications in pharmacy 
Article 2 
Each Member State shall recognize the diplomas, 
certificates and other qualifications awarded to 
nationals of Member States by other Member States 
in accordance with Article 2 of Directive . . ./ 
. . ./EEC and listed in Article 3, by giving to such 
qualifications, as far as the right to take up and 
pursue the activities referred to in Article 1 is 
concerned, the same effect in its territory as to those 
diplomas, certificates and other qualifications, listed 
in Article 3, which it itself awards. 
However, Member States need not give effect to such 
diplomas with respect to the establishment of new 
pharmacies open to the public or the takeover of 
pharmacies open to the public which have been in 
operation for less than two years. 
Articles 3 to 20 unchanged 
Proposal for a Council Decision on the conclusion of the Agreement for cooperation in 
dealing with pollution of the North Sea by oil and other harmful substances 
COM(84) 28 final 
(Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 3 February 1984) 
(84/C 40/06) 
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN 
COMMUNITIES — 
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the 
European Economic Community, and in particular 
Article 235 thereof, 
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission, 
Having regard to the opinion of the European 
Parliament, 
Whereas the third Community action programme on 
the environment ('), of which the Council of the 
European Communities and the representatives of the 
Governments of the Member States, meeting within 
the Council, approved the broad lines on 7 February 
1983, provides that the Community shall take 
measures to ensure better coordination of the 
discussions of the problems in the North Sea; 
(') OJNoC 46, 17. 2. 1983. Whereas, in its Decision of 19 May 1981, the Council 
authorized the Commission to negotiate the accession 
of the European Economic Community to the 
Agreement of 9 June 1969 for cooperation in dealing 
with pollution of the North Sea by oil and other 
harmful substances; 
Whereas, by its Decision of 9 September 1983, the 
Council authorized the Community to sign the 
Agreement for cooperation in dealing with pollution 
of the North Sea by oil and other harmful substances, 
and the Community signed the Agreement on 
13 September 1983; 
Whereas it is important that the Agreement be 
concluded by the European Community; whereas, 
since the powers of action necessary to this end have 
not been provided for by the Treaty, recourse must 
be had to Article 235;