WRITTEN QUESTION No. 1994/96 by Odile LEPERRE-VERRIER to the Council. Status of nurses working in the psychiatric sector
Date: 1996-07-18
Institutions: European Parliament, LEPERRE-VERRIER
Subjects: France, competence of the Member States, higher education, occupational status, psychiatry, recognition of diplomas, vocational training













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WRITTEN QUESTION No. 1994/96 by Odile LEPERRE-VERRIER to the Council. Status of nurses working in the psychiatric sector  


Official Journal C 385 , 19/12/1996 P. 0074 





WRITTEN QUESTION E-1994/96 by Odile Leperre-Verrier (ARE) to the Council (18 July 1996)Subject: Status of nurses working in the psychiatric sectorCan the Council say what measures are envisaged to accord professional status to nurses in the French psychiatric sector?What progress could be made in the context of Directives 89/48/EEC ((OJ L 19, 24.1.1989, p.16. )) and 92/51/EEC ((OJ L 209, 24.7.1992, p.25. ))?Reply (7 November 1996)Recognition at Community level of nurses diplomas which do not fall within the scope of Directives 77/452/EEC ((Council Directive 77/452/EEC of 27 June 1977 concerning the mutual recognition of diplomas, certificates and other evidence of the formal qualifications of nurses responsible for general care, including measures to facilitate the effective exercise of the right of establishment and freedom to provide services. )) and 77/453/EEC ((Council Directive 77/453/EEC of 27 June 1977 concerning the coordination of provisions laid down by law, regulation or administrative action in respect of the activities of nurses responsible for general care. )) is effected either within the framework of the first general system for the recognition of diplomas ((Council Directive 89/48/EEC of 21 December 1988 on a general system for the recognition of higher-education diplomas awarded on completion of professional education and training of at least three years' duration (OJ L 19, 24.1.1989, P.16). )) if the training concerned is of a higher level and is of at least three years' duration, or within the framework of the second general system ((Council Directive 92/51/EEC of 18 June 1992 on a second general system for the recognition of professional education and training to supplement Directive 89/48/EEC (OJ L 209, 24.7.1992, p.25). )) if those conditions are not fulfilled.Recognition is effected by comparing the diploma held by the person concerned with that required in the host Member State. Adaptation mechanisms may come into play if there are "substantial differences" between the training received by the person concerned and that provided in the host Member State. Directive 92/51/EEC moreover provides for a system of "bridges" to cover cases in which the diploma required for pursuit of a profession is of a higher level in one Member State but is not in the other Member State.It emerges from the foregoing that the two general systems do not establish "European professional status" for professions within their scope but only systems for recognition which take account of possible differences in the content or level of the education and training concerned. With Community law as it stands, the professional status of a naurse working in the psychiatric sector therefore comes fully within the competence of each Member State's competent authorities.