Commission Directive 98/21/EC of 8 April 1998 amending Council Directive 93/16/EEC to facilitate the free movement of doctors and the mutual recognition of their diplomas, certificates and other evidence of formal qualifications (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 1998-04-08
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: freedom to provide services, occupational medicine, physician, recognition of diplomas, right of establishment

22. 4. 98

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Official Journal of the European Communities

L 119/15

COMMISSION DIRECTIVE 98/21/EC

of 8 April 1998

amending Council Directive 93/16/EEC to facilitate the free movement of
doctors and the mutual recognition of their diplomas, certificates and other
evidence of formal qualifications

(Text with EEA relevance)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community, and in particular Article 49, Article 57(1) and
(2), first and third sentences, and Article 66 thereof,

Having regard to Council Directive 93/16/EEC of 5 April
1993 to facilitate the free movement of doctors and the
their diplomas, certificates and
mutual recognition of
other evidence of formal qualifications (1), as last amended
by Directive 97/50/EC (2) of the European Parliament and
of the Council, and in particular Article 44a thereof,

‘Belgium: m(cid:130)dicine du travail/arbeidsgeneeskunde,
Luxembourg: m(cid:130)decine du travail’.

(b) Under

‘occupational medicine’,

designation
‘arbeids- en bedrijfsgeneeskunde’ appearing opposite
‘Netherlands’ is replaced by the designation ‘arbeid en
gezondheid’.

the

(c) Under ‘Community medicine’, the following is added:

‘Sweden: Socialmedicin’.

Article 2

Whereas the Netherlands has made a reasoned request for
the designation of occupational medicine to be amended
for that Member State in the list of specialised medicine
peculiar to two or more Member States;

1. Member States shall bring into force the laws, regu-
lations and administrative provisions necessary to comply
with this Directive by 31 December 1998. They shall
forthwith inform the Commission thereof.

Whereas Belgium and Luxembourg have made reasoned
requests for occupational medicine to be included for
those Member States in the list of specialised medicine
peculiar to two or more Member States;

Whereas Sweden has made a reasoned request
for
community medicine to be included for that Member
State in the list of specialised medicine peculiar to two or
more Member States;

Whereas the measures provided for in this Directive are
in accordance with the opinion of
the Committee of
Senior Officials on Public Health set up by Council
Decision 75/365/EEC (3),

The provisions adopted pursuant to this paragraph shall
contain a reference to this Directive or shall be accom-
panied by such reference at the time of their official pub-
lication. The procedure for
such reference shall be
adopted by the Member States.

2. Member States shall communicate to the Commis-
sion the texts of the provisions of national law which they
adopt in the field covered by this Directive.

Article 3

This Directive shall enter into force on the 20th day
following its publication in the Official Journal of the
European Communities.

Article 4

HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:

This Directive is addressed to the Member States.

Article 1

Done at Brussels, 8 April 1998.

Article 7(2) of Directive 93/16/EEC is hereby amended as
follows:

(a) Under
added:

‘occupational medicine’,

the following are

For the Commission

Mario MONTI

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 165, 7. 7. 1993, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 291, 24. 10. 1997, p. 35.
(3) OJ L 167, 30. 6. 1975, p. 19.