Commission Directive 98/63/EC of 3 September 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: 1998-09-03
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: freedom to provide services, physician, recognition of diplomas, right of establishment

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COMMISSION DIRECTIVE 98/63/EC

of 3 September 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
mutual recognition of
their diplomas, certificates and
other evidence of formal qualifications (1), as last amended
by Commission Directive 98/21/EC (2), and in particular
Article 44a thereof,

the designations of neurological

Whereas the United Kingdom has made a reasoned
for
request
surgery,
general
(internal) medicine, orthopaedics, pathological
anatomy and psychiatry to be amended for that Member
State in the list of specialised medicine common to all
Member States;

Whereas Luxembourg has made a reasoned request for
the designations of clinical biology, gastro-enterological
surgery, nuclear medicine, maxillo-facial surgery, and
dental, oral and maxillo-facial surgery to be included for
that Member State in the list of specialised medicine
peculiar to two or more Member States;

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

radiotherapy to be amended for

Whereas the United Kingdom has made a reasoned
request for the designations of microbiology-bacteriology,
thoracic surgery, cardiology, venereology, diagnostic radi-
ology, radiotherapy, geriatrics, renal diseases, communic-
able diseases, and community medicine to be amended
for that Member State in the list of specialised medicine
peculiar to two or more Member States;

Whereas Greece has made a reasoned request for the
designations of vascular surgery and community medicine
to be included for that Member State in the list of special-
ised medicine peculiar to two or more Member States;

Whereas Belgium, Ireland and the United Kingdom have
made reasoned requests for accident and emergency
medicine to be included for those Member States in the

list of specialised medicine peculiar to two or more
Member States;

Whereas Denmark, Spain, Italy, Ireland, Finland, Sweden
and the United Kingdom have made reasoned requests
for clinical neurophysiology to be included for those
Member States in the list of specialised medicine peculiar
to two or more Member States;

the measures

Whereas
laid down by this Directive
conform with the opinion of the Committee of Senior
Officials on Public Health set up by Council Decision
75/365/EEC (3),

HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:

Article 1

Article 5(3) of Directive 93/16/EEC is hereby amended as
follows:

(a) under ‘neurological surgery', the designation ‘neuro-
logical surgery' appearing opposite ‘United Kingdom'
is replaced by the designation ‘neurosurgery';

(b) under ‘general

(internal) medicine', the designation
‘general medicine' appearing opposite ‘United King-
dom' is replaced by the designation ‘general (internal)
medicine';

(c) under

‘orthopaedics',

the designation ‘orthopaedic
surgery' appearing opposite ‘United Kingdom'
is
replaced by the designation ‘trauma and orthopaedic
surgery';

(d) under ‘pathological anatomy', the designation ‘morbid
appearing opposite
is replaced by the designation

anatomy and histopathology'
‘United Kingdom'
‘histopathology';

(e) under

‘psychiatry',

‘psychiatry'
appearing opposite ‘United Kingdom' is replaced by
the designation ‘general psychiatry'.

designation

the

Article 2

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

(a) under ‘clinical biology', the following is added:

‘Luxembourg: biologie clinique';

(1) OJ L 165, 7. 7. 1993, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 119, 22. 4. 1998, p. 15.

(3) OJ L 167, 30. 6. 1975, p. 19.

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(b) under

‘microbiology-bacteriology',

the designation
‘medical microbiology' appearing opposite ‘United
Kingdom'
is replaced by the designation ‘medical
microbiology and virology';

(c) under ‘thoracic surgery',

the designation ‘thoracic
surgery' appearing opposite ‘United Kingdom'
is
replaced by the designation ‘cardio-thoracic surgery';

(d) under ‘vascular surgery', the following is added:

‘Greece: Acceioweiqouqcij(cid:147)r';

(e) under ‘cardiology',

diseases' appearing opposite ‘United Kingdom'
replaced by the designation ‘cardiology';

the designation ‘cardio-vascular
is

(f) under

‘venereology',

the designation ‘venereology'
appearing opposite ‘United Kingdom' is replaced by
the designation ‘genito-urinary medicine';

(g) under ‘diagnostic radiology', the designation ‘diag-
nostic radiology' appearing opposite ‘United King-
dom' is replaced by the designation ‘clinical radi-
ology';

(h) under ‘radiotherapy', the designation ‘Ajtimoheqapeu-
tij(cid:147)' appearing opposite ‘Greece' is replaced by the
designation ‘Ajtimoheqapeutij(cid:147) (cid:190) Ocjokoc(cid:148)a' and
the designation ‘radiotherapy' appearing opposite
‘United Kingdom'
is replaced by the designation
‘clinical oncology';

‘geriatrics',

under
‘geriatrics'
appearing opposite ‘United Kingdom' is replaced by
the designation ‘geriatric medicine';

designation

the

(i)

(j)

‘Luxembourg: chirurgie maxillo-faciale';

(p) under ‘dental, oral and maxillo-facial surgery (basic
medical and dental training)', the following is added:

‘Luxembourg: chirurgie

dentaire,

orale maxillo-

faciale';

(q)

the following two items are added:

‘(cid:190) accident and emergency medicine

Ireland:

accident
medicine

and

emergency

United Kingdom: accident

and

emergency

medicine;

(cid:190) clinical neurophysiology

Denmark:

klinisk neurofysiology

Spain:

Ireland:

Sweden:

neurofisiologia clinica

neurophysiology

klinisk neurofysiologi

United Kingdom:

clinical neurophysiology'.

Article 3

Article 27 of Directive 93/16/EEC is hereby amended as
follows:

(a) under ‘First group (five years)', the following is added:

‘(cid:190) accident and emergency medicine';

(b) under ‘Second group (four years)', the following is

added:

‘(cid:190) clinical neurophysiology'.

under ‘renal diseases', the designation ‘renal disease'
appearing opposite ‘United Kingdom' is replaced by
the designation ‘renal medicine';

Article 4

(k) under

‘communicable diseases',

the designation
‘communicable diseases' appearing opposite ‘United
Kingdom' is replaced by the designation ‘infectious
diseases';

(l)

‘community medicine',

under
‘Greece: Joimymij(cid:147)
Iatqij(cid:147)' is added and the designation ‘community
medicine' appearing opposite ‘United Kingdom' is
replaced by the designation ‘public health medicine';

1. Member States shall bring into force the laws, regula-
tions and administrative provisions necessary to comply
with this Directive by 30 June 1999. They shall forthwith
inform the Commission thereof.

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
publication. The procedure for such reference shall be
adopted by the Member States.

(m) under ‘gastro-enterological surgery', the following is

added:

‘Luxembourg: chirurgie gastro-ent(cid:130)rologique';

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.

(n) under ‘nuclear medecine', the following is added:

‘Luxembourg: m(cid:130)decine nucl(cid:130)aire';

Article 5

(o) under ‘maxillo-facial surgery (basic medical training)',

the following is added:

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

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This Directive is addressed to the Member States.

Article 6

Done at Brussels, 3 September 1998.

For the Commission

Mario MONTI

Member of the Commission