WRITTEN QUESTION No. 3352/98 by Cristiana MUSCARDINI to the Commission. Doctors practising dentistry
Date: 1998-11-16
Institutions: European Parliament, MUSCARDINI
Subjects: Italy, capacity to exercise rights, dental medicine, dentist, medical specialisation, physician, professional qualifications, recognition of diplomas













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91998E3352

WRITTEN QUESTION No. 3352/98 by Cristiana MUSCARDINI to the Commission. Doctors practising dentistry  


Official Journal C 182 , 28/06/1999 P. 0069 





WRITTEN QUESTION E-3352/98by Cristiana Muscardini (NI) to the Commission(16 November 1998)Subject: Doctors practising dentistryThe Italian State did not transpose the 1978 directive governing the work of dentists, which it made applicable only to graduates in medicine who enrolled at university before 28 January 1980, until 1985 - by means of Law No 409/85. In the meantime, the delay allowed thousands of young people who studied medicine after 28 January 1980 to practise as dentists, which they were retroactively disqualified from doing by the law transposing the directive. These young medical graduates, who had been practising dentistry, had their rights reinstated in Law No 471/88, which was censured by the Court of Justice. On 8 October last the Italian Government issued a legislative decree requiring an "aptitude test" to be taken by doctors practising dentistry who had enrolled at university between 1980 and 1985, as a precondition for continuing to work as dentists, although they had been doing so for 10 years. The approximately 5 000 doctors consider that the State is making them pay the consequences of its failure to comply with Community law.1. Was it the Commission who imposed the "aptitude test" solution on the Italian State?2. If so, what type of test is it?3. Is the "test" compulsory only for the doctors referred to in Law No 471/88, who graduated by 31 December 1991 (the deadline for graduates in medicine to qualify to practise as dentists), or also for those who, although they enrolled between 1980 and 1985, graduated after 31 December 1991?Answer by Mr Monti on behalf of the Commission(14 January 1999)1. and 2. No, the Commission did not impose this aptitude test on the Italian State. It was the result of negotiations that occurred, at the request of the Italian authorities, between them and the Commission.3. Article 9 (8) of the proposal, as part of the SLIM initiative, for a European Parliament and Council Directive of 2 December 1997(1) amending Directives 89/48/EEC and 92/51/EEC on the general system for the recognition of professional qualifications and supplementing Directives 77/452/EEC, 77/453/EEC, 78/686/EEC, 78/687/EEC, 78/1026/EEC, 78/1027/EEC, 80/154/EEC, 80/155/EEC, 85/384/EEC, 85/432/EEC, 85/433/EEC and 93/16/EEC concerning the professions of nurse responsible for general care, dental practitioner, veterinary surgeon, midwife, architect, pharmacist and doctor refers to diplomas, certificates and other evidence of formal qualifications in medicine awarded to persons who commenced their medical training between 28 January 1980 and 31 December 1984.(1) OJ C 28, 6.1.1998.