WRITTEN QUESTION No. 23/99 by David HALLAM to the Commission. Poultry imports and residue testing
Date: 1999-01-12
Institutions: European Parliament, HALLAM
Subjects: United Kingdom, application of EU law, export monitoring, poultrymeat, third country, veterinary drug, veterinary legislation, waste

C 297/136

Official Journal of the European Communities

EN

15.10.1999

In most Member States, access to the teaching profession is subject to the possession of a set of diplomas
(university degree and teacher training certificate). Directive 89/48/EEC was transposed into Spanish law by
Decree 1665/1991 of 25 October 1991. The recognition procedure for the teaching profession is set out in
the Ministerial Order of 23 January 1995 (published in the Boletín oficial del Estado No 24 of 28 January
1995).

Under the terms of these provisions, and in accordance with the Directive, a migrant in possession of teaching
qualifications from one Member State (in the case of the United Kingdom this means a bachelor degree and a
postgraduate certificate in education) may benefit from recognition of these qualifications in order to exercise
the profession of teacher in Spain.

Conversely, where the United Kingdom is the host country, recognition may be granted to migrants with the
qualifications required to take up the profession of teacher in their country of provenance (in the case of Spain,
the Licenciado and the Certificado de Aptitud Pedagógica).

A person who has not attended a complete teacher training course in a Member State and wishes to work as a
teacher in another Member State has two options: (a) to complete the full teacher training course and obtain
the teaching certificate in the country of provenance, and subsequently apply for professional recognition in
accordance with the Directive and the national legislation transposing it; or (b) to attend teacher training in the
host country in order to obtain the required teaching certificate; persons wishing to do this must first obtain
the academic equivalent of the country’s diploma, a matter which is not covered by Community law.

(1) OJ L 19, 24.1.1989.

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WRITTEN QUESTION P-0023/99

by David Hallam (PSE) to the Commission

(12 January 1999)

Subject: Poultry imports and residue testing

Given that producers of poultrymeat in the UK and indeed other EU Member States comply with the strict EU
veterinary residue testing regime aimed at ensuring the highest level of protection for consumers, will the
Commission:

1.

Provide details of the testing programme and substances tested for applied to poultrymeat producers in
countries such as Brazil and Thailand who export poultrymeat to the EU?

2. Guarantee that third-country residue testing regimes for poultrymeat exported to the EU are not less

rigorous than those applied within the EU itself?

3.

Publish the results of the residue testing programmes of Third Countries exporting significant volumes of
poultrymeat to the EU.

Answer given by Mr Fischler on behalf of the Commission

(12 February 1999)

According to Council Directive 96/23/EC on measures to monitor certain substances and residues thereof in
live animals and animal products (1), the results of these national plans for 1998, in accordance with Article 8,
paragraph 3, should be presented by third countries to the Commission by 31 March 1999 at the latest.

At present the Commission, together with a group of experts from the Member States, is examining all the
third countries’ national plans (including Brazil and Thailand) in order to take appropriate action.

(1) OJ L 125, 23.5.1996.