Commission Directive 1999/46/EC of 21 May 1999 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: 1999-05-21
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: freedom to provide services, medical specialisation, physician, recognition of diplomas, right of establishment

2. 6. 1999

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 139/25

COMMISSION DIRECTIVE 1999/46/EC

of 21 May 1999

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,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community, and in particular Article 40, Article 47(1)
and (2), first and third sentences, and Article 55 thereof,

Article 1

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 98/63/EC (2), and in particular
Article 44a thereof,

(1) Whereas Italy has made a reasoned request for the
designations of gynaecology-obstetrics, ophthal-
mology and respiratory medicine to be amended
for that Member State in the list of specialised
medicine common to all Member States, and for
the designations of clinical biology, microbiology-
bacteriology, plastic
gastro-enterology,
endocrinology and physiotherapy to be amended
for that Member State in the list of specialised
medicine peculiar to two or more Member States;

surgery,

radiotherapy

(2) Whereas Italy has made a reasoned request for the
designations of biological chemistry, diagnostic
to be
radiology,
included for that Member State in the list of
specialised medicine peculiar
to two or more
Member States: whereas, with regard to diagnostic
radiology and radiotherpy, the list of specialised
medicine common to all the Member States should
therefore be amended;

and geriatrics

(3) Whereas Spain and Italy have made a reasoned
request for community medicine to be included for
these Member States in the list of specialised medi-
cine peculiar to two or more Member States;

(4) Whereas the measures 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),

(1) OJ L 165, 7.7.1993, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 253, 15.9.1998, p. 24.
(3) OJ L 167, 30.6.1975, p. 19.

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

(a) under ‘gynaecology-obstetrics', the designation ‘oste-
tricia e ginecologia' appearing opposite ‘Italy'
is
replaced by the designation ‘ginecologia e ostetricia';

(b) under

‘ophthalmology',

the designation ‘oculistica'
appearing opposite ‘Italy' is replaced by the designa-
tion ‘oftalmologia';

(c) under ‘respiratory medicine', the designation ‘tisio-
logia e malattie dell’apparato respiratorio' appearing
opposite ‘Italy' is replaced by the designation ‘malattie
dell’apparato respiratorio';

(d) the following two items are added:

‘(cid:190) diagnostic radiology

Belgium:

Denmark:

radiodiagnostic/r(cid:148)ntgendiag-
nose,

diagnostisk radiologi eller rønt-
genundersøgelse,

Germany:

Radiologische Diagnostik,

Greece:

Spain:

France:

Ireland:

Italy:

ajtimodiacmystij(cid:147),

radiodiagn(cid:155)stico,

radiodiagnostic et imagerie m(cid:130)-
dicale,

diagnostic radiology,

radiodiagnostica,

Luxembourg:

radiodiagnostic,

Netherlands:

radiodiagnostiek,

Austria:

Portugal:

Finland:

Sweden:

United
Kingdom:

Medizinische Radiologie-Diag-
nostik,

radiodiagn(cid:155)stico,

radiologia/radiologi,

medicinsk radiologi,

diagnostic radiology.

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Official Journal of the European Communities

2. 6. 1999

(cid:190) radiotherapy

(h) under ‘geriatrics', the following is added:

Belgium:

Denmark:

Germany:
Greece:
Spain:
France:
Ireland:
Italy:
Luxembourg:
Netherlands:
Austria:

Portugal:
Finland:

Sweden:
United
Kingdom:

radiumth(cid:130)rapie/rado-

radio- et
en radiumtherapie,
terapeutisk radiologi eller str(cid:132)le-
behandling,
Strahlentherapie,
ajtimoheqapeutij(cid:147),
oncologia radioter(cid:145)pica,
oncologie, option radioth(cid:130)rapie,
radiotherapy,
radioterapia,
radioth(cid:130)rapie,
radiotherapie,
Strahlentherapie-Radioonko-
logie,
radiodiagn(cid:155)stico,
radiotherapy
sy(cid:148)p(cid:132)taudit ja s(cid:132)dehoito-cancer-
sjukdomar och radioterapi,
onkology,

radiotherapy.'

Article 2

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

(a) under ‘clinical biology',

the designation ‘patologia
diagnostica di laboratorio' appearing opposite ‘Italy' is
replaced by the designation ‘patologia clinica';

(b) under

‘microbiology-bacteriology',

the designation
‘microbiologia' appearing opposite ‘Italy' is replaced
by the designation ‘microbiologia e virologia';

(c) under ‘biological chemistry', the following is added:

‘Italy:

biochimica clinica'.

‘Italy:

geriatria';

(i) under ‘Community medicine', the following is added:

‘Spain:
Italy:

medicina preventiva y salud p(cid:156)blica
igiene e medicina sociale'.

(j) the items ‘diagnostic radiology' and ‘radiotherapy' are

deleted.

Article 3

The following are added to the second group (four years)
in Article 26 of Directive 93/16/EEC:

‘(cid:190) diagnostic radiology
(cid:190) radiotherapy'.

Article 4

The following are deleted from the second group (four
years) in Article 27 of Directive 93/16/EEC:

‘(cid:190) diagnostic radiology
(cid:190) radiotherapy'.

Article 5

1. Member States shall bring into force the laws, regu-
lations and administrative provisions necessary to comply
with this Directive by 31 December 1999 at the latest.
They shall inform the Commission as soon as they have
done so.

When the Member States adopt
the
provisions shall contain a reference to this Directive or
shall be accompanied by such reference at the time of
their official publication. The arrangements for such
reference shall be adopted by the Member States.

these provisions,

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 6

(d) under ‘plastic surgery', the designation ‘chirurgia plas-
is replaced by the

tica' appearing opposite ‘Italy'
designation ‘chirurgia plastica e ricostruttiva';

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

(e) under

‘gastro-enterology',

the designation ‘malattie
dell’apparato digerente, della nutrizione e del ricam-
bio' appearing opposite ‘Italy' is replaced by the desig-
nation ‘gastroenterologia';

(f) under ‘endocrinology', the designation ‘endocrinolo-
gia' appearing opposite ‘Italy' is replaced by the desig-
nation ‘endocrionologia e malattie del ricambio';

(g) under ‘physiotherapy',

the designation ‘fisioterapia'
appearing opposite ‘Italy' is replaced by the designa-
tion ‘medicina fisica e riabilitazione';

Article 7

This Directive is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 21 May 1999.

For the Commission

Mario MONTI

Member of the Commission