Commission Directive 2000/5/EC of 25 February 2000 amending Annexes C and D to Council Directive 92/51/EEC on a second general system for the recognition of professional education and training to supplement Directive 89/48/EEC (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2000-02-25
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: higher education, professional qualifications, recognition of diplomas, right of establishment, vocational training

L 54/42

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Official Journal of the European Communities

26. 2. 2000

COMMISSION DIRECTIVE 2000/5/EC

of 25 February 2000

amending Annexes C and D to Council Directive 92/51/EEC on a second general system for the
recognition of professional education and training to supplement Directive 89/48/EEC

(Text with EEA relevance)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Directive 92/51/EEC of 18 June 1992
on a second general system for the recognition of professional
education and training to supplement Directive 89/48/EEC (1),
as last amended by Commission Directive 97/38/EC (2), and
particularly Article 15 thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

The Governments of
the United Kingdom and the
Republic of Austria have submitted reasoned requests
for amendments to Annexes C and D of the Directive
92/51/EEC.

Training for ‘approved social worker — mental health’
and ‘trade mark agent’ in the United Kingdom is to be
deleted from Annex C of Directive 92/51/EEC. The
profession ‘approved social worker — mental health’ is
not regulated in the United Kingdom. Training for ‘trade
mark agent’ now meets the definition in Article 1(a), first
subparagraph, second indent (i) of Directive 92/51/EEC.

Training in the United Kingdom that leads to qualifica-
tions as ‘certified technically competent person in waste
management’ is to be included in Annex C of Directive
92/51/EEC, provided the qualifications are accredited in
the United Kingdom as National Vocational Qualifica-
tions (NVQs) at levels 3 and 4.

The wording of Section 5 of Annex C to Directive
92/51/EEC, according to which the training listed in that
section leads to qualifications accredited as National
Vocational Qualifications (NVQs) or approved or recog-
nised as equivalent by the National Council for Voca-
tional Qualifications,
is to be amended. Approval or
recognition as equivalent are no longer provided for in
the United Kingdom. The National Council for Voca-
tional Qualifications has been replaced by another
authority. It is not considered necessary to specify the
competent authority in the Directive.

The new special basic training introduced in Austria for
nurses specialising in the care of children and young
people and for psychiatric nurses is to be included in
Annex C to Directive 92/51/EEC. This training leads to a
comparable level of qualification, and, on completion, to
a similar level of responsibility and activity, as a post-
secondary course as described in Article 1(a),
first
subparagraph, second indent (i) of Directive 92/51/EEC.

(1) OJ L 209, 24.7.1992, p. 25.
(2) OJ L 184, 12.7.1997, p. 31.

(6)

(7)

is

The reference to the National Council for Vocational
Qualifications
to be deleted from Annex D to
Directive 92/51/EEC. It has been replaced by another
authority and it is not considered necessary to specify
the competent authority in the Directive.

The measures set out in this Directive are in accordance
with the opinion of the Committee set up under Article
15 of Directive 92/51/EEC,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:

Article 1

Annexes C and D to Directive 92/51/EEC shall be amended as
set out in the Annex to this Directive.

Article 2

1. Member States shall adopt
the laws, regulations and
administrative provisions necessary for them to comply with
this Directive before 27 February 2001. They shall forthwith
inform the Commission thereof.

Member States shall include in these measures a reference to
this Directive or accompany them with such a reference at the
time of their official publication. The methods of making such
a reference shall be laid down by the Member States.

2. Member States shall communicate to the Commission the
texts of the main provisions of national law which they adopt
in the field governed by this Directive.

Article 3

This Directive is addressed to the Member States.

Article 4

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

Done at Brussels, 25 February 2000.

For the Commission

Frederik BOLKESTEIN

Member of the Commission

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Official Journal of the European Communities

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ANNEX

A. Annex C to Directive 92/51/EEC shall be amended as follows:

1. The following shall be added to Section 1 ‘Paramedical and childcare training courses’ after ‘in the Netherlands —

veterinary assistant (dierenartsassistent)’:

‘in Austria

— special basic training for nurses specialising in the care of children and young people;

— special basic training for psychiatric nurses.’

2. The first paragraph in Section 5,

‘United Kingdom courses accredited as National Vocational Qualifications or

Scottish Vocational Qualifications’, shall be amended as follows:

(a) the following types of training shall be deleted:

— ‘approved social worker — mental health’:

— ‘trade mark agent’

(b) ‘certified technically competent person in waste management’ shall be added as the final

indent

(c) The words ‘or approved or recognised as equivalent by the National Council for Vocational Qualifications’ are

to be deleted.

B. Annex D to Directive 92/51/EEC shall be amended as follows:

The words ‘by the National Council for Vocational Qualifications’

in the first paragraph shall be deleted.