Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 94/2017 of 5 May 2017 amending Annex VII (Recognition of professional qualifications) and Annex X (Services in general) to the EEA Agreement [2019/206]
Date: 2017-05-05
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: European Economic Area, administrative cooperation, freedom to provide services, health care profession, medical specialisation, professional qualifications, recognition of diplomas, recognition of vocational training qualifications, revision of an agreement, single market




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7.2.2019   


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Official Journal of the European Union


L 36/52








            DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE
         
No 94/2017
of 5 May 2017
         
amending Annex VII (Recognition of professional qualifications) and Annex X (Services in general) to the EEA Agreement [2019/206]


THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE,

Having regard to the Agreement on the European Economic Area (‘the EEA Agreement’), and in particular Article 98 thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


Directive 2013/55/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 November 2013 amending Directive 2005/36/EC on the recognition of professional qualifications and Regulation (EU) No 1024/2012 on administrative cooperation through the Internal Market Information System (‘the IMI Regulation’) (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.












(2)


Commission Regulation (EU) No 213/2011 (2), which is incorporated into the EEA Agreement, added specialist medical training in medical oncology and in medical genetics to the list of titles of training courses in specialised medicine in Annex V to Directive 2005/36/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (3), which is incorporated into the EEA Agreement and should therefore be adapted to reflect the titles of the relevant training courses in the EFTA States.












(3)


Annexes VII and X to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended accordingly,





HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



Article 1
In point 1 (Directive 2005/36/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council) of Annex VII to the EEA Agreement:






(1)


The following indent is added:






‘—



32013 L 0055: Directive 2013/55/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 November 2013 (OJ L 354, 28.12.2013, p. 132).’














(2)


Point (C) is deleted.










(3)


Points (A), (B), (D) and (E) are renumbered (B), (D), (E) and (F), respectively.










(4)


The following points are added:






‘(A)


In Article 3(1)(m), the words “and of the EFTA Court, in accordance with the EEA Agreement” shall be added after the words “Court of Justice of the European Union”.
(…)










(C)


In Article 21a(4), the following subparagraph shall be added:

                                       “Where the laws, regulations and administrative provisions notified by an EFTA State pursuant to paragraph 1 of this Article are in conformity with the conditions set out in this Chapter, the EFTA Surveillance Authority shall issue a recommendation to amend Annex VII to the EEA Agreement to update the titles adopted by the EFTA States for evidence of formal qualifications and, where appropriate, the body which issues the evidence of formal qualifications, the certificate which accompanies it and the corresponding professional title. The EEA Joint Committee shall take recommendations issued by the EFTA Surveillance Authority into account when amending Annex VII to the EEA Agreement.”
                                       ’
                                    














(5)


In point (E)(a)(iii), the following table is added:







‘Country


Medical oncology
Minimum period of training:
5 years


Medical genetics
Minimum period of training:
4 years




Title


Title




Ísland


 


Erfðalæknisfræði




Liechtenstein


 


 




Norge


 


Medisinsk genetikk’










Article 2
The following indent is added in point 3 (Regulation (EU) No 1024/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council) of Annex X to the EEA Agreement:






‘—



32013 L 0055: Directive 2013/55/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 November 2013 (OJ L 354, 28.12.2013, p. 132).’






Article 3
The text of Directive 2013/55/EU in the Icelandic and Norwegian languages, to be published in the EEA Supplement to the Official Journal of the European Union, shall be authentic.


Article 4
This Decision shall enter into force on 6 May 2017, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement have been made (*1).


Article 5
This Decision shall be published in the EEA Section of, and in the EEA Supplement to, the Official Journal of the European Union.




Done at Brussels, 5 May 2017.


For the EEA Joint Committee


The President

Claude MAERTEN
            





(1)  
            OJ L 354, 28.12.2013, p. 132.

(2)  
            OJ L 59, 4.3.2011, p. 4.

(3)  
            OJ L 255, 30.9.2005, p. 22.

(*1)  Constitutional requirements indicated.