Case C-125/16: Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 21 September 2017 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Prim’Awla tal-Qorti Ċivili — Malta) — Malta Dental Technologists Association, John Salomone Reynaud v Superintendent tas-Saħħa Pubblika, Kunsill tal-Professjonijiet Kumplimentari għall-Mediċina (Reference for a preliminary ruling — Directive 2005/36/EC — Recognition of professional qualifications — Dental technologists — Conditions governing the practice of the profession in the host Member State — Requirement for the compulsory intermediation of a dental practitioner — Application of that requirement in the case of clinical dental technologists pursuing their profession in the home Member State — Article 49 TFEU — Freedom of establishment — Restriction — Justification — Public interest objective of ensuring the protection of public health — Proportionality)
Date: 2017-09-21
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: dental medicine, freedom to provide services, health policy, paramedical profession, principle of proportionality, recognition of diplomas, recognition of vocational training qualifications, right of establishment








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20.11.2017   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 392/7





Judgment of the Court (Third Chamber) of 21 September 2017 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Prim’Awla tal-Qorti Ċivili — Malta) — Malta Dental Technologists Association, John Salomone Reynaud v Superintendent tas-Saħħa Pubblika, Kunsill tal-Professjonijiet Kumplimentari għall-Mediċina
(Case C-125/16) (1)

((Reference for a preliminary ruling - Directive 2005/36/EC - Recognition of professional qualifications - Dental technologists - Conditions governing the practice of the profession in the host Member State - Requirement for the compulsory intermediation of a dental practitioner - Application of that requirement in the case of clinical dental technologists pursuing their profession in the home Member State - Article 49 TFEU - Freedom of establishment - Restriction - Justification - Public interest objective of ensuring the protection of public health - Proportionality))
(2017/C 392/10)
Language of the case: Maltese

Referring court

Prim’Awla tal-Qorti Ċivili

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicants: Malta Dental Technologists Association, John Salomone Reynaud

Defendants: Superintendent tas-Saħħa Pubblika, Kunsill tal-Professjonijiet Kumplimentari għall-Mediċina

Operative part of the judgment

Article 49 TFEU, and Article 4(1) and the first subparagraph of Article 13(1) of Directive 2005/36/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 September 2005 on the recognition of professional qualifications, as amended by Directive 2013/55/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 November 2013, must be interpreted to the effect that they do not preclude legislation of a Member State, such as that at issue in the main proceedings, which stipulates that the activities of a dental technologist must be pursued in collaboration with a dental practitioner, inasmuch as that requirement is applicable, in accordance with that legislation, to clinical dental technologists who obtained their professional qualifications in another Member State and who wish to pursue their profession in the first Member State.


(1)  OJ C 191, 30.5.2016.