Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No 303/2019 of 13 December 2019 amending Annex VII (Recognition of professional qualifications) to the EEA Agreement [2020/321]
Date: 2019-12-13
Institutions: EEA Joint Committee
Subjects: European Economic Area, dentist, midwife, nursing staff, pharmacist, physician, recognition of diplomas, recognition of vocational training qualifications, revision of an agreement, town-planning profession, veterinarian




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5.3.2020   


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Official Journal of the European Union


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            DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE
         
No 303/2019
of 13 December 2019
         
amending Annex VII (Recognition of professional qualifications) to the EEA Agreement [2020/321]


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)


Commission Delegated Decision (EU) 2016/790 of 13 January 2016 amending Annex V to Directive 2005/36/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the evidence of formal qualifications and the titles of training courses (1) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.












(2)


Commission Delegated Decision (EU) 2017/2113 of 11 September 2017 amending Annex V to Directive 2005/36/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards evidence of formal qualifications and the titles of training courses (2) is to be incorporated into the EEA Agreement.












(3)


The EFTA States have notified the EFTA Surveillance Authority of updates to legislative, regulatory and administrative provisions with regard to the issuing of evidence of formal qualifications in the fields covered by Chapter III of Directive 2005/36/EC (doctor of medicine, specialised doctor of medicine, nurse responsible for general care, dental practitioner, pharmacist and architect). In accordance with Article 21(7) of Directive 2005/36/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (3), as incorporated into Annex VII to the EEA Agreement, the EFTA Surveillance Authority has published Communications on 19 June 2014 (4), 13 May 2015 (5), 11 May 2017 (6) and 14 March 2019 (7) indicating such notified changes. For reasons of clarity and legal certainty, these updates should be reflected in the relevant adaptations to Directive 2005/36/EC contained in Annex VII to the EEA Agreement.












(4)


The list of titles of training courses in specialised medicine contained in point 5.1.3 of Annex V to Directive 2005/36/EC refers to basic medical training in maxillo-facial surgery and specialist training in biological haematology, stomatology and dermatology. This list should therefore be adapted to reflect the titles of the relevant training courses in the EFTA States.












(5)


Annex VII 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 indents are added:






‘—



32016 D 0790: Commission Delegated Decision (EU) 2016/790 of 13 January 2016 (OJ L 134, 24.5.2016, p. 135),










—



32017 D 2113: Commission Delegated Decision (EU) 2017/2113 of 11 September 2017 (OJ L 317, 1.12.2017, p. 119).’














2.


In the table under point (E)(a)(i), the row starting with the word ‘Norge’ is replaced by the following:









‘Norge


Vitnemål for fullført grad candidate/candidatus medicinae, short form cand.med.



Universitet


Not applicable


1 January 1994’














3.


In the table under point (E)(a)(ii), the row starting with the word ‘Norge’ is replaced by the following:








‘Norge


Spesialistgodkjenning


Helsedirektoratet


1 January 1994’














4.


In point (E)(a)(iii):






(a)


In the table regarding ‘Biological chemistry’, the row starting with the word ‘Norge’ is replaced by the following:






‘Norge


Medisinsk biokjemi’














(b)


The following tables are added:







‘Country


Maxillo-facial surgery (basic medical training)
Minimum period of training:
5 years


Biological haematology
Minimum period of training:
4 years




Title


Title




Ísland


 


 




Liechtenstein


 


 




Norge


Maxillofacial kirurgi


 














Country


Stomatology
Minimum period of training:
3 years


Dermatology
Minimum period of training:
4 years




Title


Title




Ísland


 


Húðlækningar




Liechtenstein


 


 




Norge


 


’














(c)


In the table regarding ‘Dental, oral and maxillofacial surgery (basic medical and dental training)’, the row starting with the word ‘Norge’ is replaced by the following:






‘Norge


’


















5.


In the table under point (E)(b)(i), the row starting with the word ‘Norge’ is replaced by the following:









‘Norge


Vitnemål for fullført grad bachelor i sykepleie


Universitet og Høgskole


Sykepleier


1 January 1994’














6.


In the table under point (E)(c)(i), the row starting with the word ‘Norge’ is replaced by the following:










‘Norge


Vitnemål for fullført grad master i odontologi


Universitet


 


Tannlege


1 January 1994’














7.


In the table under point (E)(f)(i), the row starting with the word ‘Norge’ is replaced by the following:









‘Norge


Vitnemål for fullført grad master i farmasi


Universitet


 


1 January 1994’














8.


In the table under point (E)(g)(i), the row starting with the word ‘Liechtenstein’ is replaced by the following:









‘Liechtenstein








—


Dipl.-Arch. FH
Für Architekturstudien-kurse, die im akademischen Jahr 1999/2000 aufgenommen wurden, einschliesslich für Studenten, die das Studienprogramm Model B bis zum akademischen Jahr 2000/2001 belegten, vorausgesetzt dass sie sich im akademischen Jahr 2001/2002 einer zusätzlichen und kompensatorischen Ausbildung unterzogen.






Universität Liechtenstein


 


1999/2000










—


Master of Science in Architecture (MScArch)






Universität Liechtenstein


 


2002/2003’










Article 2
The texts of Delegated Decisions (EU) 2016/790 and (EU) 2017/2113 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 3
This Decision shall enter into force on 14 December 2019, provided that all the notifications under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement have been made (*1).


Article 4
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, 13 December 2019.


For the EEA Joint Committee


The President

Gunnar PÁLSSON
            





(1)  
            OJ L 134, 24.5.2016, p. 135.

(2)  
            OJ L 317, 1.12.2017, p. 119.

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

(4)  
            OJ C 187, 19.6.2014, p. 3.

(5)  
            OJ C 158, 13.5.2015, p. 6.

(6)  
            OJ C 146, 11.5.2017, p. 8.

(7)  
            OJ C 97, 14.3.2019, p. 3.

(*1)  No constitutional requirements indicated.