Joined Cases C-340/24 and C-442/24, Artollisi and Others: Judgment of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 20 November 2025 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunale amministrativo regionale per il Lazio – Italy) – EW v Ministero dell’Istruzione e del Merito, Ministero dell’Università e della Ricerca (Reference for a preliminary ruling – Free movement of persons – Articles 45 and 49 TFEU – Recognition of professional qualifications – Right to pursue the profession of a support teacher in a Member State – Nationals of that Member State who have obtained evidence of formal qualifications issued by a private higher education institute in another Member State – Formal qualification which is not legally recognised and does not give access to the corresponding profession in the latter Member State – Obligation on the first Member State to take into consideration all of the diplomas, certificates and other evidence which the person concerned holds – Derogation)
Date: 2025-11-20
Institutions: Court of Justice
Subjects: free movement of workers, professional qualifications, recognition of diplomas, recognition of vocational training qualifications, teacher








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C/2026/266


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Judgment of the Court (Eighth Chamber) of 20 November 2025 (request for a preliminary ruling from the Tribunale amministrativo regionale per il Lazio – Italy) – EW v Ministero dell’Istruzione e del Merito, Ministero dell’Università e della Ricerca


(Joined Cases C-340/24 and C-442/24,
                (1)
Artollisi and Others
                (2)
)

(Reference for a preliminary ruling - Free movement of persons - Articles 45 and 49 TFEU - Recognition of professional qualifications - Right to pursue the profession of a support teacher in a Member State - Nationals of that Member State who have obtained evidence of formal qualifications issued by a private higher education institute in another Member State - Formal qualification which is not legally recognised and does not give access to the corresponding profession in the latter Member State - Obligation on the first Member State to take into consideration all of the diplomas, certificates and other evidence which the person concerned holds - Derogation)
(C/2026/266)
Language of the case: Italian

Referring court

Tribunale amministrativo regionale per il Lazio

Parties to the main proceedings


Applicants: EW (C-340/24), LO (C-442/24)

Defendants: Ministero dell’Istruzione e del Merito (C-340/24 and C-442/24), Ministero dell’Università e della Ricerca (C-340/24)

Operative part of the judgment

Articles 45 and 49 TFEU must be interpreted as meaning that they do not impose on the host Member State an obligation to take into consideration, in the context of the examination of an application for recognition of professional qualifications, evidence of formal qualifications obtained in another Member State which are not legally recognised by that State and which do not have any official status in that State.


(1)  OJ C, C/2024/4843.

(2)  The name of the present case is a fictitious name. It does not correspond to the real name of any party to the proceedings.


ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/C/2026/266/oj
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