CELEX: 51988PC0702
Language: en
Date: 1988-11-25
Title: Amended proposal for a COUNCIL DIRECTIVE amending Directives 75/362/EEC, 77/452/EEC, 78/686/EEC, 78/1026/EEC and 80/154/EEC relating to the mutual recognition of diplomas, certificates and other evidence of formal qualifications as doctor, nurse responsible for general care, dental practitioner, veterinary surgeon and midwife, together with Directives 75/363/EEC, 78/1027/EEC and 80/155/EEC concerning the coordination of provisions laid down by law, regulation or administrative action relating to the activities of doctors, veterinary surgeons and midwives (submitted by the Commission to the Council pursuant to the third paragraph of Article 149 of the EEC Treaty)

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                            Amended proposai for a
                               COUNCIL DIRECTIVE
    amending Directives 75/ 362/EEC , 77/452/EEC , 78/ 686/EEC , 78/1026/EEC
      and 80 /154/EEC relating to the mutual recognition of diplomas ,
 certificates and other evidence of formal qualifications as doctor , nurse
             responsible for general care , dental practitioner ,
          veterinary surgeon and midwife , together with Directives
    75/363/EEC , 78/1027/EEC and 80 /155/EEC concerning the coordination
                of provisions laid down by law , regulation or
        administrative action relating to the activities of doctors ,
                      veterinary surgeons and midwives
                        ( submitted by the Commission
                   to the Council pursuant to the third paragraph
                      of Article 149 of the EEC Treaty )
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On 2 December 1987 the Commission presented to the Council a proposal for a
Directive of an essentially technical nature , ( 1 ) amending the Directives
concerning         doctors , nurses responsible for general care ,            dental
practitioners , veterinary surgeons and midwives . It was based on Articles 49 ,
57 and 66 of the EEC Treaty .
The European Parliament stated its views at a first reading in the context of
 the cooperation procedure on 8 July 1988 ( 2 )
The Economic and Social Committee delivered its opinion on 24 March 1988 ( 3 ).
This amended proposal for a Directive follows up the statement of views and
 opinion .
1 . The Commission is amending its proposal as follows :
       in the first citation it is proposed to no longer refer just to Article 57
        ( alongside Articles 49 and 66 ) of the EEC Treaty ; now that this Article
       has been amended by the Single Act , it is proposed to refer expressly to
       the provisions of the said Article 57 that are applicable in this case ,
       that is , paragraph 1 and the third sentence of paragraph 2 . These further
       details concerning the legal basis of the proposal are intended to show
       clearly that the proposal is subject to the majority voting procedure in
       the Council ( not unanimity ) and the cooperation procedure in Parliament .
       As mentioned in its accompanying explanatory memorandum , the Commission
       shares Parliament 's view that none of the provisions in the proposal
       involve in a Member State " amendment of the existing principles laid down
       by law governing the professions with respect to training and conditions
       of access for natural persons", a condition imposed by the second sentence
       of Article 57 ( 2 ) of the EEC Treaty , as amended by the Single Act , which
       requires unanimity .
2 . Further to the comments put forward , we should examine more particularly
       that concerning the recognition of diplomas from non-Community countries ,
       which is related to the Commission 's proposal .
       It has been suggested that the systems for the recognition of diplomas
       introduced by the sectoral directives covered in the Commission 's proposal
       should be extended to diplomas awarded by third countries and held by
       Community nationals .
       All the sectoral directives covered by the proposal apply solely to
       diplomas awarded by the Member States to a national of a Member State . The
       directives are without prejudice to a Member State 's right to recognize
       the diplomas of a third country . But if a Member State does in fact do so ,
       such recognition is not binding on the other Member States .
       It has not so far appeared advisable to extend this Community system to
       diplcmas from non-Community countries , particularly since it is impossible
       to provide for coordination of the training completed on the award of such
       diplomas , as in the case of the training given in the Member States and
       referred to in the directives in question . Moreover , the Member States
       have been far from unanimous in their views on such an extension .
 ( 1 ) OJ C 363 of 30 December 1987 , p.17 .
 ( 2 ) 0J C 235 of 12 September.1988 , ,p.67 .
( 3 ) 0J C 134 of 24 May 198.8 ,       p. 27 .
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However , a new line of thinking emerged on this matter in the common
position adopted by the Council on 30 June 1988 on the proposal for a
Directive on the general system for the recognition of higher education
diplomas . The third indent of Article 1 ( a ) of the version of the proposal
in the common position refers to diplomas , certificates of other evidence
of formal qualifications awarded in a third country , provided that the
holder of the diploma has three years' professional experience in the
Member State which recognized this diploma .
Once the general system is in force , the Commission will look into ways in
which the sectoral directives could be adapted ( to bring them into line
with the solutions adopted under the general system for the recognition of
third-country diplomas ), taking this new approach into account .
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Title                                  unchanged
having regard to the Treaty            having regard to the Treaty
establishing the European Economic     establishing the European Economic
Community , and in particular          Community , and in particular
Articles 49 , 57 and 66 thereof ,      Article 49 , 57(1),' the third
               ' 1 .                   sentence of Article 57(2 ), and
                   1                   Article 66 thereof ,
Remainder of the preamble , recital and Articles 1 to 27 unchanged