What EU Professional Qualifications Directive 2005/36 - Recognition of Qualifications, Sectoral Professions, and IMI System requires
Directive 2005/36/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the recognition of professional qualifications (the PQD) establishes the framework for the recognition of professional qualifications among EU Member States. The Directive allows EU citizens to have their professional qualifications recognised in a Member State other than the one in which they obtained their qualifications in order to pursue a regulated profession. The Directive operates through three main systems: automatic recognition under Articles 21 to 49a for seven sectoral professions (doctors, dentists, nurses, midwives, pharmacists, veterinary surgeons, and architects), for which minimum training requirements are harmonised; the general system under Articles 10 to 15 for all other regulated professions, which involves recognition based on the principle of substantial equivalence; and the European Professional Card (EPC) under Article 4a, a voluntary electronic procedure for recognition in selected professions (nurses, pharmacists, physiotherapists, real estate agents, mountain guides). The Internal Market Information System (IMI) is the electronic platform used by competent authorities to exchange information on professional qualifications under Article 56. Directive 2013/55/EU amended the PQD to introduce the EPC, partial access under Article 4f, and to require Member States to complete a proportionality assessment before introducing or modifying a regulated profession.
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Primary source: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32005L0036
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- Directive 2005/36/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the recognition of professional qualifications - OJ L 255/22, 30.9.2005; as amended by Directive 2013/55/EU; three systems: automatic recognition (Articles 21-49a), general system (Articles 10-15), and European Professional Card (Article 4a)
- PQD Articles 21 to 49a - automatic recognition for seven sectoral professions: doctors (minimum 6 years or 5,500 hours), dentists, general care nurses, midwives, pharmacists, veterinary surgeons, architects; Annex V lists recognised qualifications per Member State
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