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On 22 of June the European Commission (DG Internal Market) published the Green Paper aimed at gathering stakeholders’ views on the modernisation of the Professional Qualification Directive (Directive 2005/36/EC). This Directive, adopted in 2005, sets the rules for mutual recognition of professional qualifications between Member States. Beyond a few innovations, it mainly consolidated and simplified 15 previous Directives, some of which dated back to the 1960s.



The reform of the system of recognition of professional qualifications as a means to facilitate mobility is one of the priority actions proposed by the Commission in the Single Market Act. With the view to preparing this reform, the Commission wishes to consult stakeholders on:

- new approaches to mobility

- ways to build on achievements

- and on the modernisation of the automatic recognition



The result of this consultation process will be taken into account by the Commission in the preparation of the legislative proposal on the modernisation of the Directive by the end 2011.



UNI Europa is preparing its response to this consultation.



For more information you can consult the DG Internal Market website:

http://ec.europa.eu/internal_market/consultations/2011/professional_qualifications_directive_en.htm