Professional qualifications, recognition: doctor, dentist, architect...(amend. direct. 89/48/EEC, 92/51/EEC)

The Council unanimously adopted the Common Position. The Council did not accept any amendments proposed by the European Parliament at first reading. The Commission did not make any amendments to its initial proposal. The main amendments made by the Council to the Commission's proposal concern the following: -the inclusion of certain Spanish specialised doctors in the scope of Directive 93/16/EEC. -the examination of diplomas. -clarification of the definition of "regulated training". -an acceleration of the procedure for the recognition of diplomas. On the European Parliament's amendments, the Council felt that those concerning the publication of the Co-ordinators Group's deliberations, the relaying of compensation measures to the Commission and the updating of lists of qualifications, were not in line with the SLIM initiative. -Other amendments on the introduction of automatic recognition of qualifications of a third country, are to be the subject of a report of the Commission.�