Doctors: free movement and mutual recognition of diplomas, certificates and others formal qualifications

The objective of this proposal for a European Parliament and Council directive is to amend Directive 93/16/EEC on the free movement of doctors and recognition of their qualifications. It seeks mainly to give the Commission the powers needed to update certain articles of the directive in question in order to take account of changes affecting the training for and designations of medical specialisations in the various Member States. The Commission is asking to be assisted by a committee of senior public health officials appointed by the Member States (committee set up under Decision 75/365/EEC) acting as an advisory committee. This committee would have the authority needed to help the Commission effect technical changes to articles 5 and 7 of Directive 93/16/EEC listing the titles of specialists and the Member States which recognise them. This directive therefore seeks to allow the advisory committee to help the Commission amend these articles under the management committee procedure (procedure IIb).�