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

In adopting the report by Mrs Nicole FONTAINE (PPE, F), Parliament amended at second reading the common position of the Council relating to the amendment of the 1993 Directive to facilitate the free movement of doctors and the mutual recognition of their diplomas, certificates and other evidence of formal qualifications. The European Parliament emphasized that the Committee to assist the Commission should act as a management committee and not as a regulatory committee as proposed by the Council. It also called for an examination of the question of nationals of Member States who hold diplomas awarded by third countries. �