Activites

• 1997/10/24 Final act published in Official Journal
  • Directive 1997/50
  • OJ L 291 24.10.1997, p. 0035
• 1997/10/06 Final act signed
• 1997/10/06 End of procedure in Parliament
• #2026
• 1997/07/24 Council Meeting
• 1997/07/17 Decision by Parliament, 3rd reading
  • T4-0384/1997 summary

    By adopting the report by Mrs Nicole FONTAINE (PPE, F), the European Parliament approved the joint text. The text adopted incorporated the essence of the 4 amendments adopted by the European Parliament at second reading, namely : - the preference for a management committee instead of a regulatory committee, - an effective role for the Advisory Committee on Medical Training in connection with the application of the Directive to facilitate the free movement of doctors and the mutual recognition of their diplomas (the Committee would have the task of helping to ensure a comparably demanding standard of medical training in the Community, with regard both to the training both of doctors and of medical specialists). It also took into account the question of nationals of the Member States who hold qualifications awarded in third countries.�

• 1997/07/16 Debate in Parliament
  • Debate in Parliament summary

    While welcoming the generally positive result of the conciliation (on all three points under discussion, namely: qualifications awarded by third countries to Community nationals, the role of the Advisory Committee on Medical Training and comitology), the rapporteur mentioned the problems still to be resolved. In particular the problem of the equivalence of medical qualifications obtained outside the European Union (an issue on which the Commission had agreed to annex a declaration to the joint conciliation text) needed to be resolved within the more general framework of the system of mutual recognition of diplomas. The same applied to the issue of the numerus clausus which threatened to arise more and more frequently as professionals became increasingly mobile within the Community. Commissioner Brittan agreed with the rapporteur’s assessment of the conciliation results and confirmed that the Commission’s declaration on the need to ensure the equivalence of medical qualifications awarded outside the EU could be regarded as the first step towards solving the problem.

• 1997/07/10 Report tabled for plenary, 3rd reading
  • A4-0246/1997
• 1997/06/27 Joint text approved by Conciliation Committee co-chairs
  • 3615/1997
• 1997/05/28 Formal meeting of Conciliation Committee
• #1986
• 1997/01/27 Council Meeting
• 1996/10/22 Decision by Parliament, 2nd reading
  • T4-0508/1996 summary

    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. �

• 1996/10/21 Debate in Parliament
  • Debate in Parliament summary

    The rapporteur, Mrs Fontaine (EPP, F), was critical of the fact that the common position of the Council had only retained the editorial aspects of the amendments drawn up by Parliament. She took the view that nothing inordinate had been demanded at first reading, since the aim had been to adopt a dynamic approach to the issue of the free movement of doctors. As a result the Committee on Legal Affairs, by way of Amendment No 1, had reaffirmed its preference for a management committee (procedure IIb) instead of a regulatory committee; under Amendment No 2 it had restored the Consultative Committee for the training of doctors; finally, Amendment No 3 focused on the question of nationals from Member States who held diplomas awarded by third countries. While recognising that in its initial proposal the Commission has suggested setting-up a management committee, Commissioner Monti declared that his institution would finally accept the Council position; this would essentially mean rejecting Amendments Nos 1 and 4. As far as Amendments Nos 2 and 3 were concerned, the Commission shared Parliament’s views on the role of the committee responsible for doctors’ training and for the recognition of training qualifications acquired outside the EU. In conclusion, however, the Commissioner stressed that the Commission intended to abide by the common position of the Council, as this was well-balanced, comprehensive and legally correct.

• 1996/09/02 Vote in committee, 2nd reading
  • A4-0269/1996
• 1996/07/18 Committee referral announced in Parliament, 2nd reading
• #1937
• 1996/06/18 Council Meeting
  • 07550/1/1996 summary

    The Council common position follows the amended Commission proposal, incorporating the 5 European Parliament amendments which were, in their essentials, accepted by the Commission. The Council nevertheless opted for the variant III(a) comitology procedure (regulatory, rather than management, committee) for the purpose of updating the list of designations of specialist medical training courses and the corresponding lists of minimum lengths of training. �

• #1929
• 1996/05/28 Council Meeting
• 1995/11/27 Modified legislative proposal published
  • COM(1995)0437 summary

    In its amended proposal, the Commission took over most of the amendments put forward by the European Parliament at first reading, particularly those aimed at: - highlighting the existence of the interinstitutional modus vivendi relating to comitology mentioned in the preamble to the directive; - clarifying the nature of the authority granted to the Commission by stating that the Commission could amend the list of designations and the list of the minimum lengths of training courses for doctors mentioned in the directive. However, the Commission did not accept the EP's amendment aimed at ensuring that before a matter was referred to the Committee of Senior Officials on Public Health, the Commission should consult both the Standing Committee of European Doctors (which, according to the Commission, was a private professional organisation which could not be consulted in this respect on a compulsory basis) and the Advisory Committee on Medical Training. This situation would place an additional burden on the consultation procedure and distort Decision 87/373/EEC, which established the rules on comitology in relation to this matter, by adding an additional and unnecessary stage. In any case, where necessary the Commission could consult these bodies if their opinion was deemed to be of use. Similarly, the Commission did not accept the amendment calling on the Commission to give greater consideration to the question of nationals of Member States holding qualifications awarded in third countries. This amendment served no purpose in the current proposal. �

• 1995/06/29 Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
  • T4-0326/1995 summary

    In adopting the report by Mrs Fontaine, Parliament approved the proposal with the following amendments concerning: - the scope of the amendments, which would determine the beginning of the comitology process, and consideration of the European Parliament's rights within the framework of a codecision procedure; - the Commission should give greater consideration to the problem of nationals of Member States who held qualifications awarded by third countries, which constituted a "major difficulty" for certain Member States within the meaning of Directive 93/16/EEC; - the Commission should consult the Standing Committee of European Doctors before submitting any proposals for amendments. �

• 1995/06/27 Debate in Parliament
  • Debate in Parliament summary

    Mrs FONTAINE recalled the precedents to the draft Directive, in particular the legislation of April 1993. It was precisely the absence from this last Directive of rules on comitology that was the subject of Amendment No 1, which referred to the agreement on comitology of the previous December. Furthermore, Mrs Fontaine felt that the Directive should include a reference to the involvement of members of the industry in the management committees. Commissioner MONTI stated that he could take over the amendments on the scope of implementation (Amendments Nos 4, 5, 6 and 7). He could also take over Amendment No 1 as it referred to the ‘modus vivendi’ relating to comitology. However, according to the Commissioner, Amendment No 2, which implied almost automatic recognition of qualifications awarded in third countries, would pose difficulties for certain Member States. In addition, the recognition in question was not directly linked to the proposal. As a result, Amendment No 2 could not be taken over. Nor could Amendment No 3, because by seeking to require that the Commission consult the committees of experts appointed by the Member States (before consulting the Committee of Senior Officials on Public Health) it extended the comitology procedure; even the Council would be involved, which would completely contradict the flexible nature of the committee procedure. Amendments Nos 8, 9 and 10 were rejected as they posed the same problem, in relation to the ‘arrangements’, as Amendment No 3, which related to the ‘grounds’.

• 1995/04/25 Vote in committee, 1st reading/single reading
  • A4-0099/1995
• 1995/01/20 Committee referral announced in Parliament, 1st reading/single reading
• 1994/12/16 Legislative proposal published
  • COM(1994)0626 summary

    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).�

Documents

• Legislative proposal published: COM(1994)0626
• Committee report tabled for plenary, 1st reading/single reading: A4-0099/1995
• Debate in Parliament: Debate in Parliament
• Decision by Parliament, 1st reading/single reading: T4-0326/1995
• Modified legislative proposal published: COM(1995)0437
• Council position published: 07550/1/1996
• Committee recommendation tabled for plenary, 2nd reading: A4-0269/1996
• Debate in Parliament: Debate in Parliament
• Decision by Parliament, 2nd reading: T4-0508/1996
• Joint text approved by Conciliation Committee co-chairs: 3615/1997
• Report tabled for plenary, 3rd reading: A4-0246/1997
• Debate in Parliament: Debate in Parliament
• Decision by Parliament, 3rd reading: T4-0384/1997
• : Directive 1997/50
• : OJ L 291 24.10.1997, p. 0035

History

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