The European Commission decided on Friday 30 October to refer Slovakia to the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) to bring the country into line with the Directives on the recognition of professional qualifications (2005/35 and 2013/55).
Slovakia has not addressed the problems of non-compliance with respect to rules of establishment, such as measures to compensate for substantial differences in training.
The country also needs to address the issue of temporary provision of services, e.g. difficulties in providing services for professionals from Member States which do not regulate the profession or the coordination of minimum training conditions and scope of activities (for architects, veterinarians, doctors, nurses, dentists, midwives and pharmacists).
On the same day, the Commission sent a reasoned opinion to Cyprus, Germany and Malta concerning their national rules implementing the same rules on the recognition of professional qualifications. (Original version in French by Pascal Hansens)