Strasbourg, 13/02/2004 (Agence Europe) - On Thursday, the European Parliament voted on 218 amendments (in codecision, first reading) to the draft directive on the recognition of professional qualifications, by adopting the report by Stéfano Zappalà in first reading. Replacing the fifteen current items of legislation, the directive aims to simplify the administrative steps to be taken in the enlarged EU when people decide to go and live or provide services in another Member State in terms...