The Pharmacy Order 2010 (Approved European Pharmacy Qualifications) Order 2010

Appropriate European diplomas

2.—(1) Appropriate European diplomas are designated as being approved qualifications for the purposes of entry in Part 1 of the Register.

(2) Subject to article 7, the following diplomas are “appropriate European diplomas” for the purposes of paragraph (1)—

(a) a diploma listed in Annex V, point 5.6.2 of the Directive which has been granted in a relevant European State after its reference date and which is evidence of training commenced after that date, provided that that diploma is accompanied, where appropriate, by the certificate listed in relation to that State in the column of Annex V, point 5.6.2 of the Directive entitled “Certificate accompanying the diploma”; or

(b) any diploma which—

(i) subject to article 3, has been granted in a relevant European State before its reference date or which is evidence of training commenced before that date but completed on or after that date,

(ii) subject to article 4, was awarded by the competent authority of, or which is evidence of training started in, the territory specified in column (b) of the table in the Schedule before the date specified in the corresponding entry in column (a) of that table,

(iii) subject to article 5, is evidence of training commenced before 3 October 1990 and undertaken in the territory of the former German Democratic Republic, or

(iv) subject to article 6, does not fall within paragraphs (i) to (iii) and is not listed in Annex V, point 5.6.2 of the Directive but which is a diploma in pharmacy granted in a relevant European State on or after its reference date.