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

Conditions relating to diplomas, whether listed or not, awarded in respect of training before a relevant European State’s reference date

3.  A diploma to which article 2(2)(b)(i) applies is only an appropriate European diploma if—

(a) in the case of a diploma listed in Annex V, point 5.6.2 of the Directive—

(i) the Registrar is satisfied (by means of a certificate from the relevant competent authority or otherwise) that the diploma guarantees that the holder’s training satisfied the requirements of Article 44 of the Directive (requirements for pharmacists’ training), and

(ii) the diploma is accompanied, where appropriate, by the certificate listed in relation to the relevant European State in which the diploma was awarded in the column of Annex V, point 5.6.2 of the Directive entitled “Certificate accompanying the diploma”;

(b) in the case of a diploma which is not listed in Annex V, point 5.6.2 of the Directive, the diploma is accompanied by a certificate from the competent authority of the relevant European State in which the diploma was awarded which certifies that the diploma—

(i) is evidence of training which satisfies the requirements of article 44 of the Directive, and

(ii) is treated by the competent authority of the relevant European State in which it was awarded as equivalent to a diploma listed in relation to that State in Annex V, point 5.6.2 of the Directive,

and the certificate is made available to the Registrar; or

(c) whether or not the diploma is listed in Annex V, point 5.6.2 of the Directive, the competent authority of a relevant European State has certified that the holder has, in a relevant European State, been effectively and lawfully engaged in the practice of an activity open to pharmacists in that State for at least three consecutive years during the five years preceding the date of the certificate, and the certificate is made available to the Registrar.