The European Union (Recognition of Professional Qualifications) Regulations 2015

  1. Introductory Text

  2. PART 1 General Provisions

    1. 1.Citation and commencement

    2. 2.Interpretation

    3. 3.Application

    4. 4.Competent authorities

    5. 5.Functions of competent authorities in the United Kingdom

    6. 6.(1) A competent authority seeking to ensure that a professional...

    7. 7.(1) Where access to a regulated profession in the UK...

    8. 8.Regulated profession, regulated education and training and applicants

    9. 9.Professional qualifications and evidence of formal qualifications

    10. 10.Partial access

    11. 11.Procedure applicable to partial access applications

  3. PART 2 Freedom to Provide Services on a Temporary and Occasional Basis

    1. 12.Right to practise in the United Kingdom

    2. 13.(1) The provisions of this Part only apply where the...

    3. 14.Exemptions

    4. 15.Declaration and documents to be provided on the first provision of service

    5. 16.(1) Competent authorities may require that a declaration under regulation...

    6. 17.(1) Subject to regulation 19, an applicant who has submitted...

    7. 18.Title under which professional services are provided

    8. 19.Checks for professions having public health or safety implications

    9. 20.(1) This regulation applies if— (a) a check under regulation...

    10. 21.The competent authority must, within one month of receipt of...

    11. 22.(1) Where there is a difficulty which would result in...

    12. 23.(1) Where the competent authority gives the applicant the opportunity...

    13. 24.Non-compliance

    14. 25.Administrative cooperation and service provision

    15. 26.Information to be given to a recipient of professional services or service

  4. PART 3 Freedom of Establishment

    1. CHAPTER 1 General System for the Recognition of Training

      1. 27.Levels of qualification

      2. 28.Equal treatment of qualifications

      3. 29.Conditions for recognition

      4. 30.Compensation measures - adaptation periods and aptitude tests

      5. 31.(1) An aptitude test means, in relation to the regulated...

      6. 32.Conditions for compensation measures

      7. 33.Where a competent authority considers it necessary to impose an...

      8. 34.Where a requirement is imposed under regulation 32(1), the choice...

    2. CHAPTER 2 Recognition of Professional Experience

      1. 35.Automatic Recognition

    3. CHAPTER 3 United Kingdom Certificates of Experience

      1. 36.Issue and revocation of Certificates of Experience

      2. 37.(1) Where the Secretary of State is satisfied that—

    4. CHAPTER 4 Common Provisions on Establishment

      1. 38.Documentation and formalities

      2. 39.(1) A competent authority, in cases of justified doubt, may...

      3. 40.Where an applicant is required to swear a solemn oath...

      4. 41.Exchanges by competent authorities under regulations 38 and 39 shall...

      5. 42.Decisions of competent authorities

      6. 43.Use of professional titles

  5. PART 4 European Professional Card

    1. 44.Functions of designated competent authorities in the United Kingdom in relation to an application for a European Professional Card

    2. 45.Processing and access to data regarding the European Professional Card

    3. 46.(1) Access to the information on the IMI file must...

    4. 47.A designated competent authority must only include on the European...

    5. 48.(1) A designated competent authority may process personal data included...

    6. 49.(1) The holder of the European Professional Card has the...

    7. 50.Issue of European Professional Card for temporary and occasional provision of service other than those having public health or safety implications

    8. 51.Issue of European Professional Card for temporary and occasional provision of services having public health or safety implications

    9. 52.(1) In the case of an application under regulation 51,...

    10. 53.Where the designated competent authority fails to take a decision...

    11. 54.(1) The designated competent authority in the host State can...

    12. 55.The European Professional Card is valid in the entire territory...

    13. 56.Issue of European Professional Card for establishment

    14. 57.(1) The designated competent authority of the host State must...

    15. 58.(1) In cases falling under regulation 35 and common training...

    16. 59.If the designated competent authority in the host State does...

    17. 60.Where the designated competent authority in the host State fails...

    18. 61.(1) The designated competent authority in the host State can...

    19. 62.Decision on issue or revocation of the European Professional Card

    20. 63.(1) A decision by a designated competent authority to revoke...

  6. PART 5 Automatic recognition on the basis of common training principles

    1. 64.Common training framework

    2. 65.Common training test

  7. PART 6 Supplementary

    1. 66.Exchange of information

    2. 67.Alert mechanism

    3. 68.Appeals

    4. 69.Use of academic titles

    5. 70.Assistance centre

    6. 71.Information from competent authorities

    7. 72.Review

    8. 73.Consequential amendments

    9. 74.(1) The Education (School Teachers’ Qualifications) (England) Regulations 2003 are...

    10. 75.(1) The Provision of Services Regulations 2009 are amended as...

    11. 76.(1) The Tribunal Procedure (First-Tier Tribunal)(General Regulatory Chamber) Rules 2009...

    12. 77.(1) The Education (Induction Arrangements for School Teachers) (England) Regulations...

    13. 78.Transitional and saving provisions

    14. 79.Revocation

    15. 80.The Regulations set out in the first column of Schedule...

  8. Signature

    1. SCHEDULE 1

      Regulated Professions

      1. PART 1 Professions Regulated by Law or Public Authority

      2. PART 2 Professions Regulated by Professional Bodies Incorporated by Royal Charter

      3. PART 3 Regulated Professions Under Regulation 35

      4. PART 4 Sectoral Professions

    2. SCHEDULE 2

      Regulated Professions Having Public Health or Safety Implications for the purposes of regulations 19 to 23 and 51 to 55.

    3. SCHEDULE 3

      Professions in Respect of which the Right of the Applicant to Choose Between an Adaptation Period and an Aptitude Test is Displaced

      1. PART 1 Professions Under Regulation 34(a)

      2. PART 2 Professions Under Regulation 34(b)

    4. SCHEDULE 4

      Activities Referred to in Lists I, II and III of Annex IV of the Directive

      1. 1.(1) In the case of activities appearing in list I...

      2. 2.(1) In the case of activities in list II of...

      3. 3.(1) In the case of activities in list III of...

    5. SCHEDULE 5

      Appeal Bodies

    6. SCHEDULE 6

      Revocation Schedule

  10. Explanatory Note