The Recognition of Professional Qualifications (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

Citation, commencement and interpretation

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Recognition of Professional Qualifications (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019.

(2) This regulation, regulation 2 (so far as it relates to Part 1 of Schedule 1) and Part 1 of Schedule 1 come into force on the day after the day on which these Regulations are made.

(3) The remainder of these Regulations comes into force on exit day.

(4) In these Regulations—

“the 2007 Regulations” means the European Communities (Recognition of Professional Qualifications) Regulations 2007(1);

“the principal Regulations” means the European Union (Recognition of Professional Qualifications) Regulations 2015(2).

Amendment etc. of the principal Regulations and the 2007 Regulations

2.  Schedule 1 contains—

(a) amendments of the principal Regulations;

(b) saving and transitional provisions relating to the principal Regulations and the 2007 Regulations.

Amendment etc. of secondary legislation relating to school teachers

3.  Schedule 2 contains amendments of, and saving and transitional provision relating to, legislation relating to school teachers.

Revocation of retained direct EU legislation

4.  The following instruments are revoked—

(a) Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2015/983 of 24 June 2015 on the procedure for issuance of the European Professional Card and the application of the alert mechanism pursuant to Directive 2005/36/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council;

(b) Commission Delegated Decision (EU) 2016/790 of 13 January 2016 amending Annex V to Directive 2005/36/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the evidence of formal qualifications and the titles of training courses;

(c) Commission Regulation (EU) No 623/2012 of 11 July 2012 amending Annex II to Directive 2005/36/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the recognition of professional qualifications;

(d) Commission Regulation (EU) No 213/2011 of 3 March 2011 amending Annexes II and V to Directive 2005/36/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the recognition of professional qualifications;

(e) Commission Regulation (EC) No 279/2009 of 6 April 2009 amending Annex II to Directive 2005/36/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the recognition of professional qualifications;

(f) Commission Regulation (EC) No 755/2008 of 31 July 2008 amending Annex II to Directive 2005/36/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the recognition of professional qualifications;

(g) Commission Regulation (EC) No 1430/2007 of 5 December 2007 amending Annexes II and III to Directive 2005/36/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the recognition of professional qualifications.

Amendment to Annex 20 to EEA Agreement

5.  In Annex 7 to the agreement on the European Economic Area signed at Oporto on 2nd May 1992, together with the Protocol adjusting that Agreement signed at Brussels on 17th March 1993, so far as it forms part of domestic law by virtue of section 3(2)(b) of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018, in Part A, omit point 1b.

Richard Harrington

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State

Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

19th February 2019