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THE EUROPEAN SOCIAL FUND The Sectoral Operational Program Human Resources Development 2007 – 2013 Priority Axis 3 “INCREASING ADAPTABILITY OF WORKERS AND ENTERPRISES” Key Area of Intervention 3.3 “Development of partnerships and encouraging initiatives for social partners and civil society”

Project title: “The Network of Competent Authorities for Professional Qualifications in Romania (IMI PQ NET Romania)” Beneficiary: the Ministry of National Education Contract no.: POSDRU/93/3.3/S/53132

ETS-ANC: Prof.univ.dr.ing. Sirbu Alexandrina Date: June 29th, 2013

CERTIFICATION AND RECOGNITION GUIDELINES FOR THE VETERINARY SURGEON PROFESSION

Author: Prof.univ.dr.ing. Sirbu Alexandrina

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Table of Contents Introduction

Regulation status for the veterinary surgeon profession in Romania and in seven other EU Member States 5

II.

Competence validation/certification procedures applied by the competent authorities in the countries where the veterinary surgeon profession is regulated

III.

Recognition processes for the qualifications achieved in other Member States of the European Union

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Practising of the veterinary surgeon profession in the European Union

Conclusions

Selective bibliography

Annexes: 1. Abbreviations 2. Regulation status for the veterinary surgeon profession in Romania and in other Member States of the European Union 3. SOLVIT national centres for the studied EU Member States 4. Description of the profession regulated in Romania

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Introduction One of the fundamental rights the EU (European Union) citizens enjoy consists in the free movement of people throughout the European Economic Area. The European citizens’ mobility can be done both for lucrative and non-lucrative purposes. In certain cases, they need to have access to constant education and training and to practise their profession on the internal market. For this purpose, standards have been adopted in order to facilitate the mutual recognition of the professional qualifications among the Member States. As it is already known, one of the objectives set by the project “The

Network of

Competent

Authorities for Professional

Qualifications in Romania” is the creation and development of a network at national level IMI NET for the professional qualifications in Romania.1 For this purpose, as part of the said project these Qualification Certification and Recognition Guidelines have been elaborated for the veterinary surgeon profession. These guidelines are meant to support the competent authorities in Romania 1

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in its efforts to standardize the certification and recognition processes for the regulated veterinary surgeon profession. Moreover, these guidelines provide information referring to the practices in other seven EU Member States (Austria, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany, Italy, Great Britain and the Netherlands), for a better orientation of all the people who have obtained qualifications in their respective field of business in Romania and who want to practise the veterinary surgeon profession in any of the EU Member States shown in these guidelines. Therefore, these guidelines are designed for the competent authorities, the social partners and the individuals who are interested in the certification and recognition of the veterinary surgeon profession in the seven EU Member States, compared to Romania. The methodology for the application of the of the Qualification Certification and Recognition Guidelines for the veterinary surgeon profession consisted in the research of the documents (European legislation, national regulations, types of qualification titles, etc.) for the profession in question in each individual country, the processing of the information â&#x20AC;&#x201C; statistics in the internal market information system (IMI) and comparative studies at EU level for that respective field, including research in the field by collecting information from

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the Romanian Veterinary Medical Chamber (CMVRO). Starting from the standard procedures for validation and certification of the competences corresponding to the regulated professions and for qualification recognition, which have been developed as part of the project2, these guidelines have been structured by also taking into account the results of the workshop rounds attended by the IMI PQ NET target group members.

I. Regulation status for the veterinary surgeon profession in Romania and in seven other EU Member States The veterinary surgeon is regulated in 27 Member States of the European Economic Area (EEA), i.e.: Denmark, Iceland, Finland, Poland, Germany, Estonia, Lithuania, Spain, the Czech Republic, Sweden, Slovenia, Italy, Romania, Cyprus, Ireland, Great Britain, Luxembourg, Austria, Norway, Liechtenstein, Portugal, Slovakia, Latvia, Malta, France, Hungary and Greece.3 As said

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before, seven EU states have been selected and for them the regulation of the veterinary surgeon profession is compared to that in Romania. Table 1 indicates the name of the regulated profession in the country of origin and the competent authorities corresponding to each analyzed Member State. Table 1. General information on the identification of the veterinary surgeon profession in Romania and in other Member States of the European Union Member State Profession name Competent Authority (MS) (CA) in MS Romania medic veterinar The Romanian Veterinary Medical Chamber (CMVRO) www.cmvro.ro Austria veterinary The Federal Minister of Health surgeon (Bundesminister für Gesundheit) http://www.bmgf.gv.at/ The Czech veterinární lékaři The Chamber of Veterinary Republic Surgeons of Czech Republic (Komora veterinárních lékařů Čr) http://www.vetkom.cz/ Denmark dyrlæge The Danish Veterinary and Food Administration – Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Fisheries (Fødevarestyrelse)

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Germany

tierarzt

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veterinario

Great Britain

veterinary surgeon

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Competent Authority (CA) www.foedevarestyrelsen.dk The Veterinary Association Land Veterinary Chamber (Tier채rztekammer) The Ministry of Health (Ministero della Salute) http://www.salute.gov.it/ The Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons http://www.rcvs.org.uk/home/ The Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport (Ministerie van Volksgezondheid, Welzijn en Sport) www.diergeneeskunderegister. nl

The specific information referring to the certification of the competences, the recognition of the professional qualification and the practising of the veterinary surgeon profession in all of these states may be obtained directly from the competent authorities in each Member State (see Table 1) or through the national/unique points of contact for the authorities managing the regulated professions based on the principles laid down in Directive 2005/36/EC

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qualifications. The national points of contact4 are liable for the provision of general information regarding the recognition of the professional qualifications laid down in Directive 2005/36/EC, as well as with reference to the national legislation regulating the practising of these professions. The veterinary surgeon profession is regulated per sectors in all the Member States in question, the qualification level and the methods for the recognition of the professional qualifications being harmonized based on Directive 2005/36/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council dated September 7th, 2005 regarding the recognition of the professional qualifications, according to Article 38. Moreover, in this field, the directive that also used to be applied too prior to October 2007 is Directive 78/1026/EEC of the Council, dated December 18th, 1978, regarding the mutual recognition of diplomas, certificates and other official qualification titles in veterinary medicine, including the actions meant to facilitate the actual practising of the right to settle down and of the freedom to provide services. Although the sectoral directive 78/1026/EEC, with

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current amendments, was abrogated5, it is still a reference document on the webpage of the competent authorities in several Member States (Italy, the Czech Republic etc.). At the moment in the studied European countries, this profession is automatically recognized, meaning that each Member State recognizes the veterinary surgeon qualifications allowing the access to the professional activities and the practicing thereof, having the same effect on its territory as the qualifications the state itself issues do. The community regulation6 indicates the minimum training level that is necessary for the automatic recognition of the professional qualifications by identifying the titles in the educational system in each EU Member State. The respective training titles have to be issued by the competent authorities of the Member States and should be accompanied by the indicated certificates â&#x20AC;&#x201C; as applicable. In Romania, the veterinary surgeon profession is a liberal and independent profession with regulated automatic organization. It is organized and functions based on the principle of autonomy within the professional forum represented by the Romanian Veterinary

according to Article 62 in Directive 2005/36/EC regarding the recognition of the professional qualifications 6 see Directive 2005/36/EC regarding the recognition of the professional qualifications (Articles 17, 18, 19, 38).

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Medical Chamber. According to the Veterinary Surgeon Status7 the following shall be defined: a) veterinary surgeon – the Romanian or foreign person who holds a veterinary surgeon degree issued by a higher education unit in Romania or abroad and officially recognized in Romania by the competent authority; b) official veterinary surgeon – the veterinary surgeon employed and remunerated by the state, appointed by the veterinary authority in order to carry out public veterinary activities indicated by it under the law; c) free practice veterinary surgeon – the veterinary surgeon who caries out free practice veterinary activities under the law. The veterinary surgeon profession is practiced in Romania by any person who is a Romanian citizen and who holds the veterinary surgeon degree validated under the law, as well as by the citizens in the Member States of the European Union, of the European Economic Area and of Switzerland who hold veterinary surgeon degrees, certificates or other documents certifying this qualification laid down by the law and issued by an education unit in these states. 7

The veterinary surgeon status on October 24th, 2010 (issued by the the Romanian Veterinary Medical Chamber; published in the Official Gazette no. 147 dated March 1st, 2011)

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The objectives of the veterinary surgeon profession are the protection of the animal health and of the public health, the consumer and environmental protection for the improvement of the livestock, for the assurance of the population food safety, for the improvement of the commercial relations and for the maintenance of the ecological balance. In Romania the veterinary surgeon profession has exclusiveness in the following fields of competence: a) animal health; b) veterinary public health and hygiene of animal products and of products of animal origin; c) border inspection and veterinary controls; d) veterinary laboratory supervision and diagnosis; e) fodder hygiene control; f) coordination of animal identification and registration; g) ongoing veterinary training and education; h) testing, registration and authorization of processes focused on the manufacturing and trading of veterinary use products and of other materials that might have an influence on the animal health status; i) retail sale and use of biological products, special use anti-parasitic and veterinary use medicines;

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j) veterinary consultancy and audit. The veterinary surgeon may carry out professional activities in collaboration with other professions in the following fields: a) protection of public health and consumer protection; b) animal growing and feeding; c) animal selection, improvement and reproduction; d) manufacturing of veterinary use products and of other materials influencing the animal health; e) fundamental and applicative animal genetics research; f) protection of domestic animals and of wildlife; g) industrialization and capitalization of animal products and of products of animal origin; h) environmental protection and pollution control; i) medical-veterinary statistics; j) marketing of veterinary use products, except for those indicated in Article 4 letter i); k) control of movement of animals, of animal products and of products of animal origin; l) medical-veterinary research; m) animal nutrition; n) medical-veterinary biotechnologies;

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o) medical-veterinary education. In the practicing of the profession, the veterinary surgeon applies, respects and is protected by the state laws as well as by the provisions laid down in the Veterinary Surgeon Bylaws and in the Medical and Veterinary Deontological Code approved by the National Congress of Veterinary Surgeons, in compliance with the law. The National Council of the Veterinary Surgeons Chamber may attest â&#x20AC;&#x201C; under this law â&#x20AC;&#x201C; veterinary surgeons in various professional profiles. Moreover, the National Council of the Veterinary Surgeons Chamber makes proposals regarding the criteria for the professional ranks to be achieved according to the legal standards in force, in: a) veterinary medical care; b) veterinary epidemiology; c) laboratory supervision and diagnosis; d) veterinary public health and hygiene of animal products and of products of animal origin; e) reproduction pathology. The activities carried out through the medical-veterinary free practice are: veterinary medical care, artificial inseminations, various specialized services and sanitary-veterinary technical and legislative consultancy, manufacturing and marketing of anti-parasitic and

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veterinary use medicines and of veterinary use devices and instruments. The particular medical-veterinary services are part of the national sanitary-veterinary unique system. The veterinary surgeons with free practice rights may carry out their activity independently both as self-employed and as legal entities. The legislative particularities referring to the recognition of the professional qualification and the practising of the veterinary surgeon profession in Romania are highlighted by the following documents: • Law no. 160/1998 for the organization and practising of the veterinary surgeon profession, republished on May 23rd, 2005; • Government Resolution no. 860/2004 regarding the recognition of the veterinary surgeon qualification and the regulation of various aspects regarding the practising of the veterinary surgeon profession; • Resolution no. 79/2008 for the amendment and completion of the Government Resolution no. 860/2004 regarding the recognition of the veterinary surgeon qualification and the regulation of various aspects regarding the practising of the veterinary surgeon profession; • Government Resolution no. 1477/2004 for the approval of the minimum mandatory criteria of authorization and accreditation for the higher education units in the following fields: medicine, dental

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medicine, pharmacy, medical nurses, midwives, veterinary medicine, architecture, as well as for the general practicing medical nurse colleges for the basic training; • Law no. 213/2010 for the amendment of Article 36 in the Law no. 160/1998 regarding the organization and practising of the veterinary surgeon profession; • Government

Resolution

no.

890/2008

regarding

the

qualification names and titles granted to the graduates of the higher education being awarded the bachelor’s degree; • Order no. 5289/2008 issued by the Ministry of Education,

Research and Youth with reference to the Degree Supplement; • Order no. 5703/2011 issued by the Ministry of Education, Research, Youth and Sport for the implementation of the National Framework for the Higher Education Qualifications. The legislation mentioned above and referring to the practising of the veterinary surgeon profession is also available on the webpage of the competent authority – the Romanian Veterinary Medical Chamber (www.cmvro.ro). Pursuant to the Law no. 160/1998 amended in 2004 and republished in 2005, with current amendments, the criteria for the qualification recognition and for the practising of the veterinary surgeon profession are laid down for the Romanian

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citizens holding a veterinary surgeon degree validated according to the law, as well as for the citizens of the Member States of the EU, of the EEA and of Switzerland, who hold veterinary surgeon degrees, certificates or other documents certifying this qualification as set out by the law, documents issued by an education unit in these states. Moreover, the veterinary surgeon profession in Romania may also be practiced by the citizens of the Member States of the European Union, of the European Economic Area and of Switzerland, as long as they hold degrees, certificates or other documents attesting the veterinary surgeon qualification and issued by the veterinary higher education units in third party countries, which are recognized in an EU Member State or which confirm this qualification; these documents should be validated under the law. The veterinary surgeons, Romanian citizens living abroad, as well as veterinary surgeons who are citizens of the Member States of the European Union, of the European Economic Area and Swiss citizens who practice the veterinary surgeon profession in Romania shall enjoy the same rights and obligations regarding the practising hereof as the veterinary surgeons who are members in the Romanian Veterinary Medical Chamber (CMVRO) do.

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Table 2 includes several pieces of information referring to the harmonized national legislative framework, i.e. the status of regulation of the veterinary surgeon profession in Romania and in other studied Member States of the European Union.

Table 2. General information regarding the organization and practising of the veterinary surgeon profession in Romania and in other Member States of the European Union Member State Specific National Legislation Romania Law no. 160/1998 for the organization and practising of the veterinary surgeon profession, republished Austria Regulation TGD-VO 2009 of the Federal Ministry of Health regarding the recognition and functioning of the sanitary-veterinary services The Czech Law no. 166/1999 the Veterinary Law, with Republic current amendments Denmark Danish Law no. 433/2004 regarding the veterinary surgeon, amended through the Laws no. 401/2010 and 402/2010. Ministerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Order no. 1176/2007 regarding the access to the veterinary surgeon profession in Denmark for the EU and EEA citizens and for the citizens of a country having signed an agreement with the EU regarding the professional recognition, as amended by the Ministerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Order no. 1328/2009.

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Specific National Legislation Veterinary Surgeon Act of 1966, with current amendments (last revision: 2013) Law regarding the practising of the veterinary surgeon profession 1990 (last updated in 2013) (WUD)

Pursuant to Article 38 in Directive 2005/36/EC regarding the recognition of the professional qualifications, the qualification level for the veterinary surgeon in all of the eight Member States â&#x20AC;&#x201C; i.e. Austria, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany, Italy, Great Britain, the Netherlands and Romania â&#x20AC;&#x201C; has to be consistent with a training form consisting in total in at least five years of full-time theoretical and practical studies at an university, a higher education unit at a level recognized as being equivalent to or higher than an university and which provides the proof that the person in question achieved the results of the specific education8, adapted to the scientific and technical progress. This training is consistent with Level 6 pursuant to the European Qualification Framework (EQF). Moreover, the updating of the academic curriculum for the achievement of the professional competences cannot involve for any

see Annex V, pct. 5.4.1. in Directive 2005/36/EC regarding the recognition of the professional qualifications

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Member State an amendment of the existing legislative principles regarding the natural personsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; training and access to the veterinary surgeon profession within the European Economic Area. Regarding the results of the education, the training for becoming a veterinarian provides the guarantee that the person in question has achieved the following knowledge and competences: (a) he/she has to have good knowledge of the sciences used as the basis for the veterinary activities; (b) he/she has to have good knowledge of the structure and functions of healthy animals, of their growing, reproduction, hygiene in general, as well as of their feeding, including the technology used for the manufacturing and preservation of food according to their needs; (c) he/she has to have good knowledge of the field referring to the animal behaviour and protection; (d) he/she has to have good knowledge of the cases, of the nature of performance, of the effects, of the diagnostic and treatment of the animal diseases, whether they are treated individually or as a group; among them, particular knowledge of the diseases that can be transmitted to humans; (e) he/she has to have good knowledge of preventive medicine;

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(f) he/she has to have good knowledge of hygiene and of the technology used for obtaining, manufacturing and sale of food for animals or of animal food meant for humans; (g) he/she has to have good knowledge of the acts having the power of a law and of the administrative acts regarding the fields mentioned above; (h) the proper clinical and practical experience under the correct supervision. Annex 2 summarizes the regulation status for the veterinary surgeon profession in the studied Member States. Directive 2005/36/EC

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recognition

the

professional

qualifications, with current amendments, as well as other regulations amending Directive 78/1026/EEC regarding the mutual recognition of degrees, certificates and other official qualification titles in veterinary medicine, including the actions meant to facilitate the actual practising of the right to settle down and of the freedom to provide services (Directive 2006/100/EC, Directive 2001/19/EC etc.) have simplified the procedure for updating the list of degrees that might benefit from automatic recognition and have facilitated the free movement of the veterinary surgeons and the mutual recognition

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of degrees, certificates and other titles, this procedure providing a sufficient level of legal security. The workersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; actual mobility for the practising of the veterinary surgeon profession in the European Economic Area is difficult to be quantified in a real system, but there are several statistics available at European and national levels with reference to the number of applications of the recognition of the professional qualifications or to the number of decisions made for the automatic recognition at sectoral level. If we take into account all the professions for which applications were filed for the qualification recognition on the internal market, we may observe that the veterinary surgeon profession is one of the top 10 regulated professions9. Out of the studied countries, the statistics regarding the workersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; geographical mobility on the internal market, whose professional qualification as veterinary surgeons have been recognized, show that the highest number of favourable decisions in the country of origin was in Great Britain (32%) and Italy (11%).10 For the veterinary surgeons who obtained the qualification title in Romania and who requested the sectoral recognition for the practising of their 9

http://ec.europa.eu/internal_market/qualifications/regprof/index.cfm?action=stat_ranking&b_s ervices=false , last accessed on April 20th, 2013 10

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professional activity in other Member States of the European Union, the data are differentiated depending on the used source. According to

the

data

available

http://ec.europa.eu/internal_market/qualifications/regprof/index.cfm, 328 decisions were made prior to 2012 for the recognition of the professional qualifications in view of the applicants settling down in EU Member States and 9 statements offered by other Member States as host countries for the Romanian veterinary surgeons who wanted to temporarily and occasionally provide services. Out of the 328 applications mentioned above, 307 decisions (corresponding to 94% out of the total number) were favourable and most of the applications were filed for the practising of the veterinary surgeon profession in Great Britain, in France and in Italy. According to the data provided by the Romanian Veterinary Medical Chamber representatives, the competent authority in Romania (CMVRO) received by April 2013 11 applications for the

recognition

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surgeon

professional

qualifications for the practising of the profession in Romania, and 730 veterinary surgeons in Romania received the certificate of conformity in order to practice the veterinary surgeon profession in the European Union. 22

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II. Competence validation/certification procedures applied by the competent authorities in the countries where the veterinary surgeon profession is regulated The competence validation/certification process is the process through which an accredited institution certifies that a person has competences in a given field by issuing a document called a certificate of professional competence. A certificate of professional competence is not a study degree; it certifies that a person has a certain level of expertise in a given field. The basic principles of the professional competence certification process are the following: 

The competence certification is an optional and not mandatory process. However, certain institutional policies might require the competence certification of its members as a requirement for becoming part of that organization;

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The assessment of the professional competences may be done by the same organization that had certified the competences or by another organization;

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Generally, the professional competence is certified in its entirety, not only parts of it;

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The training centres may facilitate the professional competence

certification

partnerships

and

process

agreements

with

entering the

into

competence

certification organizations. For the regulated veterinary surgeon profession validation/ certification and/or recognition in the studied Member States, the competent authorities indicated in Table 1 were appointed. As mentioned in the previous chapter, the training titles for the veterinary surgeon have to be issued by the competent authorities in the Member States and they have to be accompanied by the indicated certificates, as applicable. The minimum level of training necessary for the automatic recognition of the veterinary surgeon professional qualification based on the community regulations11 is consistent with Level 6 in the European Qualification Framework (EQF). Pursuant to Directive 2005/36/EC regarding the recognition of the professional qualifications, the veterinary training consists in the graduation of a university study program of at least five years, the requirements being the same for all the studied European countries. The study program leading to the issue of the veterinary surgeon qualification titles includes at least the basic and specific subjects indicated 11

see Directive 2005/36/EC (Articles 17, 18, 19, 38); Directive 78/1026/EEC, with current amendments.

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in Table 3, including the hands-on training in the field. The teaching of one or more subjects may take place as part of the other subjects or in connection with them. The hands-on training may be done as a rotation, provided that it is based on an integral program and that it is directly controlled by the competent authority or body and that it does not exceed six months out of the total 5-year study program. Moreover, the allotment of the theoretical and hands-on training among the various groups of subjects is balanced and coordinated so that the knowledge and experience may be properly achieved in order to allow the veterinary surgeons to fulfil all of their duties.

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Table 3. Mandatory subjects to achieving knowledge, skills and professional competences leading to the issue of the veterinary surgeon qualification titles according to Directive 2005/36/EC Basic Specific Subjects Subjects Fundamental Clinical Sciences Animal Food Hygiene Sciences Production - physics - Anatomy - Obstetrics - Animal - Inspection and (including production control of foods for - chemistry - Pathology (including histology and animals or of pathological anatomy) - Animal - animal embryology) products of animal nutrition biology - Parasitology origin - Physiology - Agronomy - plant - Clinical medicine and - Biochemistry biology surgery (including - Rural economy - Food hygiene and technology - Genetics anaesthesiology) - Animal - Hands-on works Mathematic - Pharmacology - Clinical lectures on growing and (including hands-on s applied to various domestic animals, health - Pharmacy works in the biological birds and other species of - Veterinary - Toxicology slaughter and food sciences animals hygiene - Microbiology treating facilities)

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Basic Subjects

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Specific Subjects Clinical Sciences Animal Production - Preventive medicine - Animal protection - Radiology aetiology. - Reproduction and reproduction disorders - Veterinary medicine and public health - Legislation in veterinary medicine and forensic medicine - Therapeutics - Propaedeutics

Food Hygiene

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Table 4 identifies the qualification titles for the veterinary surgeon in the educational system of each studied EU Member State.

Table 4. Degrees, certificates and other titles for veterinary surgeons in the studied EU Member States12 EU Member State Romania Austria

Degree Title

Body issuing the degree

Diploma de licenta de medic veterinar

Universities

1.Diplom-Tierarzt

Universität

2.Magister medicinae veterinariae

The Czech Republic

Diplom o ukončení studia ve studijním programu veterinární lékařství (doktor veterinární medicíny, MVDr.)

Veterinární fakulta univerzity v České republice

Certificate accompanying the degree 1.Doktor der Veterinärmedizi n 2.Doctor medicinae veterinariae 3.Fachtierarzt -

Diplom o ukončení studia ve studijním programu veterinární

Sources: Directive 2005/36/EC regarding the recognition of the professional qualifications and Directive 2006/100/EC for adapting certain directives in the field of people’s freedom to move, referring to the accession of Bulgaria and Romania

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Kongelige Veterinær- og Landbohøjskol e Der Vorsitzende des Prüfungsaussc husses für die Tierärztliche Prüfung einer Universität oder Hochschule Università

hygiena a ekologie (doktor veterinární medicíny, MVDr.) Denmark

Bevis for bestået kandidateksamen i veterinærvidenskab

Germany

Zeugnis über das Ergebnis des Dritten Abscnitts der Tierärztlichen Prüfung und das Gesamtergebnis der Tierärztlichen Prüfung

Italy

Diploma di laurea in medicine veterinaria

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1. Bachelor of Veterinary Science (BVSc) 2. Bachelor of Veterinary Science (BVSc) 3. Bachelor of Veterinary Medicine (BvetMB)

1. University of Bristol 2. University of Liverpool 3. University of Cambridge 4. University of Edinburgh 5. University

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4. Bachelor of Veterinary Medicine and Surgery (BVM& S) 5. Bachelor of Veterinary Medicine and Surgery (BVM& S) 6. Bachelor of Veterinary Medicine (BvetMed) Getuigschrift van met goed gevolg afgelegd diergeneeskundig/veear tsenijkundig examen

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of Glasgow 6. University of London

As seen in Tables 3 and 4, if we take into account the learning results and the competence descriptors, we find similarities in the training and the obtaining of the qualification titles for the veterinary surgeon profession for all the studied Member States. The bodies issuing the education degrees are represented by universities, the competence certification being done in a similar way for the higher education units in the European Union. In this case, the procedure for receiving the veterinary surgeon title entitling the practicing of the regulated profession complies with the specific requirements of the specialized higher education programs.

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However, in the studied countries the competent authorities for this regulated profession are different as far as the institutional organization is concerned and their duties are focused either on the qualification acknowledgement or on validation or certification activities. At national level, the professional recognition of the degrees, certificates or other documents confirming the quality as a veterinary surgeon is done by the Romanian Veterinary Medical College. The Veterinary Medical College issues certificates of conformity for occupational purposes for the recognition â&#x20AC;&#x201C; in one of the EU Member States â&#x20AC;&#x201C; of the official titles for qualification in the veterinary surgeon profession, titles that are issued by the higher education units accredited in Romania. In a similar way, the other competent authorities in the Member States (see Table 1 and Annex 2) in charge with the competence validation / certification are involved in the professional recognition of the qualification titles, which attest the quality as a veterinary surgeon and provide the information necessary for the granting of the right the nationals have to practice the profession (see also Chapter III).

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III. Recognition processes for the qualifications achieved in other Member States of the European Union The

professional

recognition

refers

the

assessment

methodologies and procedures in view of practicing the veterinary surgeon profession. In order to work as a veterinary surgeon in a country of the European Union (called the host country) other than the country where the qualification title was achieved (the country of origin), you have to apply to the competent authority supervising the profession in that Member State and to provide a proof of your qualifications. In the case of the studied countries, the competent authorities in any of the EU Member States have to recognize any of the qualification titles for the veterinary surgeon profession, which are indicated in Table 4, the qualification automatic recognition taking place only if the minimum requirements are met with reference to the qualification level and to the learning results based on the study programs including the subjects indicated in Table 3. We have to add that if the qualification obtained in a country of origin does not meet the basic criteria for the automatic recognition laid down in Directive

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the

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qualifications (for instance, your qualification title is not laid down in Annex V.5.4.2 in Directive 2005/36/EC), the veterinary surgeon profession might be recognized either as part of a regime of achieved rights (example: at least three years of professional experience over the last five years) or through a non-automatic recognition process as part of the general system for qualification recognition.13 In the concrete case of the studied Member States, there might be aspects regarding the recognition system with compensatory actions only if the study programs completed by the nationals do not meet the requirements laid down in Directive 2005/36/EC with reference to the contents of the curriculum and to the acquiring of the proper professional competences. A)

Similarities

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qualifications acquired in view of practising the veterinary surgeon profession in the eight EU Member States (Austria, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany, Italy, Great Britain, the Netherlands and Romania) If the focus is on the ways to recognize the veterinary surgeon qualification in various EU countries, we can see that there are 13

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certain common elements regarding the procedure for the regulated profession recognition including the following stages: 1. The information of the migrant / applicant (you) â&#x20AC;&#x201C; through national / unique points of contact (UPC) or from the competent authorities, 2. The submission of your documents in the form requested by the competent authorities in the host country (see the documents requested by each Member State). At the moment, the European Commission proposes the minimization of bureaucracy14 through the elimination of the Apostille and of a series of administrative requirements for the legalization of the official documents pertaining to the people living and working in other Member States. For the citizens of a country of the European Union or of the European Economic Area, in most of the cases the documents are forwarded electronically or by mail to the Unique Point of Contact (UPC) or to the competent authority in charge with processing your application. 3. The verification of the applicant's file contents and the control meant to identify whether or not the conditions are being met (including requirements regarding linguistic and legislative 14

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knowledge, requirements regarding the registration in the profession records, fees, etc.). The respective competent authority has to solve your application within 1 month since the receipt of the file and to ask for the missing documents if they are necessary for the proper processing of your application. 4. The processing of the application / file through the analysis of the documents and the making of the recognition decision: the competent authority has to assess the qualifications and to decide whether or not to issue a decision for the recognition of the qualification referring to your application within three months (or four months for certain complicated cases in the non-automatic recognition field). Following the analysis of your file, the decision for the professional qualification recognition shall be issued. 5. In the case of a favourable decision for the recognition of the veterinary surgeon qualification, the competent authority shall issue a certificate and you shall be registered in the records of the respective authority. If a Member State decides to recognize a degree, a certificate or a title, it may or may not justify its decision.

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6. If the qualification automatic recognition is not accepted, the rejection or the compensation decision has to be justified and it may be subject to an appeal in court. We have to add that the rejection decision or the failure to make a decision within the set timeframe has to be subject to the means of appeal laid down in the internal law. The Member States have to justify such decisions regarding the recognition of veterinary surgeon degrees, certificates or other titles. On the other hand, a more easy way to solve the problems regarding the recognition of the professional qualifications or the competence certification is the SOLVIT15 network, where the EU Member States cooperate in order to solve â&#x20AC;&#x201C; without using the legal proceedings â&#x20AC;&#x201C; the problems occurring due to the inappropriate application of the legislation regarding the internal market by the public authorities. SOLVIT deals with the cross-border problems16 between an enterprise or a citizen (on one hand) and a public authority (on the other hand) where the community legislation might have been

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the professional recognition of qualifications and degrees; the level of workplace occupation; the access to education; the product / service access to the market, etc.

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incorrectly applied. The SOLVIT national centres in the eight EU Member States analyzed by the guidelines are indicated in Annex 3. B) The particularities of the processes for the recognition of achieved qualifications in view of practising the veterinary surgeon profession in the eight Member States of the European Union Below there are the particularities of the processes for the recognition of the qualifications achieved in other EU Member States. 1. The information referring to the conditions for the qualification professional recognition and for the practising of the veterinary surgeon profession in Romania is summarized in the regulated profession sheet in Annex 4. 2. The procedure for the recognition of the professional qualifications in view of practising the profession in the Czech Republic consists in the same stages mentioned above. You may get the application for the recognition of the veterinary surgeon professional qualification from the Veterinary Medical Chamber in the Czech Republic (as the competent authority) or from the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport (as the point of contact / UPC). You have to fill out the application file and to submit the requested

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documents. According to the national legislation, besides the identification details (personal data), the application shall have to indicate: the regulated profession the application refers to, the regulation profession practicing duration and form (as an employee or as self-employed). The documents requested from the applicant are as follows: • the ID Card, the proof of his/her citizenship and other legal certification evidence, as applicable; • the proof of the professional qualifications; the proof of other achieved competences – with clear indication of the level of completed education (bachelor or master’s degree, the education / training duration and contents); a certificate of conformity or another document certifying the profession; just as in Romania, there are requirements referring to the linguistic knowledge; • the document confirming the payment of the fees; the administrative fee for the submission of the application form for the recognition of the professional qualifications is of – CZK 2,000, in addition to the fee for the processing of the file by the Professional Chamber

(according

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The proofs regarding the professional qualifications and the achieved competences have to be translated into Czech, unless an international treaty or the Czech legislation provides otherwise. When the competent authority cannot establish the authenticity of the documents through the administrative cooperation, the authority may request the originals or legalized photocopies of the professional qualification evidence and other competences / documents (which shall be returned within 15 business days since the issue of the recognition decision). The file may be submitted both at the competent authority and at the Unique Point of Contact, but the professional qualification recognition process is done by the Veterinary Medical Chamber in the Czech Republic (CA). Within maximum 3 months (90 days) since the verification of the file and the processing of the application, the competent authority has to assess the qualifications and to decide whether or not to issue a decision for the qualification recognition regarding your application. Pursuant to the national legislation, the authority has the obligation to make its decision without any delay and not later than 60 days since the submission of the applicantâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s complete file. The Veterinary Medical Chamber in the Czech Republic shall issue a decision attesting either the recognition of the

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professional qualification or the rejection of the application for the professional qualification recognition. There may also be cases when compensatory actions have to be taken prior to the recognition (see Chapter III). Moreover, an appeal may be filed against the competent authorityâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s decision under the legislation in the Czech Republic. 3. In Denmark the procedure for the professional qualification recognition in view of practising the veterinary surgeon profession is simplified as there is no application form.

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justifying documents have to be accompanied by a letter in which you indicate the profession you want to be recognized and provide reasons for your intent to practice your profession by settling down in Denmark. The file may be submitted at the Danish Veterinary and Food Administration (the competent authority) or at the Unique Point of Contact. Under the national legislation (see Table 2) and the community legislation, the requirements regarding the application file consist in: your contact details (name, address,....); your citizenship proof (a copy of your ID Card or passport); the qualification titles providing you with access to the veterinary profession; other documents / additional information that might influence the qualification assessment (degrees, Resume, etc.); a certificate issued by the

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competent sanitary authorities (issued in English), which has to confirm that you have the legal right to work in this profession ("Certificate of Current Professional Status / Good Standing") (valid for 3 months); the fee payment proof, if applicable. You have to provide translations (in Danish or English) of the important documents (the professional qualifications, the certificate confirming the conferred rights, certificates of professional experience, etc.), except for the documents issued in English, Norwegian or Swedish. Non-certified translations shall be accepted for this profession. The applicantâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s file has to include documents complying with certain special conditions that are not covered by the EU standards only if the candidate is not an EU / EEA citizen.17 The provision of temporary or occasional services from the EU / EEA Member States in Denmark by carrying out professional activities in the veterinary field shall be done by notifying the Danish competent authority through a written statement accompanied by the following documents / information: contact details, citizenship proof, veterinary practice certificate, certificate of good conduct, a document confirming your legal settlement, legalized photocopies of the professional qualification documents. Besides this, the competent 17

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authority shall not verify the veterinary surgeon professional qualifications. 4. If we talk about the practising of the veterinary surgeon profession in Germany, the qualification recognition process follows the same stages as the process proposed above. The applications may be forwarded directly to the competent authority or to the Central Office for Foreign Education (ZAB), which resends the applications to the competent authority. The necessary documents for the submission of the professional qualification recognition application are the following: the identity document (a copy of the ID Card or passport); a table with an overview of the training (in German) as well as of any paid workplace up to that moment; the proof of the professional qualifications; the proof of the relevant work experience; other certificates of competence (i.e. continuous training); a statement indicating that no application has been filed before for the determination of the equivalence. The competent authority may ask for copies of original certificates or documents. In certain cases, the authority may accept plain copies of the documents. The documents have to be translated into German by public appointed and sworn interpreters / translators.

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Compared to other studied Member States, there are certain particularities regarding the assessment of the applicantâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s file with focus on the professional experience necessary for a certain field of business. As fields of business, the national veterinary surgeons may work mainly in veterinary offices and clinics. Other employment opportunities are provided by the veterinary authorities, the veterinary research or veterinary use institutes or by higher education units. As a veterinary surgeon, your professional qualification has to be recognized by the Veterinary Chamber in the German land where you want to work under the community regulations and in compliance with the specific regulations applicable in the German land where you want to practice your profession. For the veterinary surgeon specialist, the professional qualification recognition is granted only if the theoretical and practical training led to the issue of the certificate for professional competences as being equivalent to the continuous qualification and training in Germany, and the procedure may vary from one German land to another. In principle, the procedure compares the foreign professional qualifications with a similar German occupation and there is certain flexibility in the processing of the application. For example, the professional

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experience achieved in Germany or abroad may also be taken into account in addition to the training; if no proper evidence may be provided in support of the qualifications, an analysis of the qualifications may be conducted for the professional skills to be determined (i.e. technical discussions or hands-on test). If there are significant differences between the learning results leading to the foreign professional qualifications and the German ones, the qualification

recognition

involves

compensatory

actions

(an

adjustment course or a skills test, as applicable). The procedure should not last longer than three months; in difficult cases, the decision period may be extended only once for justified reasons. The period of time during which the decision has to be made starts with the receipt of all the necessary documents. 5. Regarding the recognition of the veterinary surgeon qualification in Italy, it is done through automatic recognition under in the Legislative Decree no. 206/2007 for the regulated professions in the community area, which transposes in Italy Directive 2005/36/EC

regarding

the

recognition

the

professional

qualifications, including the mutual recognition of degrees, certificates and other official qualification titles in veterinary medicine (see Chapter I). The procedure regarding the issue of the

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veterinary surgeon professional qualification recognition decision mainly complies with the ways mentioned above, and the documents requested for the submission of the file are similar to those in the other studied Member States. In this process, as it is performed in Italy, there is a particularity shown below. As mentioned above, for the practising of the veterinary surgeon profession there is a professional register and this is why the degree / qualification title prior recognition is necessary (see Chapter II). For example, for the recognition of the veterinary surgeon degree obtained in Romania, the applicant has / you have to submit to the Italian Ministry of Health a standard application together with the following documents: 1) a legalized photocopy of the degree to be recognized; 2) the authenticated photocopy of the certificate granting the right to practice the profession; 3) a certificate of conformity issued by the competent authority in the country having issued the degree, according to the community legislation and referring to the name of the specialty and the minimum training criteria; 4) the Certificate of Good Standing issued by the competent authority in Romania, which confirms that you are the lawful holder

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of the degree and that there are no restrictions regarding the practising of the profession in your country of origin. As the veterinary surgeon profession is regulated in Romania, the following documents shall be submitted for the qualification recognition in Italy: 1) a certificate / an attestation issued by the competent authority in Romania, indicating that the degree in question authorizes in the country of origin the practising of the applicantâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s profession; 2) the detailed academic curriculum with a clear indication of the hours done and of the topics debated for each individual subject as well as the number of rotation hours done; this document has to be issued by the university having issued the degree (see the descriptive supplement / official transcript); 3) a certificate confirming the activity carried out in the country of origin after the issue of the degree to be recognized; 4) a certificate confirming the performance of rotations, specialty courses or other continuous training diplomas. All the documents in Romanian have to be accompanied by the translation into Italian, which has to be certified by the Italian Embassy in Romania or by an Italian court.

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6. In Great Britain the practising of the veterinary surgeon regulated profession may be done only after the recognition of the professional qualification and the registration at the competent authority appointed by the British authorities. For the recognition of the professional qualifications obtained in another Member State of the European Union, the competent authorities usually request that the following formalities are fulfilled when the file is submitted: a form has to be filled out; the citizenship / identity has to be proven (passport, ID Card or birth certificate); the qualification title (the degree / document confirming the completion of the necessary form of training in order to have access to the regulated profession); other evidence for the professional qualification and experience in the veterinary field (the proof confirming the completion of a rotation stage or the registration with a similar body in the country of origin; the proof of the professional experience); a medical certificate; a certificate regarding the professional reputation, issued by the competent authority in the country of origin. As in other Member States (the Czech Republic,...) the competent authorities shall inform you â&#x20AC;&#x201C; within one month â&#x20AC;&#x201C; if the file is complete or if you have to submit other additional necessary documents. Within 4 months since the submission of the complete

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file the authorities shall have to issue a decision referring to your access to the profession in question. For the processing of the applications you might have to pay certain commissions that cannot be higher than the costs actually paid by the competent authorities in order to provide this service. The authorities may decide on the recognition of the professional qualifications and grant the right to exercise a regulated profession in Great Britain or they may recommend the application of compensatory actions if there are differences between the qualifications obtained in the country of origin and the professional qualifications necessary in Great Britain for you to practice the veterinary surgeon profession. The compensatory actions may consist in an adaptation stage of maximum three years or they may require you to take a skills test. Most of the times, the people asking for access to a regulated profession would have the opportunity to chose between the two compensatory actions. 7. In Austria, the National Information Centre on the Recognition of EU Degrees ENIC-NARIC18 Austria within the Federal Ministry of Science and Research is in charge with the academic and professional recognition of the higher education and 18

ENIC â&#x20AC;&#x201C; The European Network of Information Centres; NARIC â&#x20AC;&#x201C; The National Academic Recognition Information Centre.

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training qualifications (bachelorâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s degree, masterâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s degree, doctoral degree) in Austria. The recognition of the academic qualifications is done by the higher education units and the veterinary surgeon professional qualification recognition is done by the Federal Ministry of Health or the authorities in the Lands (as the competent authorities). The recognition procedure consists in the same stages: the submission of the standard application and of the file compiled for the qualification recognition, the verification of the submitted documents, the application assessment with reference to the recognition of the qualification obtained in other states, the equivalence and identification of the potential training differences as well as the issue of the decision regarding the qualification recognition, may even conditioned by compensatory actions. The file compiled for the qualification recognition application for the practising of the profession in Austria has to include the confirmations issued by the authority in the different type providing the same functional role with reference to the documents pertaining to the person in question, and the necessary documentation is similar to the one in the other Member States (regarding the qualification evidence). All the justifying documents have to be drawn up in German or as a legalized translation. The recognition process may

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last between 2 and 6 months. Sometimes fees are being charged for the recognition procedure. It is deemed that the positive decision for the qualification recognition through the procedure mentioned above replaces the Austrian qualification title and allows the person to have access to the labour market by granting him/her the right to practice the said profession. Moreover, there are cases when based on special training agreements, certain training programs attended in Germany or Hungary are being considered equivalent. 8. In the Netherlands, the Organization for International Cooperation in Higher Education - Nuffic is the institution authorized (in Hague) for the recognition of the higher education degrees and to also provide the necessary support to the applicants asking for their academic qualifications to be recognized. The veterinary surgeon professional qualification recognition is done under the national and community legislation19 (see also Chapter I), and the competent authority is the Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport. In the Netherlands the veterinary surgeon is a profession regulated by the Veterinary Practise Act, and this is why the registration in the Veterinary Medicine Register is mandatory.

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IV. Practising of the veterinary surgeon profession in the European Union Directives 2005/36/EC regarding the recognition of the professional qualifications and 2006/123/EC regarding the services on the internal market provide an explicit legal framework for the European citizens’ mobility in view of them practising the veterinary surgeon regulated profession.20 Obviously, the practising of the profession in the veterinary medicine field may have a significant socio-economic impact on the animals’ health, on the public health and consumer protection, on the food safety and environmental protection and this is why the workers’ free movement in order to practice this profession has to be consistent with the requirements laid down in the sanitary-veterinary legislation and the transfer of information21 in the field should be proactive. Moreover, at the moment22 the workers’ movement is also subject to the specific access conditions applicable to the labour market in that host country (for example, the existence of the Denmark residence permit, the issue of a work permit in Great Britain etc.). 20 21

FVE, Veterinarians crossing borders, 2007, p.p. 7-15 in compliance with the current legislation regarding the protection of data

at the time of the elaboration of these guidelines (June 2012...2013)

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The veterinary surgeon profession may be practiced by an European citizen in an EU / EEA Member State other than the one where he/she obtained his/her professional qualification either as self-employed or as an employee. The veterinary surgeon may carry out activities in the exclusively dedicated fields of business or both as a natural person or as a legal entity; he/she may carry out free practice veterinary activities as an official veterinary surgeon or as an employee working for veterinary clinics, veterinary education and/or research units. Moreover, for the practising of the veterinary surgeon profession there is a distinction between the “freedom to settle down” and the “freedom to provide services” according to welldefined criteria (duration, frequency, periodicity and continuation of service provision). The settling down conditions require the registration of the veterinary surgeons in the records held by the competent authorities in the countries where they practice their profession (example: the National Registry of Veterinary Surgeons). As seen in the previous chapter, for the temporary or occasional provision of the veterinary services in a Member State other than the country of origin, you do not have to ask for the professional qualification recognition, but the professional competences have to

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be validated / certified (see the case of Italy). For the provision of the temporary veterinary services a file is put together including proof of your nationality, your legal residence and your professional qualifications / competences, together with a statement (usually it is updated every year). The documents are forwarded to the competent authority (the professional organization).

Conclusions As part of the IMI PQ NET project, these certification and recognition guidelines have been prepared for the veterinary surgeon profession. The necessity to draw up these guidelines is justified by the mobility of the workers in this field, which means that the veterinary surgeon profession is in top 10 regulated professions in the ranking made based on the number of qualification recognition decisions on the internal market. The study regarding the aspects related to the veterinary surgeon profession regulation in the eight EU Member States, i.e. Austria, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany, Italy, Great Britain, the Netherlands and Romania, has indicated that there is a national legislative framework harmonized with the European

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directives regarding the professional qualification recognition and the sectoral directives for access to and practising the veterinary surgeon profession in these countries, which facilitates the free movement of veterinary workers throughout the European Economic Area for settling down and/or for temporarily practicing their profession in a Member State different from the one where he/she had obtained the respective qualification title. The veterinary surgeon profession is a sectoral regulated profession in all of these countries being automatically recognized. The minimum level of training for the veterinary surgeon is consistent with Level 6 CEC/EQF, for the veterinary surgeon specialist or the veterinary surgeon additional competence requirements being applicable. The competence validation/certification procedures applied by the competent authorities have been simplified, which has led to requirement standardization. The veterinary surgeon professional qualification recognition process is regulated in the EU Member States and the guidelines define a framework procedure for the veterinary surgeon qualification recognition.

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The work shows the main aspects regarding the access conditions, the documents necessary for the recognition, analysis particularities and the making of the recognition decision, specific requirements for the recognition of qualifications in view of the determination and practising of the veterinary surgeon profession or the provision of veterinary services for the studied countries.

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77/452/EEC, 77/453/EEC, 78/686/EEC, 78/687/EEC, 78/1026/EEC, 78/1027/EEC, 80/154/EEC, 80/155/EEC, 85/384/EEC, 85/432/EEC, 85/433/EEC and 93/16/EEC of the Council regarding the professions of general registered nurse, medic dentist, veterinary surgeon, midwife, architect, pharmacist and physician 8. FVE, Veterinarians crossing borders, 2007 (http://www.fve.org/veterinary/pdf/profession/fve_explanation_prof_qu alif_sim_directives.pdf, last accessed on April 20th, 2013) 9. Guide to recognition of foreign professional qualifications - Access to regulated professions in Denmark, at http://fivu.dk/en/publications/2010/files-2010/guide-to-recognition-offoreign-professional-qualifications.pdf, last accessed on April 20th, 2013) 10. IMI PQ - About the project (http://www.imipqnet.ro/ro/despre-proiect/, last accessed on April 20th, 2013) 11. Law no. 160/1998 for the organization and practising of the veterinary surgeon profession (republished in the Official Gazette 433 in 2005) 12. National contact points – European Commission (http://ec.europa.eu/internal_market/qualifications/contact/national_cont act_points_en.htm, last accessed on April 20th, 2013) 13. Recognition of Professional Qualifications, Czech Republic (http://uok.msmt.cz/uok/ru_detail.php?id=483&dl=en&flet=&forg=0&ft ype=0&fpg=18&ftxt=, last accessed on April 20th, 2013) 14. Regulated profession DYRLÆGE (Denmark) (http://ec.europa.eu/internal_market/qualifications/regprof/index.cfm?ac tion=regprof&id_regprof=8085&tab=ca, last accessed on April 20th, 2013) 15. Regulated professions and competent authorities, the Netherlands (http://www.nuffic.nl/en/diploma-recognition/professionalrecognition/regulated-professions last accessed on 20.11.2012) 16. Solvit (http://ec.europa.eu/solvit/site, last accessed on April 20th, 2013)

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17. Veterinary surgeon status on October 24th, 2010 (issued by the Romanian Veterinary Medical Chamber; published in the Official Gazette no. 147 dated March 1st, 2011) 18. Veterinary surgeon – European Commission (http://ec.europa.eu/internal_market/qualifications/directive_in_practice/ automatic_recognition/veterinary_surgeon/index_en.htm, last accessed on April 20th, 2013) 19. Veterinary surgeon – Denmark (http://fivu.dk/en/education-andinstitutions/recognition-and-transparency/regulated-professions/list-ofregulated-professions , last accessed on April 20th, 2013) 20. The EU single market - Regulated professions database, Regulated professions by country, with competent authorities (http://ec.europa.eu/internal_market/qualifications/regprof/index.cfm?ac tion=regprofs&regprof=veterinary%20surgeon&quid=1&mode=asc&m axRows=*#top, last accessed on April 20th, 2013)

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Annex 1. Abbreviations CA EQF CMVRO IMI PQ NET

UPC EEA IMI system MS EU

Competent Authority European Qualification Framework Romanian Veterinary Medical Chamber The acronym of the project “The Network of Competent Authorities for Professional Qualifications in Romania” Unique Point of Contact European Economic Area Internal market information system Member State (of the EU or EEA) European Union

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Annex 2. Regulation status for the veterinary surgeon profession in Romania and in other Member States of the European Union Profession name in language of origin medic veterinar

Member State

Competent Authority

Romania

Romanian Veterinary Medical Chamber www.cmvro.go.ro

veterinary surgeon

Austria

Federal Ministry of Health (Bundesminister f端r Gesundheit) http://www.bmgf.gv.at/

Are there activities reserved (exclusively / shared) for the profession? yes

Recognition acc. to Directive 2005/36/EC (national legislation)

Qualification level

Automatic recognition system

6 corresp. EQF

yes

Automatic recognition system

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Profession name in language of origin veterinární lékaři

Member State

Competent Authority

Are there activities reserved (exclusively / shared) for the profession? yes

Recognition acc. to Directive 2005/36/EC (national legislation)

Qualification level

the Czech Republic

Veterinary Medical Chamber in Czech Republic (Komora veterinárních lékařů Čr) http://www.vetkom.cz/

Automatic recognition system

6 corresp. EQF

dyrlæge

Denmark

Danish Veterinary and Food Administration (Fødevarestyrelse) www.foedevarestyrelsen.dk

yes

Automatic recognition system

6 corresp. EQF

tierarzt

Germany

Veterinary Association (Tierärztekammer)

yes

Automatic recognition system

6 corresp. EQF

veterinario

Italy

Ministry of Health (Ministero della Salute) http://www.salute.gov.it/

yes

Automatic recognition system

6 corresp. EQF

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Profession name in language of origin veterinary surgeon

Member State

Competent Authority

Great Britain

(Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons http://www.rcvs.org.uk/home/

dierenarts

the Netherlands

Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport (Ministerie van Volksgezondheid, Welzijn en Sport) www.diergeneeskunderegister.nl

Are there activities reserved (exclusively / shared) for the profession? yes

Recognition acc. to Directive 2005/36/EC (national legislation)

Qualification level

Automatic recognition system

6 corresp. EQF

yes

Automatic recognition system

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Annex 3. The SOLVIT national centres for the studied EU Member States23

Member State Romania

Austria

SOLVIT Centre Ministerul Afacerilor Europene, Guvernul Romaniei Bvd. Aviatorilor nr. 50A, Sector 1, Bucharest 011854, Tel. +40 21 308 53 40; +4021 308 53 71; +40 37 410 45 23; Fax. +40 21 308 53 96 solvit@dae.gov.ro Bundesministerium f端r Wirtschaft, Familie und Jugend, SOLVIT Centre, Abteilung C1/2, Stubenring 1 AT - 1010 Wien, Tel. +43 1 71100-5119 Tel. +43 1 71100 - 5293 Tel. +43 1 71100-5187 Fax. +43 1 71100-2207

Contact persons

Romulus BENA Karina STAN Ramona-Maria CIUCA

Sylvia Vana Alexandra GaudmannHeber Christian M端ller

Source: http://ec.europa.eu/solvit/site/centres/index_en.htm, last accessed on June 1st, 2013

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Denmark

Germany

Italy

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SOLVIT Centre solvit@bmwfj.gv.at Odbor vnitřního trhu a služeb EU, Ministerstvo průmyslu a obchodu Na Františku 32 CZ - 11015 Praha 1, Tel. +420 22 422 1701 Fax. +420 22 485 3079, solvit@mpo.cz Danish Business Authority (Internal Market Centre) Langelinie Allé 17 DK - 2100 Copenhagen, Tel. +45 35 46 62 00 (the hotline) Tel. +45 35 46 66 16 Tel. +45 35 46 66 73, SOLVIT@erst.dk Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Technologie, Scharnhorststr. 34-37 DE - 10115 Berlin, Fax. +49 3018 615 5379 solvit@bmwi.bund.de Presidenza Consiglio Ministri Dipartimento Politiche Comunitarie, Piazza Nicosia 20, IT - 00186 Roma, Tel. +39 06 677 95 844 Fax. +39 06 677 95 044,

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Contact persons

Barbora Hanáková Zuzana Bakotová Tomáš Stehlík

Jens Kasper Rasmussen Sofie Freilev Karin Kragshave Kristian Yde Agerbo

Lisa Teichmann

Giuseppina VALENTE Francesco CIPRI Massimo SANTORELLI

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SOLVIT Centre solvit@palazzochigi.it Department for Business, Innovation and Skills 1 Victoria Street UK - London SW1H 0ET Tel. +44 20 7215 2833 Fax. +44 20 7215 2234 solvit@bis.gsi.gov.uk SOLVIT Nederland Ministerie van Economische Zaken, Landbouw en Innovatie Bezuidenhoutseweg 30 Postbus 20101 NL - 2500 EC Den Haag, Tel. +31 70 379 7708 Fax. +31 70 379 7014 solvit@mineleni.nl

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Chris Korcz

Koen van Ginneken

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Annex 4. Description of the profession regulated in Romania Regulated profession Competent Authority Regulating legislation Access conditions

Veterinary Surgeon The Romanian Veterinary Medical Chamber (CMVRO) Law no. 160/1998, republished The veterinary surgeon is the Romanian or foreign citizen who holds a veterinary surgeon degree issued by an academic education unit in Romania or abroad, which is officially recognized in Romania by the competent authority (the Ministry of National Education). The membership in the Veterinary Medical College is mandatory for the practising of the veterinary surgeon profession. The membership in the Romanian Veterinary Medical Chamber is confirmed by the veterinary surgeonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ID Card (MSIDC), a document issued upon enrolment. The veterinary medicine free practice certificate is the document issued by the county or Bucharest Council Executive Office attached to the Romanian Veterinary Medical Chamber, upon the veterinary surgeonsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; request so that they are granted the right to freely practice the veterinary medicine. For the issue of the free practice certificate, the veterinary surgeon has to hold the MSIDC ID

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Card. For the issue of the ID Card the veterinary surgeon files the following documents at the Bucharest or county Council Executive Office attached to the Veterinary Medical College: a) a standard application (Annex no. 2) b) a copy of the degree, certificate or official title confirming the veterinary surgeon qualification, issued by the competent authorities in a Member State or – as applicable – confirming that person’s professional experience; c) a copy of the ID Card; d) a certificate of criminal record issued with maximum 15 days prior to the submission of the application; e) a medical certificate confirming the physical and mental health, issued by a specialized medical unit; as the case may be, a health certificate issued by the competent authority in that state is accepted (valid for 3 months) f) a certificate issued by the domicile County Executive Office at which the applicant was already registered for that profession, confirming the disciplinary status and the causes that led to the termination of the veterinary surgeon quality; g) a 3/4 colour photography; h) the registration fee payment proof; i) an envelope file; j) for the Romanian veterinary surgeons residing abroad, as well as for the veterinary surgeons

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who are citizens of the European Union or European Economic Area Member States as well as for the Swiss citizens and for the citizens of third party countries, a certificate of good standing issued by the professional forum in the country where they are members in the national professional organization has to be submitted. For the foreign citizens to be granted the right to practice the veterinary surgeon profession, the Romanian Veterinary Medical Chamber (CMVRO) asks for: a) the proof of the applicant’s citizenship; b) a copy of the degrees, certificates or the official qualification title confirming the veterinary surgeon qualification and – as applicable – the confirmation of that person’s professional experience; c) documents issued by the competent authorities in the Member State of origin or regarding: the moral character of the person in question, the lack of any bankruptcy case, the lack of any serious professional error or offence leading to the suspension or interdiction in practising the profession; if the competent authorities in the Member State of origin do not issue such documents, they shall be replaced by an affidavit or a solemn statement that has to fulfil the validity conditions stipulated by the Member State of origin in which it was issued (valid for 3 months); d) a document regarding the physical and/or mental health, which is requested in the Member

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State of origin; if such a document is not requested in the Member State of origin, a health certificate issued by the competent authority in that state is to be accepted; e) a certificate issued by the competent authorities in the Member State of origin, which certifies the conformity of the official qualification titles for access to the veterinary surgeon profession; f) a copy of the certificate confirming that the person speaks a foreign language and for the natural persons who are citizens of the EU/EEA states, the file has to include also a copy of the certificate confirming that the person speaks the Romanian language; an interview may be scheduled for the determination of the Romanian linguistic and communication knowledge. The veterinary surgeon asking for the issue of the free practice certificate has to file at the Bucharest or county Council Executive Office attached to the Veterinary Medical College the following documents: a) a standard application (Annex no. 3); b) a copy of the veterinary surgeon degree or of the document confirming that the person holds the veterinary surgeon title; c) a copy of the ID Card; d) a copy of the ID Card issued by the CMVRO Veterinary Medical College; e) a certificate of criminal record issued with maximum 15 days prior to the submission of the application;

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f) a medical certificate confirming the physical and mental health, issued by a specialized medical unit; g) a certificate issued by the domicile County Executive Office at which the applicant was already registered for that profession, confirming the disciplinary status and the causes that led to the termination of the veterinary surgeon quality; h) a 3/4 colour photography; i) the evidence of the person having paid his/her contribution up to date; j) the evidence that the person paid the free practice certificate issue fee; k) an affidavit confirming that the person has not simultaneously applied for the issue of another free practice certificate; l) an envelope file. The documentation shall be submitted at the Veterinary Medical College - CMVRO. For the registration at the CMVRO and the issue of the ID Card, the applicant shall fill out a standard application and shall file the set of documents indicated by the Veterinary Surgeon Bylaws at one of the county subsidiaries of the Romanian Veterinary Medical Chamber. Afterwards the ID Card (MSIDC) is issued in original on a stamped paper bearing an embossed press. After the MSIDC is issued, the veterinary surgeon may ask for the issue of the free practice certificate. The applicant has to fill out a

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standard application and to file the set of documents indicated by the Veterinary Surgeon Bylaws at one of the county subsidiaries of the Romanian Veterinary Medical Chamber. The veterinary surgeon asking for the issue of the free practice certificate has to indicate in the standard application the activities in the following fields:, , , a) veterinary medical care; b) artificial inseminations; c) various specialized services and sanitaryveterinary technical and legislative consultancy; d) manufacturing and marketing of anti-parasitic and veterinary use medicines and of veterinary use devices and instruments. Afterwards the free practice certificate is issued in original on a stamped paper bearing an embossed press and the applicant’s photography. see figure 1

Free practice certificate For the ID Card of veterinary surgeon: Registration fee – RON 100 Monthly contribution – RON 20 / month For the free practice certificate: Certificate issue fee – RON 20 / person; County records

Fees (type, amount) valid at the beginning of 2013

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Central database For the certificate: The free practice certificate is endorsed by the issuer every 2 years. The temporary or permanent withdrawal of the free practice certificate is done by the Bucharest or county Council Executive Office in any of the following circumstances: a) non-compliance with the obligations stipulated by this statute; b) breach of the current sanitary-veterinary standards; c) deviations from the Veterinary Medical Deontology Code, accompanied by the application of the sanctions decided by the higher or county or Bucharest deontology and litigation commission; d) performance of activities other than those laid down in Article 43 or failure to comply with the conditions stipulated by the free practice certificate; e) upon the termination of the activities or purpose it was issued for; f) in any case of professional incapacity or mental problem, all of these having to be confirmed by an evaluation medical commission; g) following the failure to reach the score decided by the CMVRO Veterinary Medical College National Council for the mandatory continuous training. For MSIDC: indefinite, provided that the person

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pays his/her contribution. - Each year the veterinary surgeon has the obligation to achieve the minimum score decided by the National Council Resolution (by actually attending various scientific events in the field, publications, development courses, etc.) The county subsidiaries of the Romanian Veterinary Medical College

Figure 1. The logical diagram for the free practice certificate to be issued for the veterinary surgeon regulated profession

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