PUBLIC - Croatia, the War, and the Future

ANNEX III
List referred to in Article 15 of the Act of Accession: adaptations to acts adopted by the
institutions
1. FREEDOM TO PROVIDE SERVICES
32005 L 0036: Directive 2005/36/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7
September 2005 on the recognition of professional qualifications (OJ L 255, 30.9.2005, p. 22).
(a) Article 23(5) is replaced by the following:
'5. Without prejudice to Article 43(b), each Member State shall recognise evidence of formal
qualifications as doctor giving access to the professional activities of doctor with basic
training and specialised doctor, as nurse responsible for general care, as dental practitioner, as
specialised dental practitioner, as veterinary surgeon, as midwife, as pharmacist and as
architect held by nationals of the Member States and issued by the former Yugoslavia, or
whose training commenced,
(a) for Slovenia, before 25 June 1991, and
(b) for Croatia, before 8 October 1991,
where the authorities of the aforementioned Member States attest that such evidence has the
same legal validity within their territory as the evidence which they issue and, with respect to
architects, as the evidence of formal qualifications specified for those Member States in
Annex VI, point 6, as regards access to the professional activities of doctor with basic
training, specialised doctor, nurse responsible for general care, dental practitioner, specialised
dental practitioner, veterinary surgeon, midwife, pharmacist with respect to the activities
referred to in Article 45(2), and architect with respect to the activities referred to in Article 48,
and the pursuit of such activities.
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