Activities of Bernadette VERGNAUD related to 2011/2024(INI)
Plenary speeches (1)
Implementation of Professional Qualifications Directive (debate)
Shadow reports (1)
REPORT on the implementation of the Professional Qualifications Directive (2005/36/EC) PDF (243 KB) DOC (180 KB)
Amendments (17)
Amendment 21 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2
Paragraph 2
2. Calls on Member States, therefore, to use modern communication technologies, including databases and online registration procedures, in order to ensure that the deadlines set under the general recognition system are met and that significant improvements are made in terms of access to information and transparency of decision-making for professionalknowledge of procedures;
Amendment 22 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 2 a (new)
Paragraph 2 a (new)
2a. Calls for a mandatory obligation for competent authorities to provide up-to- date contact information to all other competent authorities in their given profession;
Amendment 23 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 3
Paragraph 3
3. Encourages Member States, competent authorities andCalls on the Commission to coordinate and consolidate the various sources of information currently available to professionals - including National Contact Points (NCPs), SOLVIT, and professional bodies - byand to establishing an accessible online portal on the Commission’s website, which would provide relevant and up-to-date information on the recognition process, including administrative information on competent authorities and professional bodies and the documents to be submitted by professionals in order to secure recognition of their qualifications;
Amendment 34 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 4
Paragraph 4
4. Calls for further clarification of the concept of temporary and occasional provision of services; argues that competent authorities face difficulties applying the regime and, therefore, calls on the Commission to evaluate the current provisions set out in Article 7 of the directive, specifically those concerning public health and safety, and to present its conclusions to Parliament, while also drawing attention to the importance of the prior declaration system;
Amendment 47 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 5 a (new)
Paragraph 5 a (new)
5a. Points out that a vast majority of stakeholders regard the principle of partial access as difficult to monitor in practice; calls for a thorough evaluation of the principle and its consequences;
Amendment 55 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7
Paragraph 7
7. Calls on the Commission to updatereintroduce the mechanisms for dialogue between stakeholders with a view to updating, as regularly as possible and in line with scientific and technical developments, the current classification of economic activities for the automatic recognition systems based on professional experience and minimum training requirements;
Amendment 59 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 7 a (new)
Paragraph 7 a (new)
7a. Considers that dialogue between stakeholders with a view to regularly updating the requirements for initial training, recognition of experience and continuous professional development plays an essential role in the harmonisation of training; considers, moreover, that superimposing a ‘28th regime’ on national systems does not provide a means of resolving in a clear and satisfactory manner the issue of differences in training;
Amendment 68 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 8
Paragraph 8
8. Stresses that Member States shoulde large number of regulated professions in a more proportionate manner, with a view to reducing the total number of regulated professions in the EU, setting aside the healthcare sectorthe European Union, and calls on the Member States to reconsider the justification for the classification of certain professions, bearing in mind that reducing the total number of regulated professions in the EU would facilitate mobility; requests the Commission, therefore, to draw up as complete as possible a comparative overview of the Member States’ regulatory systems; notes that classification is justified, however, on consumer protection grounds, particularly with regard to the medical, legal and technical professions;
Amendment 91 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 12
Paragraph 12
12. Calls for the establishment, within the framework of the Internal Market Information System (IMI), and for those professions not already covered under the Services Directive, of a proactive alert mechanism, which would make it compulsory to issue an alert to all Member States when a professional has been sanctionedfound guilty of serious professional misconduct which could jeopardise the safety or well- being of his or her clients or patients, with due respect to the rules on the protection of personal data;
Amendment 97 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 13
Paragraph 13
Amendment 103 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 15 a (new)
Paragraph 15 a (new)
15a. Insists that, for healthcare professionals, the ability to communicate with colleagues and patients is fundamental in order to avoid dangerous or potentially life-threatening situations;
Amendment 113 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 18
Paragraph 18
18. Calls for the mandatory introduction of the IMI for competent authorities in order to facilitate proactive administrative cooperation and simplify recognition procedures; asks the Commission to put in place accompanying training and technical support measures in order to the ensure full use is made of the potential efficiency gains that system offers;
Amendment 115 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 19 a (new)
Paragraph 19 a (new)
19a. Calls on Member States to promote the benefits of the Directive to its citizens and professionals;
Amendment 122 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 21
Paragraph 21
21. Highlights that the concept of common platforms, as outlined in Article 15 of the directive, has not been successful in that no such platforms currently exist; calls on the Commission to clarifystresses, however, the potential use that could be made of such platforms as a means of facilitating mobility; welcomes the Commission’s desire to improve theis concept in a revised article and to evaluate the proposal to lower the threshold for, primarily by reducing the minimum required level of Member State participation;
Amendment 125 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 23 a (new)
Paragraph 23 a (new)
23a. Welcomes recent reforms undertaken as part of the Bologna process and the benefits this process provides to European students in terms of mobility and employability; encourages the European Commission to assist Member States in making the European Credit Transfer Scheme (ECTS) more transparent and comparable in order for ECTS to become an essential tool facilitating the mutual recognition of qualifications and ultimately mobility;
Amendment 133 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 24
Paragraph 24
24. Considers that the concept of a voluntary Professional Card, which must be linked to an electronic database such as the IMI, could be a useful tool to aid mobility for some professions; stresses that any card introduced must meet specific conditions and that issued by the competent authorities is an essential tool to facilitate mobility for the professions; welcomes the recent concrete proposals for a card of this kind to be used in conjunction with the IMI system; stresses the advantages of the Professional Card system in terms of simplifying administrative procedures for professionals and for the authorities and enhancing patient and consumer safety; stresses the importance of the pilot projects currently in train for the purpose of analysing questions relating to the nsecessary safeguards must be establishedurity and updating of data, to fraud, and to costs;
Amendment 137 #
Motion for a resolution
Paragraph 25
Paragraph 25