{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2005-36/article-23a",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2005-36/article-23a.json",
  "legislation": "eudr/2005/36",
  "legislation_title": "Directive 2005/36/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 September 2005 on the recognition of professional qualifications (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2005-36",
  "path": "article/23a",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "23a",
  "heading": "Specific circumstances",
  "text": "1. By way of derogation from the present Directive, Bulgaria may authorise the holders of the qualification of ‘ фелдшер ’ (feldsher) awarded in Bulgaria before 31 December 1999 and exercising this profession under the Bulgarian national social security scheme on 1 January 2000 to continue to exercise the said profession, even if parts of their activity fall under the provisions of the present Directive concerning doctors of medicine and nurses responsible for general care respectively.\n2. The holders of the Bulgarian qualification of ‘ фелдшер ’ (feldsher) referred to in paragraph 1 are not entitled to obtain professional recognition in other Member States as doctors of medicine nor as nurses responsible for general care under this Directive.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Inserted by Council Directive 2006/100/EC of 20 November 2006 adapting certain Directives in the field of freedom of movement of persons, by reason of the accession of Bulgaria and Romania."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2005/36/article/23a",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:22:42.846208+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}