# The European Union (Recognition of Professional Qualifications) Regulations 2015 (revoked) S.I. 2015/2059 · made 17 December 2015 · revised to 1 December 2023 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/european-union-recognition-of-professional-qualifications-regulations-2015-revoked/pdf/uksi_20152059_en.pdf; UK Explanatory Memorandum https://openlegislation.uk/european-union-recognition-of-professional-qualifications-regulations-2015-revoked/pdf/uksiem_20152059_en.pdf ## Introductory text Professional Qualifications Made 17th December 2015 Laid before Parliament 21st December 2015 Coming into force 18th January 2016 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 1: General Provisions ## 1 Citation and commencement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Interpretation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Application . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Competent authorities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 Functions of competent authorities in the United Kingdom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 Regulated profession, regulated education and training and applicants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 Professional qualifications and evidence of formal qualifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10 Partial access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11 Procedure applicable to partial access applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 2: Freedom to Provide Services on a Temporary and Occasional Basis ## 12 Right to practise in the United Kingdom . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 13 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 14 Exemptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 15 Declaration and documents to be provided on the first provision of service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 16 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 17 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 18 Title under which professional services are provided . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 19 Checks for professions having public health or safety implications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 21 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 22 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 23 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 24 Non-compliance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 25 Administrative cooperation and service provision . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 26 Information to be given to a recipient of professional services or service . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 3: Applications for Authorisation ### Chapter 1: General System for the Recognition of Training ## 27 Levels of qualification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 28 Equal treatment of qualifications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 29 Conditions for recognition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 30 Compensation measures - adaptation periods and aptitude tests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 31 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 32 Conditions for compensation measures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 33 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 34 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Chapter 2: Recognition of Professional Experience ## 35 Automatic Recognition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Chapter 3: United Kingdom Certificates of Experience ## 36 Issue and revocation of Certificates of Experience . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 37 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ### Chapter 4: General Provisions ## 38 Documentation and formalities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 39 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 40 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 41 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 42 Decisions of competent authorities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 43 Use of professional titles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 4: European Professional Card ## 44 Functions of designated competent authorities in the United Kingdom in relation to an application for a European Professional Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 45 Processing and access to data regarding the European Professional Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 46 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 47 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 48 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 49 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 50 Issue of European Professional Card for temporary and occasional provision of service other than those having public health or safety implications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 51 Issue of European Professional Card for temporary and occasional provision of services having public health or safety implications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 52 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 53 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 54 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 55 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 56 Issue of European Professional Card for establishment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 57 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 58 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 59 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 60 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 61 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 62 Decision on issue or revocation of the European Professional Card . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 63 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 5: Automatic recognition on the basis of common training principles ## 64 Common training framework . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 65 Common training test . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Part 6: Supplementary ## 66 Exchange of information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 67 Alert mechanism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 68 Appeals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 69 Use of academic titles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 70 Assistance centre . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 71 Information from competent authorities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 72 Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 73 Consequential amendments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 74 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 75 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 76 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 77 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 78 Transitional and saving provisions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 79 Revocation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 80 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Signature . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 1: Regulated Professions ## 1 Professions Regulated by Law or Public Authority . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Professions Regulated by Professional Bodies Incorporated by Royal Charter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Regulated Professions Under Regulation 35 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Sectoral Professions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 2 Regulated Professions Having Public Health or Safety Implications for the purposes of regulations 19 to 23 and 51 to 55. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 3: Professions in Respect of which the Right of the Applicant to Choose Between an Adaptation Period and an Aptitude Test is Displaced ## 1 Professions Under Regulation 34(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Professions Under Regulation 34(b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 4: Activities Referred to in Lists I, II and III of Annex IV of the Directive ## 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 5 Appeal Bodies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Schedule 6 Revocation Schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Explanatory note . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/2059 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/european-union-recognition-of-professional-qualifications-regulations-2015-revoked Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. 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