No L 167/14 Official Journal of the European Communities 30.6.75 COUNCIL DIRECTIVE of 16 June 1975 concerning the coordination of provisions laid down by law, regulation or administrative action in respect of activities of doctors (75/363/EEC) THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, and in particular Articles 49, 57, 66 and 235 thereof; Having regard to the proposal from the Commission; Having regard to the Opinion of the European Parliament (); Having regard to the Opinion of the Economic and Social Committee (2); Whereas with a view to achieving the mutual recognition of diplomas, certificates and other evidence of formal qualifications in medicine, laid down by Directive No 75/362/EEC (3) of 16 June 1975 concerning the mutual recognition of diplomas, certificates and “other evidence of formal qualifications in medicine, including measures to facilitate the effective exercise of the right of establishment and freedom to provide services, the comparable nature of training courses in the Member States enables coordination in this field to be confined to the requirement that minimum standards be observed, which then leaves the Member States freedom of organization as regards teaching; Whereas with a view to mutual recognition of diplomas, certificates and other evidence of formal qualifications in specialized medicine and in order to put all members of the profession who are nationals of the Member States on an equal footing within the Community, some coordination of the requirements for training in specialized medicine seems necessary; whereas certain minimum criteria should be laid down for this purpose concerning the right to take up specialized training, the minimum training period, the method by which such training is given and the place where it is to be carried out, as well as the supervision to which it should be subject; whereas these criteria only concern the specialities common to all the Member States or to two or more Member States; Whereas the coordination of the conditions for the pursuit of these activities, as envisaged by this () OJ No C 101, 4. 8. 1970, p. 19. (%) O] No C 36, 28. 3. 1970, p. 19. (%) See page 1 of this Official Journal. Directive, does not exclude any subsequent coordination; Whereas the coordination envisaged by this Directive covers the professional training of doctors; whereas, as far as training is concerned, most Member States do not at present distinguish between doctors who pursue their activities as employed persons and those who are self-employed; whereas for this reason and in order to encourage as far as possible the free movement of professional persons within the Community, it appears necessary to extend the application of this Directive to employed doctors, HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE: Article 1 1. The Member States shall require persons wishing to take up and pursue a medical profession to hold a diploma, certificate or other evidence of formal qualifications in medicine referred to in Article 3 of Directive No 75/362/EEC which guarantees that during his complete training period the person concerned has acquired: (a) adequate knowledge of the sciences on which medicine is based and a good understanding of the scientific methods including the principles of measuring biological functions, the evaluation of scientifically established facts and the analysis of data; (b) sufficient understanding of the structure, functions and behaviour of healthy and sick persons, as well as relations between the state of health and the physical and social surroundings of the human being; (c) adequate knowledge of clinical disciplines and practices, providing him with a coherent picture of mental and physical diseases, of medicine from the points of view of prophylaxis, diagnosis and therapy and of human reproduction; (d) suitable clinical experience in hospitals under appropriate supervision. 2. A complete period of medical training of this kind shall comprise at least a six-year course or 5 500 hours of theoretical and practical instruction given in a university or under the supervision of a university.