WRITTEN QUESTION No. 880/98 by Nikitas KAKLAMANIS Freedom of movement in the EU to acquire medical specialization (SUPPLEMENTARY ANSWER)
21. 12. 1999 EN Official Journal of the European Communities C 370/3 Supplementary answer given by Mr Flynn on behalf of the Commission (29 June 1999) Further to its answer of 5 June 1998 (1), the Commission is now able to provide the following additional information. The Commission’s decision to bring before the Court of justice on the basis of Article 226 EC Treaty (ex Article 169) the treatment of language lecturers in Italian universities has not been influenced by press articles. The Commission’s decision is based on legal arguments and documentary evidence deriving from its investigation in the framework of the infringement file. From a legal point of view, the Commission has based its decision on the fact that substantive evidence has shown that the acquired rights of the language lecturers have not been properly safeguarded in a number of Italian universities. (1) OJ C 310, 15. 12. 1998. (1999/C 370/004) WRITTEN QUESTION E-0870/98 by Gerhard Hager (NI) to the Commission (26 March 1998) Subject: Legalization of illegal immigrants The report on the human rights situation in the European Union in 1996 that was adopted during the February part-session singled out a number of Member States in which the residential status of persons living illegally in their territory is legalized after a given period. Does the Commission consider the approach adopted by these Member States to be inconsistent with 1. the Union’s current legislation? Does the Commission consider the approach adopted by these Member States to be inconsistent with 2. the Schengen acquis? 3. What does the Commission intend to do as regards integrating the Schengen acquis into the Community and such differences? Supplementary answer given by Mr Monti on behalf of the Commission (28 June 1999) Neither EU law nor the Schengen acquis, which has just been integrated into the framework of the European Union, stand in the way of a Member State legalising the situation of illegal immigrants living on its territory. (1999/C 370/005) WRITTEN QUESTION E-0880/98 by Nikitas Kaklamanis (UPE) to the Commission (26 March 1998) Subject: Freedom of movement in the EU to acquire medical specialization Directive 93/16 (1) has created difficulties for people wishing to acquire a medical specialization in the Member States. Before the Directive entered into force (April 1993) it was possible to recognize in Greece a qualification awarded in Austria, for example, and to grant doctors authorization to practise the profession in order to acquire a specialist field in Greece. Once the Directive entered into force, however,