Commission Directive 1999/46/EC of 21 May 1999 amending Council Directive 93/16/EEC to facilitate the free movement of doctors and the mutual recognition of their diplomas, certificates and other evidence of formal qualifications (Text with EEA relevance)
2. 6. 1999 EN Official Journal of the European Communities L 139/25 COMMISSION DIRECTIVE 1999/46/EC of 21 May 1999 amending Council Directive 93/16/EEC to facilitate the free movement of doctors and the mutual recognition of their diplomas, certificates and other evidence of formal qualifications (Text with EEA relevance) THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE: Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 40, Article 47(1) and (2), first and third sentences, and Article 55 thereof, Article 1 Having regard to Council Directive 93/16/EEC of 5 April 1993 to facilitate the free movement of doctors and the mutual recognition of their diplomas, certificates and other evidence of formal qualifications (1), as last amended by Commission Directive 98/63/EC (2), and in particular Article 44a thereof, (1) Whereas Italy has made a reasoned request for the designations of gynaecology-obstetrics, ophthal- mology and respiratory medicine to be amended for that Member State in the list of specialised medicine common to all Member States, and for the designations of clinical biology, microbiology- bacteriology, plastic gastro-enterology, endocrinology and physiotherapy to be amended for that Member State in the list of specialised medicine peculiar to two or more Member States; surgery, radiotherapy (2) Whereas Italy has made a reasoned request for the designations of biological chemistry, diagnostic to be radiology, included for that Member State in the list of specialised medicine peculiar to two or more Member States: whereas, with regard to diagnostic radiology and radiotherpy, the list of specialised medicine common to all the Member States should therefore be amended; and geriatrics (3) Whereas Spain and Italy have made a reasoned request for community medicine to be included for these Member States in the list of specialised medi- cine peculiar to two or more Member States; (4) Whereas the measures laid down by this Directive conform with the opinion of the Committee of Senior Officials on Public Health set up by Council Decision 75/365/EEC (3), (1) OJ L 165, 7. 7. 1993, p. 1. (2) OJ L 253, 15. 9. 1998, p. 24. (3) OJ L 167, 30. 6. 1975, p. 19. Article 5(3) of Directive 93/16/EEC is hereby amended as follows: (a) under ‘gynaecology-obstetrics', the designation ‘oste- tricia e ginecologia' appearing opposite ‘Italy' is replaced by the designation ‘ginecologia e ostetricia'; (b) under ‘ophthalmology', the designation ‘oculistica' appearing opposite ‘Italy' is replaced by the designa- tion ‘oftalmologia'; (c) under ‘respiratory medicine', the designation ‘tisio- logia e malattie dell’apparato respiratorio' appearing opposite ‘Italy' is replaced by the designation ‘malattie dell’apparato respiratorio'; (d) the following two items are added: ‘ü diagnostic radiology Belgium: Denmark: radiodiagnostic/röntgendiag- nose, diagnostisk radiologi eller rønt- genundersøgelse, Germany: Radiologische Diagnostik, Greece: Spain: France: Ireland: Italy: ajtimodiacmystijô, radiodiagnóstico, radiodiagnostic et imagerie mé- dicale, diagnostic radiology, radiodiagnostica, Luxembourg: radiodiagnostic, Netherlands: radiodiagnostiek, Austria: Portugal: Finland: Sweden: United Kingdom: Medizinische Radiologie-Diag- nostik, radiodiagnóstico, radiologia/radiologi, medicinsk radiologi, diagnostic radiology. L 139/26 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 2. 6. 1999 ü radiotherapy (h) under ‘geriatrics', the following is added: Belgium: Denmark: Germany: Greece: Spain: France: Ireland: Italy: Luxembourg: Netherlands: Austria: Portugal: Finland: Sweden: United Kingdom: radiumthérapie/rado- radio- et en radiumtherapie, terapeutisk radiologi eller sträle- behandling, Strahlentherapie, ajtimoheqapeutijô, oncologia radioterápica, oncologie, option radiothérapie, radiotherapy, radioterapia, radiothérapie, radiotherapie, Strahlentherapie-Radioonko- logie, radiodiagnóstico, radiotherapy syöpätaudit ja sädehoito-cancer- sjukdomar och radioterapi, onkology, radiotherapy. ' Article 2 Article 7(2), of Directive 93/16/EEC is hereby modified as follows: (a) under ‘clinical biology', the designation ‘patologia diagnostica di laboratorio' appearing opposite ‘Italy' is replaced by the designation ‘patologia clinica'; (b) under ‘microbiology-bacteriology', the designation ‘microbiologia' appearing opposite ‘Italy' is replaced by the designation ‘microbiologia e virologia'; (c) under ‘biological chemistry', the following is added: ‘Italy: biochimica clinica'. ‘Italy: geriatria'; (i) under ‘Community medicine', the following is added: ‘Spain: Italy: medicina preventiva y salud pública igiene e medicina sociale'. (j) the items ‘diagnostic radiology' and ‘radiotherapy' are deleted. Article 3 The following are added to the second group (four years) in Article 26 of Directive 93/16/EEC: ‘ü diagnostic radiology ü radiotherapy'. Article 4 The following are deleted from the second group (four years) in Article 27 of Directive 93/16/EEC: ‘ü diagnostic radiology ü radiotherapy'. Article 5 1. Member States shall bring into force the laws, regu- lations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive by 31 December 1999 at the latest. They shall inform the Commission as soon as they have done so. When the Member States adopt the provisions shall contain a reference to this Directive or shall be accompanied by such reference at the time of their official publication. The arrangements for such reference shall be adopted by the Member States. these provisions, 2. Member States shall communicate to the Commis- sion the texts of the provisions of national law which they adopt in the field covered by this Directive. Article 6 (d) under ‘plastic surgery', the designation ‘chirurgia plas- is replaced by the tica' appearing opposite ‘Italy' designation ‘chirurgia plastica e ricostruttiva'; This Directive shall enter into force on the twentieth day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. (e) under ‘gastro-enterology', the designation ‘malattie dell’apparato digerente, della nutrizione e del ricam- bio' appearing opposite ‘Italy' is replaced by the desig- nation ‘gastroenterologia'; (f) under ‘endocrinology', the designation ‘endocrinolo- gia' appearing opposite ‘Italy' is replaced by the desig- nation ‘endocrionologia e malattie del ricambio'; (g) under ‘physiotherapy', the designation ‘fisioterapia' appearing opposite ‘Italy' is replaced by the designa- tion ‘medicina fisica e riabilitazione'; Article 7 This Directive is addressed to the Member States. Done at Brussels, 21 May 1999. For the Commission Mario MONTI Member of the Commission