Commission Directive 98/63/EC of 3 September 1998 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)
L 253/24 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 15. 9. 98 COMMISSION DIRECTIVE 98/63/EC of 3 September 1998 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, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular Article 49, Article 57(1) and (2), first and third sentences, and Article 66 thereof, 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 98/21/EC (2), and in particular Article 44a thereof, the designations of neurological Whereas the United Kingdom has made a reasoned for request surgery, general (internal) medicine, orthopaedics, pathological anatomy and psychiatry to be amended for that Member State in the list of specialised medicine common to all Member States; Whereas Luxembourg has made a reasoned request for the designations of clinical biology, gastro-enterological surgery, nuclear medicine, maxillo-facial surgery, and dental, oral and maxillo-facial surgery to be included for that Member State in the list of specialised medicine peculiar to two or more Member States; Whereas Greece has made a reasoned request for the designation of that Member State in the list of specialised medicine peculiar to two or more Member States; radiotherapy to be amended for Whereas the United Kingdom has made a reasoned request for the designations of microbiology-bacteriology, thoracic surgery, cardiology, venereology, diagnostic radi- ology, radiotherapy, geriatrics, renal diseases, communic- able diseases, and community medicine to be amended for that Member State in the list of specialised medicine peculiar to two or more Member States; Whereas Greece has made a reasoned request for the designations of vascular surgery and community medicine to be included for that Member State in the list of special- ised medicine peculiar to two or more Member States; Whereas Belgium, Ireland and the United Kingdom have made reasoned requests for accident and emergency medicine to be included for those Member States in the list of specialised medicine peculiar to two or more Member States; Whereas Denmark, Spain, Italy, Ireland, Finland, Sweden and the United Kingdom have made reasoned requests for clinical neurophysiology to be included for those Member States in the list of specialised medicine peculiar to two or more Member States; the measures Whereas 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), HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE: Article 1 Article 5(3) of Directive 93/16/EEC is hereby amended as follows: (a) under ‘neurological surgery', the designation ‘neuro- logical surgery' appearing opposite ‘United Kingdom' is replaced by the designation ‘neurosurgery'; (b) under ‘general (internal) medicine', the designation ‘general medicine' appearing opposite ‘United King- dom' is replaced by the designation ‘general (internal) medicine'; (c) under ‘orthopaedics', the designation ‘orthopaedic surgery' appearing opposite ‘United Kingdom' is replaced by the designation ‘trauma and orthopaedic surgery'; (d) under ‘pathological anatomy', the designation ‘morbid appearing opposite is replaced by the designation anatomy and histopathology' ‘United Kingdom' ‘histopathology'; (e) under ‘psychiatry', ‘psychiatry' appearing opposite ‘United Kingdom' is replaced by the designation ‘general psychiatry'. designation the Article 2 Article 7(2) of Directive 93/16/EEC is hereby amended as follows: (a) under ‘clinical biology', the following is added: ‘Luxembourg: biologie clinique'; (1) OJ L 165, 7. 7. 1993, p. 1. (2) OJ L 119, 22. 4. 1998, p. 15. (3) OJ L 167, 30. 6. 1975, p. 19. 15. 9. 98 EN Official Journal of the European Communities L 253/25 (b) under ‘microbiology-bacteriology', the designation ‘medical microbiology' appearing opposite ‘United Kingdom' is replaced by the designation ‘medical microbiology and virology'; (c) under ‘thoracic surgery', the designation ‘thoracic surgery' appearing opposite ‘United Kingdom' is replaced by the designation ‘cardio-thoracic surgery'; (d) under ‘vascular surgery', the following is added: ‘Greece: Acceioweiqouqcijôr'; (e) under ‘cardiology', diseases' appearing opposite ‘United Kingdom' replaced by the designation ‘cardiology'; the designation ‘cardio-vascular is (f) under ‘venereology', the designation ‘venereology' appearing opposite ‘United Kingdom' is replaced by the designation ‘genito-urinary medicine'; (g) under ‘diagnostic radiology', the designation ‘diag- nostic radiology' appearing opposite ‘United King- dom' is replaced by the designation ‘clinical radi- ology'; (h) under ‘radiotherapy', the designation ‘Ajtimoheqapeu- tijô' appearing opposite ‘Greece' is replaced by the designation ‘Ajtimoheqapeutijô ü Ocjokocöa' and the designation ‘radiotherapy' appearing opposite ‘United Kingdom' is replaced by the designation ‘clinical oncology'; ‘geriatrics', under ‘geriatrics' appearing opposite ‘United Kingdom' is replaced by the designation ‘geriatric medicine'; designation the (i) (j) ‘Luxembourg: chirurgie maxillo-faciale'; (p) under ‘dental, oral and maxillo-facial surgery (basic medical and dental training)', the following is added: ‘Luxembourg: chirurgie dentaire, orale maxillo- faciale'; (q) the following two items are added: ‘ü accident and emergency medicine Ireland: accident medicine and emergency United Kingdom: accident and emergency medicine; ü clinical neurophysiology Denmark: klinisk neurofysiology Spain: Ireland: Sweden: neurofisiologia clinica neurophysiology klinisk neurofysiologi United Kingdom: clinical neurophysiology'. Article 3 Article 27 of Directive 93/16/EEC is hereby amended as follows: (a) under ‘First group (five years)', the following is added: ‘ü accident and emergency medicine'; (b) under ‘Second group (four years)', the following is added: ‘ü clinical neurophysiology'. under ‘renal diseases', the designation ‘renal disease' appearing opposite ‘United Kingdom' is replaced by the designation ‘renal medicine'; Article 4 (k) under ‘communicable diseases', the designation ‘communicable diseases' appearing opposite ‘United Kingdom' is replaced by the designation ‘infectious diseases'; (l) ‘community medicine', under ‘Greece: Joimymijô Iatqijô' is added and the designation ‘community medicine' appearing opposite ‘United Kingdom' is replaced by the designation ‘public health medicine'; 1. Member States shall bring into force the laws, regula- tions and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive by 30 June 1999. They shall forthwith inform the Commission thereof. The provisions adopted pursuant to this paragraph shall contain a reference to this Directive or shall be accom- panied by such reference at the time of their official publication. The procedure for such reference shall be adopted by the Member States. (m) under ‘gastro-enterological surgery', the following is added: ‘Luxembourg: chirurgie gastro-entérologique'; 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. (n) under ‘nuclear medecine', the following is added: ‘Luxembourg: médecine nucléaire'; Article 5 (o) under ‘maxillo-facial surgery (basic medical training)', the following is added: This Directive shall enter into force on the twentieth day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities. L 253/26 EN Official Journal of the European Communities 15. 9. 98 This Directive is addressed to the Member States. Article 6 Done at Brussels, 3 September 1998. For the Commission Mario MONTI Member of the Commission