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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2000-07-05"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Vote2
dcterms:Language	"fr"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20000705.4.3-136"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2000-07-05-Speech-3-1372
lpv:speaker	lp:Gérard Caudron2
lpv:spokenAs	member; Delegation to the EU-Poland Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-10-06--2002-01-14)3 unknown; Parti socialiste (1999-07-20--2002-07-09)3 member; Committee on Industry, External Trade, Research and Energy (1999-07-21--2002-01-14)3 substitute; Delegation to the EU-Cyprus Joint Parliamentary Committee (1999-10-08--2002-01-14)3 substitute; Committee on Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy (1999-07-22--2002-01-14)3 member_of_the_bureau; PES (1999-07-20--2002-01-16)3
lpv:translated text	"I welcome this initiative to simplify and clarify the directives on the general system for the recognition of professional qualifications. The European Parliament proposed numerous other provisions at first reading, mainly seeking to extend the information requirements of the Member States. The Council rejected all our proposed amendments. That demonstrates and says a lot about the lack of political will in this area. In fact, having been contacted regularly by students who have come up against the recognition system introduced in the 1989 and 1992 directives, I would say without exaggeration that the situation is desperate. We do not realise just how obscure the mechanisms are. Total legal insecurity is the overriding feature in this area. Too many students come up against a brick wall when they apply to administrations in the Member States to obtain validation, precious validation, of their qualifications. This is mainly because it is difficult to identify which department they need to address, but it is also because the staff in these departments have insufficient training to meet their demands. As a result, they are sent from one department to another, which of course slows down the whole procedure. All too often they meet unsubstantiated refusal, putting them in an absolutely intolerable situation which prevents them from accessing the job market in another Member State. As a matter of principle, this is a flagrant violation of their freedom of movement. In human terms, these people are denied the right to exercise their profession, thereby negating all the effort which they have put into obtaining their professional qualifications in the first place. Then there is the problem of the cost of the recognition procedure, which appears to me to be far too high. I am therefore delighted that steps are finally being taken which will allow the theoretical freedom of movement of persons to be translated into practice, albeit still far from perfect practice! Specifically, the proposal for a directive contains a number of welcome provisions clarifying existing legislation. For example, provision is made for host states to take account of experience acquired by interested parties after they obtained their diploma and they can no longer demand compensatory measures (aptitude test) as a matter of course. A new provision also allows the required two years professional experience to be avoided. What is also needed is to provide legal security with regard to the recognition of training obtained by Community nationals in third countries."@en1

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