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"Thank you for that question, Ms Le Grip. It gives me the opportunity to confirm that the Commission will honour its commitments and that we will present – on 13 December, to be absolutely clear – this legislative proposal to revise the 2005 directive on professional qualifications. It is by means of this instrument, which is very important and which is, moreover, the subject of a collaborative effort between my own Directorate-General and a number of you, in your committee, that we will address the issue of extending the scope to cover a number of regulated professions. The number of regulated professions is not, in fact, a problem. We wish to carry out a country-by-country analysis, notably within the framework of our Europe 2020 strategy and of the memoranda of understanding concluded between the Member States. I see that in many countries, efforts are being made in this direction. Take Portugal, for example: as a minister explained in the Competitiveness Council the other day, the national efforts being made there have helped to open up and remove a number of barriers for some 15 professions.
On the subject of the professional card, which you just mentioned, I want to use this idea, which, incidentally, comes from the European Parliament, as a means of simplifying the recognition procedures. The card must rely upon new technologies and, in line with your suggestion, Ms Le Grip, we are going to use the Internal Market Information System (IMI). It works well. Furthermore, in order to complete the list of tools that I outlined in my response to Malcolm Harbour, tools for bringing the internal market closer, namely, the one-stop shop Solvit and ‘Your Europe’, I will take this opportunity to mention the IMI system, which mainly affects public authorities. Today, we have between 6 000 and 7 000 authorities that are directly linked to each another via this system and which can ask each other questions and obtain a response, each in its own language. We are going to use this IMI system to develop the professional card system. The costs will thus be improved. Of course, before making any proposal, we will carry out an impact assessment on the implementation of this idea. This card must be voluntary for professionals. On the other hand, if it is to remain beneficial, it must be obligatory for the Member States, once we have achieved a result, adopting a bottom-up approach, with the professions in question."@en1
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