Recognition of Professional Qualifications Directive 2005/36/EC

The EU has made provisions for the recognition of professional qualifications (a combination of academic qualifications and professional training and experience) to enable movement of workforce between Member States.

The basic principle behind the Directive is: if you are qualified to practice a profession in your home country then you are qualified to practice the same profession in any other EU/EEA country.  However, there are safeguards under which engineers and technicians may be required to undertake further training, if there is a significant difference between their original qualifications and training and that required by the host State.