Regulated profession
A regulated profession is a profession in which legal and administrative provisions stipulate that access to and exercise of the profession may only take place if proof of a specific qualification is provided.
European Union
In Directive 2005/36 / EC on the recognition of professional qualifications , a number of directives were summarized in which the recognition of professional qualifications is necessary for access to the regulated professions; A regulated profession is defined as “a professional activity or a group of professional activities in which the commencement or exercise or one of the types of exercise is directly or indirectly linked by legal and administrative provisions to the possession of certain professional qualifications; ..." Are defined.
The European Commission maintains a list of all professions regulated in the EU, the EEA and Switzerland within the meaning of Directive 2005/36 / EC.
The number of regulated professions varies from 94 in Estonia to 640 in Poland (as of 2014).
Germany
In Germany , for example, medical professions or legal professions as well as teaching at state schools are regulated. For the latter, the first and second state examination must be proven. The public service is also part of the regulated professions.
Most professions in Germany are not regulated.
The recognition of foreign professional qualifications, insofar as professions are regulated by federal (not state ) law, is regulated by the Act to Improve the Establishment and Recognition of Professional Qualifications Acquired Abroad (abbreviated to: Recognition Act ).
The Federal Employment Agency keeps a list of the professions that are regulated in Germany.
Web links
- Regulated professions database. European Commission → Internal Market → Free movement of skilled workers.
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Recognition in the professional field , Kultusministerkonferenz, kmk.org (Germany).
- ↑ Article 3 Paragraph 1 Letter a of Directive 2005/36 / EC
- ^ Database of regulated professions and press release . ec.europa.eu
- ↑ Austria with 265 regulated professions in 8th place in the EU. In format.at ›News› International , May 8, 2014.
- ↑ Search function with the search path “regulated professions” of the Federal Employment Agency