Council Directive 89/48/EEC of 21 December 1988 on a general system for the recognition of higher-education diplomas awarded on completion of professional education and training of at least three years' duration Basic information CELEX number: 31989L0048Official Journal: JOL_1989_019_R_0016_016 Form: DirectiveProcedure number: --Languages: bg cs da de el en et fi fr hu it lv lt mt nl pl pt ro sk sl es sv Dates Date of document: Date of publication: Date of effect: January 4, 1989 Entry into force - Date notif. Date of transposition: Date of end of validity: Modified by Modified by: Directive 2001/19/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 May 2001 amending Council Directives 89/48/EEC and 92/51/EEC on the general system for the recognition of professional qualifications and Council Directives 77/452/EEC, 77/453/EEC, 78/686/EEC, 78/687/EEC, 78/1026/EEC, 78/1027/EEC, 80/154/EEC, 80/155/EEC, 85/384/EEC, 85/432/EEC, 85/433/EEC and 93/16/EEC concerning the professions of nurse responsible for general care, dental practitioner, veterinary surgeon, midwife, architect, pharmacist and doctor (Text with EEA relevance.) - Statements
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detail Repealed by: Modifies Affected by case Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 19 January 2006. Colegio de Ingenieros de Caminos, Canales y Puertos v Administración del Estado. Reference for a preliminary ruling: Tribunal Supremo - Spain. Freedom of movement for workers - Recognition of diplomas - Directive 89/48/EEC - Profession of engineer - Partial, restricted recognition of professional qualifications - Articles 39 EC and 43 EC. Case C-330/03. Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 14 July 2005. Michail Peros v Techniko Epimelitirio Ellados. Reference for a preliminary ruling: Symvoulio tis Epikrateias - Greece. Directive 89/48/EEC - Workers - Recognition of diplomas - Mechanical engineer. Case C-141/04. Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 2 July 1998. Anestis Kapasakalis, Dimitris Skiathitis and Antonis Kougiagkas v Greek State. Reference for a preliminary ruling: Dioikitiko Protodikeio Athinon - Greece. Directive 89/48/EEC - General system for the recognition of higher-education diplomas - Scope - Situation purely internal to a Member State. Joined cases C-225/95, C-226/95 and C-227/95. Judgment of the Court of 8 July 1999. Teresa Fernández de Bobadilla v Museo Nacional del Prado, Comité de Empresa del Museo Nacional del Prado and Ministerio Fiscal. Reference for a preliminary ruling: Juzgado de lo Social n. 4 de Madrid - Spain. Recognition of qualifications - Restorer of cultural property - Directives 89/48/EEC and 92/51/EEC - Concept of "regulated profession" - Article 48 of the EC Treaty (now, after amendment, Article 39 EC). Case C-234/97. Judgment of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 1 February 1996. Georgios Aranitis v Land Berlin. Reference for a preliminary ruling: Oberverwaltungsgericht Berlin - Germany. General system for the recognition of higher-education diplomas - Conditions: indirectly imposed by national rules - Regulated profession. Case C-164/94. Order of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 6 October 2008. SA des sucreries de Fontaine-le-Dun-Bolbec-Auffay (SAFBA) and Others v Directeur général des douanes et droits indirects and Receveur principal des douanes et droits indirects de Gennevilliers. Reference for a preliminary ruling: Tribunal de grande instance de Nanterre - France. Article 104(3) of the Rules of Procedure - Sugar - Production levies - Detailed rules for the application of the quota system - Taking into account of the quantities of sugar contained in processed products - Determination of the exportable surplus - Determination of the average loss. Joined cases C-175/07 to C-184/07. Order of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 13 November 2008. Maria Kastrinaki tou Emmanouil v Panepistimiako Geniko Nosokomeio Thessalonikis AHEPA. Reference for a preliminary ruling: Dioikitiko Efeteio Thessalonikis - Greece. First subparagraph of Article 104(3) of the Rules of Procedure - Directive 89/48/EEC - Recognition of diplomas - Studies completed in an ‘independent study centre’ not recognised as an educational establishment by the host Member State Psychologist. Joined cases C-180/08 and C-186/08. Judgment of the Court (First Chamber) of 7 September 2006. Harold Price v Conseil des ventes volontaires de meubles aux enchères publiques. Reference for a preliminary ruling: Cour d'appel de Paris - France. Directives 89/48/EEC and 92/51/EEC - Workers - Recognition of professional education and training - Requirement to undergo an aptitude test without the opportunity to choose an adaptation period - Voluntary sales of chattels by public auction. Case C-149/05. Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 3 February 2011. Donat Cornelius Ebert v Budapesti Ügyvédi Kamara. Reference for a preliminary ruling: Fővárosi Ítélőtábla - Hungary. Lawyers - Directive 89/48/EEC - Recognition of higher-education diplomas awarded on completion of professional education and training of at least three years’ duration - Directive 98/5/EC - Practice of the profession of lawyer on a permanent basis in a Member State other than that in which the qualification was obtained - Use of the professional title of the host Member State - Conditions - Registration with the Bar Association of the host Member State. Case C-359/09. Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 29 January 2009. Consiglio Nazionale degli Ingegneri v Ministero della Giustizia and Marco Cavallera. Reference for a preliminary ruling: Consiglio di Stato - Italy. Recognition of diplomas - Directive 89/48/EEC - Homologation of an educational qualification - Engineer. Case C-311/06. Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 29 April 2004. Ingeborg Beuttenmüller v Land Baden-Württemberg. Reference for a preliminary ruling: Verwaltungsgericht Stuttgart - Germany. Freedom of movement for workers - Recognition of diplomas - Directives 89/48/EEC and 92/51/EEC - Primary and secondary school teachers - Holder of a diploma of post-secondary studies of two years' duration - Conditions for the exercise of the profession. Case C-102/02. Judgment of the Court (Grand Chamber) of 5 April 2011. Christina Ioanni Toki v Ypourgos Ethnikis paideias kai Thriskevmaton. Reference for a preliminary ruling: Symvoulio tis Epikrateias - Greece. Directive 89/48/EEC - Points (a) and (b) of the first subparagraph of Article 3 - Recognition of higher education diplomas - Environmental engineer - Activity deemed to be a regulated professional activity - Applicable mechanism of recognition - Meaning of ‘professional experience’. Case C-424/09. Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 22 December 2010. Robert Koller. Reference for a preliminary ruling: Oberste Berufungs- und Disziplinarkommission - Austria. ‘Court or tribunal’ within the meaning of Article 234 EC - Recognition of diplomas - Directive 89/48/EEC - Lawyer - Entry on the professional roll of a Member State other than that in which the diploma was recognised as equivalent. Case C-118/09. Case C-197/06: Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 17 April 2008 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Rechtbank van koophandel, Hasselt (Belgium)) — Confederatie van Immobiliën-Beroepen België and Beroepsinstituut van Vastgoedmakelaars v Willem Van Leuken (Recognition of diplomas — Directive 89/48/EEC — Estate agent) {AR|http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/fd_370/AR} 4 {AR|http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/fd_370/AR} 3 Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 17 April 2008. Confederatie van Immobiliën-Beroepen van België VZW and Beroepsinstituut van Vastgoedmakelaars v Willem Van Leuken. Reference for a preliminary ruling: Voorzitter van de rechtbank van koophandel te Hasselt - Belgium. Recognition of diplomas - Directive 89/48/EEC - Estate agent. Case C-197/06. Judgment of the Court of 9 September 2003. Isabel Burbaud v Ministère de l'Emploi et de la Solidarité. Reference for a preliminary ruling: Cour administrative d'appel de Douai - France. Recognition of diplomas - Hospital managers in the public service - Directive 89/48/EEC - Definition of diploma - Entrance examination - Article 48 of the EC Treaty (now, after amendment, Article 39 EC). Case C-285/01. Case C-359/09: Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 3 February 2011 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Fővárosi Ítélőtábla (Hungary)) — Donat Cornelius Ebert v Budapesti Ügyvédi Kamara (Lawyers — Directive 89/48/EEC — Recognition of higher-education diplomas awarded on completion of professional education and training of at least three years’ duration — Directive 98/5/EC — Practice of the profession of lawyer on a permanent basis in a Member State other than that in which the qualification was obtained — Use of the professional title of the host Member State — Conditions — Registration with the Bar Association of the host Member State) Joined Cases C-180/08 and C-186/08: Order of the Court (Sixth Chamber) of 13 November 2008 (references for a preliminary ruling from the Diikitiko Efetio Thessalonikis, Greece) — Maria Kastrinaki v Panepistimiako Geniko Nosokomeio Thessalonikis AHEPA (First subparagraph of Article 104(3) of the Rules of Procedure — Directive 89/48/EEC — Recognition of diplomas — Studies completed in an independent study centre not recognised as an educational establishment by the host Member State) {AR|http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/fd_370/AR} 3 Case C-311/06: Judgment of the Court (Second Chamber) of 29 January 2009 (reference for a preliminary ruling from the Consiglio di Stato — Italy) — Consiglio Nazionale degli Ingegneri v Ministero della Giustizia, Marco Cavallera (Recognition of diplomas — Directive 89/48/EEC — Homologation of an educational qualification — Engineer) Legal basis TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY, PART TWO - FOUNDATIONS OF THE COMMUNITY, TITLE III - FREE MOVEMENT OF PERSONS, SERVICES AND CAPITAL, CHAPTER 2: RIGHT OF ESTABLISHMENT, ARTICLE 57 TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY, PART TWO - FOUNDATIONS OF THE COMMUNITY, TITLE III - FREE MOVEMENT OF PERSONS, SERVICES AND CAPITAL, CHAPTER 3: SERVICES, ARTICLE 66 TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY, PART TWO - FOUNDATIONS OF THE COMMUNITY, TITLE III - FREE MOVEMENT OF PERSONS, SERVICES AND CAPITAL, CHAPTER 1: WORKERS, ARTICLE 49 TREATY ESTABLISHING THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC COMMUNITY, PART FIVE - INSTITUTIONS OF THE COMMUNITY, TITLE I - PROVISIONS GOVERNING THE INSTITUTIONS, CHAPTER 1: THE INSTITUTIONS, SECTION 2: THE COUNCIL, ARTICLE 149 EuroVoc Vocabulary Internal market - Principles Research and training EU employment policy Freedom of movement for workers Approximation of laws Recognition of diplomas Vocational training Professional experience Educational institution Free movement of workers Freedom of establishment Principles and conditions