Easier access to professions: Council adopts new measures
The Council today adopted a directive that will require EU member states to carry out a proportionality test before establishing new requirements for professions.
The directive will improve transparency in the way certain professions are regulated in the member states. It will ensure that national measures are proportionate, and that they do not unduly restrict access to professional activities or create unjustified burdens in the internal market.
When regulating professions, member states will have to assess whether new or revised rules are justified by public interest objectives.
After being signed by the President of the European Parliament and the President of the Council, the directive will be published in the Official Journal of the EU.
The directive was adopted without discussion at a meeting of the Employment, Social policy, Health and Consumer affairs Council.