MUTUAL RECOGNITION OF PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS IN THE EUROPEAN UNION: LEGAL PROTECTION AND ADMINISTRATIVE COOPERATION

This study analyses the European system of mutual recognition of professional qualifications, according to Directive 2005/36/EC, in relation with the administrative and judicial protection of rights, in the context of administrative cooperation among EU member states. Directive 2013/55/EU introduces relevant new features in its defining elements: a greater automatism and transnationality of the procedure, the professional European card, the alert mechanism, the centers of assistance and the principle of transparency. The legal and judicial analysis on the recognition of professional qualifications centers on specific issues related to the judicial protection of transnational acts through modalities of mutual recognition. Directive 2013/36/EU reinforces in a significant way the administrative and judicial protection of rights, of the applicant and of the recipients of the services, in the broader context of cooperation and assistance instruments of the Internal Market.