{"id":4444,"date":"2013-07-16T15:27:06","date_gmt":"2013-07-16T13:27:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.efnweb.be\/?p=4444"},"modified":"2013-07-16T15:27:06","modified_gmt":"2013-07-16T13:27:06","slug":"commissioner-barnier-welcomes-the-trilogue-agreement-on-the-modernisation-of-the-professional-qualifications-directive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/efn.eu\/?p=4444","title":{"rendered":"Commissioner Barnier welcomes the trilogue agreement on the modernisation of the Professional Qualifications Directive"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><b><i>\u201c<\/i><\/b><i>I congratulate the European Parliament and the Council on having reached agreement today on one of the priorities of the <a href=\"http:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/internal_market\/smact\/index_en.htm\">Single Market Act<\/a> I. The <a href=\"http:\/\/ec.europa.eu\/internal_market\/qualifications\/policy_developments\/index_en.htm\">modernisation<\/a> of the Directive on professional qualifications is an important measure in our strategy to relaunch the European economy. In creating a more efficient system for <a href=\"http:\/\/www.europarl.europa.eu\/news\/en\/pressroom\/content\/20130612IPR11615\/html\/Mutual-recognition-of-professional-qualifications-MEPs-strike-deal-with-Council\">recognition<\/a> of professional qualifications, it will contribute to dealing with the labour shortage in Europe and will come to the aid of highly qualified job seekers, in particular the young. (\u2026)\u201d.<\/i><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">To read more, click <a href=\"http:\/\/europa.eu\/rapid\/press-release_MEMO-13-552_en.htm?locale=en\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cI congratulate the European Parliament and the Council on having&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[41],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4444","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-othernews"],"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":4422,"url":"https:\/\/efn.eu\/?p=4422","url_meta":{"origin":4444,"position":0},"title":"IMCO votes in favour of trialogue agreement on Directive 2005\/36\/EC","author":"efn efn","date":"July 9, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"Following on the trialogue agreement, on 12 June, on the revised Directive on Mutual Recognition of Professional Qualifications (Directive 2005\/36\/EC), and on COREPER formal approval of the text, on 27 June, today\u2019s vote of the European Parliament Internal Market and Consumer Protection Committee, with an overwhelming majority - 37 votes\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Latest News&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Latest News","link":"https:\/\/efn.eu\/?cat=35"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1582,"url":"https:\/\/efn.eu\/?p=1582","url_meta":{"origin":4444,"position":1},"title":"Public Conference on the Modernisation of the Professional Qualifications Directive","author":"efn efn","date":"November 20, 2011","format":false,"excerpt":"On 7 November 2011, the\u00a0European Commission\u00a0held aPublic Conference on the Modernisation of the Professional Qualifications Directive, in Brussels, in order to take stock of the various positions in advance of the Commission\u2019s proposal in December which seeks to meet the objectives of the\u00a0Single Market Act. 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