Notices for publication in the OJ nº T-258/18 of Tribunal General de la Unión Europea, July 20, 2018

• Resolution Date: July 20, 2018
• Issuing Organization: Tribunal General de la Unión Europea
• Decision Number: T-258/18

Action brought on 23 April 2018 - Brunke v Commission

(Case T-258/18)

Language of the case: German

Parties

Applicant: Lothar Brunke (Berlin, Germany) (represented by: A. Schniebel, lawyer)

Defendant: European Commission

Forms of order sought

The applicant claims that the Court should:

establish the discriminatory effect of Directive 2005/36/EC as regards the possibilities of practising as a doctor without a specialist medical qualification;

in the alternative, oblige the defendant, by a decision in favour of the applicant, having regard to the interpretation of the law given by the General Court, to allow him, within a reasonable period, to be admitted to the specialist medical profession as a specialist doctor for natural therapy in recognition of his many years of medical experience in private practice in that area and his parallel occupational training;

in the alternative, declare that the Commission has failed to fulfil its obligations under the FEU Treaty by not adopting a decision on the basis of the applicant’s complaints of 6 June 2017 and of 27 December 2017.

Pleas in law and main arguments

In support of the action, the applicant claims that Directive 2005/36/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council ¹ prevents him from pursuing a medical profession in Europe, since, for the applicant, the absence of an...