PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS : FIVE MEMBER STATES LATE IN IMPLEMENTING DIRECTIVE.

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Austria, Belgium, France, Greece and Luxembourg have failed to implement Directive 2005/36/EC on the recognition of professional qualifications and the accompanying user's guide' into national law two years after the implementation deadline has passed. Greece has not even notified the European Commission of any measure taken.

The EU executive published, on 9 December, a "scoreboard" on this directive - which was adopted in 2005 and should have been implemented by the member states by 20...