Report on the exercise of the power to adopt delegated acts conferred on the Commission pursuant to Directive 2013/55/EU amending Directive 2005/36/EC on the recognition of professional qualifications

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Directive 2005/36/EC on the recognition of professional qualifications consolidated the mutual recognition regime which was based on 15 Directives. In October 2011, the Commission identified the need to modernise Union law in this area. This resulted in the adoption of Directive 2013/55/EU on 20 November 2013.

Article 57c(2) of the Directive confers the power on the Commission to adopt delegated acts concerning the matters listed therein for a period of five years from 17 January 2014. Furthermore, it puts the Commission under the obligation to prepare a report in respect of the delegation of power at the latest nine months before the end of the five-year period.

The Commission has exercised the following delegated powers during the reference period: two Commission Delegated Decisions have been adopted amending Annex V to Directive 2005/36/EC as regards evidence of formal qualifications. The first Delegated Decision was adopted on 13 January 2016 and the second was adopted on 1 December 2017.