Considerations on COM(2015)76 - EU position in the Joint Committee with Switzerland on the free movement of persons, as regards the amendment on the mutual recognition of professional qualifications

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dossier COM(2015)76 - EU position in the Joint Committee with Switzerland on the free movement of persons, as regards the amendment on the mutual ...
document COM(2015)76 EN
date May  7, 2015
 
table>(1)The Agreement between the European Community and its Member States, of the one part, and the Swiss Confederation, of the other, on the free movement of persons (1) (‘the Agreement’) was signed on 21 June 1999 and entered into force on 1 June 2002.
(2)Pursuant to Article 18 of the Agreement, amendments to Annex III (Mutual recognition of professional qualifications) thereto are to be adopted by decision of the Joint Committee established under Article 14 of the Agreement (‘the Joint Committee’).

(3)In order to maintain the consistent and correct application of legal acts of the Union and to avoid administrative, and possibly legal, difficulties, Annex III (Mutual recognition of professional qualifications) to the Agreement should be amended to take account of new legal acts of the Union to which the Agreement does not currently refer.

(4)It is appropriate to establish the position to be taken on behalf of the Union within the Joint Committee as regards the amendment of Annex III (Mutual recognition of professional qualifications) to the Agreement.

(5)The position of the Union within the Joint Committee should therefore be based on the attached draft Decision,