FRANCE
February 1st, 2001
BY KEITH NUTHALLTHE EUROPEAN Commission is threatening France with legal action at the European Court of Justice over its alleged failure to recognise pharmacist diplomas from other EU Member States. Under European law, a special alternative recognition procedure is in place for Member States to assess and, where necessary, recognise some pharmacist diplomas whuch do not meet minimum training requirements under EU Directive 85/433/EEC. However, French law does not provide for this procedure, which, said a Commission statement "amounts to denying EU pharmacists ...
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