Mutual Recognition of Qualifications of Veterinary Surgeons

L.N. 72 of 2021

VETERINARY SERVICES ACT

(CAP. 437)

Mutual Recognition of Qualifications of Veterinary Surgeons

(Amendment) Regulations, 2021

IN EXERCISE of the powers conferred by article 45A of the

Veterinary Services Act, the Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries, Food

and Animal Rights has made the following regulations:-

(1) The title of these regulations is Mutual Recognition Citation and

of Qualifications of Veterinary Surgeons (Amendment) Regulations, aim.

2021 and these regulations shall be read and construed as one with the

Mutual Recognition of Qualifications of Veterinary Surgeons S.L. 437.43.

Regulations, hereinafter referred to as "the principal regulations".

(2) The aim of these regulations is to add missing acquired

rights for Croatia, align acquired rights into the same regulation and

replace Schedule I to be in line with Commission Delegated Decision

(EU) 2020/548 of 23 January 2020 amending Annex V to Directive

2005/36/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council.

Regulation 1 of the principal regulations shall be Amends

renumbered as regulation 1 in it’s entirety and sub-regulation (2) regulation

the principal

thereof shall be deleted.

regulations.

Regulation 3 of the principal regulations shall be amended Amends of

regulation 3 of

as follows

the principal

regulations.

(a) in the Maltese version only, the marginal note thereof,

shall be substituted by the following

"Rikonoxximent ta’ kwalifiki formali li jissodisfaw

ir-regolament 4 u drittijiet miksuba.";

(b) sub-regulation (2) thereof, shall be substituted by the

following

"(2) In the case of nationals of Member States

whose diplomas, certificates and other evidence of

formal qualifications do not satisfy all the minimum

training requirements laid down in article 1 of European

Union Council Directive 78/1027/EEC, in the Member

State in question, Malta shall recognise, as being

sufficient proof, the diplomas, certificates and all other

evidence of formal qualifications in veterinary

medicine awarded by those Member States before the

implementation of European Union

Council

Directive 78/1027/EEC, accompanied by a certificate

stating that those nationals have effectively and

lawfully been engaged in the activities in question for at

least three (3) consecutive years during the five (5)

years prior to the date of issue of the certificate."; and

(c) paragraph (c) till paragraph (i) of sub-regulation (3)

thereof, shall be substituted by the following

"(c) The Council shall examine the other cases of

nationals whose veterinary diplomas attest to training

received on the territory of particular States in particular

time or before this State becomes a Member State.

(d) In consideration of the transitional measures

given to Italy under article 1(5) of European Union

Council Directive 78/1027/EEC, Malta is authorised to

require of holders of diplomas, certificates or other

evidence of formal qualifications as veterinary surgeon

awarded by Italy following training commenced before

1st January 1985 that their diplomas, certificates and

other evidence of formal qualifications be accompanied

by a certificate stating that they have effectively and

lawfully been engaged in the activities of veterinary

surgeon for at least three (3) consecutive years during the

five (5) years prior to the date of the issue of the

certificate, unless the said diploma, certificate or other

evidence of formal qualifications is accompanied by a

certificate issued by the competent Italian authorities

stating that it attests to training in full compliance with

the provisions of article 1(5) of European Union Council

Directive 78/1027/EEC and the Annex to the said

Directive.

(e) In the case of nationals of Member States

whose diplomas, certificates and other evidence of formal

qualifications in veterinary medicine were awarded by, or

whose training started in former Czechoslovakia before

1st January 1993, Malta shall recognise those veterinary

diplomas, certificates and other evidence of formal

qualifications as being sufficient proof when the

authorities of the Czech Republic attest that those

qualifications have, on its territory, and the same legal

validity as Czechoslovakia qualifications in veterinary

medicine as regard access to the veterinary profession

and practice thereof. Such attestation shall be

accompanied by a certificate issued by the same

authorities stating that those Member States’ nationals

have effectively and lawfully been engaged in the activity

in question in the territory of the Czech Republic for at

least three (3) consecutive years during the five (5) years

prior to the date of issue of the certificate.

(f) In the case of nationals of Member States

whose diplomas, certificates and other evidence of formal

qualifications in veterinary medicine were awarded by, or

whose training started in, the former Soviet Union before

the 20th August 1991, Malta shall recognise those

veterinary diplomas, certificates and other evidence of

formal qualifications as being sufficient proof when the

authorities of the Republic of Estonia attest that those

qualifications have, on its territory, the same legal validity

as Estonian qualifications in veterinary medicine as

regards access to the veterinary profession and practice

thereof. Such attestation shall be accompanied by a

certificate issued by the same authorities stating that those

Member States’ nationals have effectively and lawfully

been engaged in the activity in question in the territory of

the Republic of Estonia for at least five (5) consecutive

years during the seven (7) years prior to the date of issue

of the certificate.

(g) In the case of nationals of the Member States

whose diplomas, certificates and other evidence of formal

qualifications in veterinary medicine were awarded by, or

whose training started in, the former Soviet Union before

the 21st August 1991, Malta shall recognise those

veterinary diplomas, certificate and other evidence of

formal qualifications as being sufficient proof when the

authorities of Latvia attest that those qualifications have,

on its territory, the same legal validity as Latvian

qualifications in veterinary medicine as regards access to

the veterinary profession and practice thereof. Such

attestation shall be accompanied by a certificate issued

by the same authorities stating that those Member States’

nationals have effectively and lawfully been engaged in

the activity in question in the territory of Latvia for at

least three (3) consecutive years during the five (5) years

prior to the date of issue of the certificate.

(h) In the case of nationals of the Member States

whose diplomas, certificates and other evidence of formal

qualifications in veterinary medicine were awarded by, or

whose training started in the former Soviet Union before

11th March 1990, Malta shall recognise those veterinary

diplomas, certificates and other evidence of formal

qualifications in veterinary medicine as being sufficient

proof when the authorities of Lithuania attest that those

qualifications have, on its territory, the same legal

validity as Lithuanian qualifications in veterinary

medicine as regards access to the veterinary profession

and practice thereof. Such attestation shall be

accompanied by a certificate issued by the same

authorities stating that those Member States’ nationals

have effectively and lawfully been engaged in the activity

in question in the territory of Lithuania for at least three

(3) consecutive years during the five (5) years prior to the

date of issue of the certificate.

(i) In the case of nationals of the Member States

whose diplomas, certificates and other evidence of formal

qualifications in veterinary medicine were awarded by, or

whose training started in, the former Czechoslovakia

before the 1st January 1993, Malta shall recognise those

veterinary diplomas, certificates and other evidence of

formal qualifications in veterinary medicine as being

sufficient proof when the authorities of Slovakia attest that

those qualifications have, on its territory, the same legal

validity as Slovak qualifications in veterinary medicine as

regards access in the veterinary profession and practice

thereof. Such attestation shall be accompanied by a

certificate issued by the same authorities stating that those

Member States’ nationals have effectively and lawfully

been engaged in the activity in question in the territory of

Slovakia for at least three (3) consecutive years during the

five (5) years prior to the date of issue of the certificate.

(j) In the case of nationals of the Member States

whose diplomas, certificates and other evidence of formal

qualifications in veterinary medicine were awarded by, or

whose training started in, Estonia before the 20 August

1991, Malta shall recognise those veterinary diplomas,

certificates and other evidence of formal qualifications in

veterinary medicine as being sufficient proof if

accompanied by a certificate issued by the Estonian

authorities stating that those Member States’ nationals have

effectively and lawfully been engaged in the activity in

question in Estonia for at least five (5) consecutive years

during the seven (7) years prior to the date of issue of the

certificate.

(k) In the case of nationals of the Member States

whose diplomas, certificates and other evidence of formal

qualifications in veterinary medicine were awarded by, or

whose training started in, the Yugoslavia before the 25th

June 1991, Malta shall recognise those veterinary

diplomas, certificates and other evidence of formal

qualifications in veterinary medicine as being sufficient

proof when the authorities of Slovenia attest that those

qualifications have, on its territory, the same legal validity

as Slovenian qualifications in the veterinary medicine as

regards access in the veterinary profession and practice

thereof. Such attestation shall be accompanied by a

certificate issued by the same authorities stating that those

Member States’ nationals have effectively and lawfully

been engaged in the activity in question in the territory of

Slovenia for at least three (3) consecutive years during the

five (5) years prior to the date of issue of the certificate.

(l) In the case of nationals of the Member States

whose diplomas, certificates and other evidence of formal

qualifications in veterinary medicine were awarded by, or

whose training started in, the former Yugoslavia before the

8th October 1991, Malta shall recognise those veterinary

diplomas, certificates and other evidence of formal

qualifications in veterinary medicine as being sufficient

proof when the authorities of Croatia attest that those

qualifications have, on its territory, the same legal validity

as Croatian qualifications in veterinary medicine as regards

access to the veterinary profession and practice thereof.

Such attestation shall be accompanied by a certificate

issued by the same authorities stating that those Member

States’ nationals have effectively and lawfully been

engaged in the activity in question in the territory of

Croatia for at least three (3) consecutive years during the

five (5) years prior to the date of issue of the certificate.".

Regulation 4 of the principal regulations, shall be amended Amends of

regulation 4 of

as follows

the principal

regulations.

(a) in sub-regulation (1) thereof, the words "veterinary

medicine as listed in the Schedule I" shall be substituted by the

words "veterinary medicine as listed in Schedule I"; and

(b) sub-regulation (4) thereof, shall be substituted by the

following

"(4) Nothing in these regulations shall prejudice

any institution which is empowered in accordance with

Maltese law, regulations or administrative provisions to

authorise holders of diplomas, certificates or other

evidence of formal qualifications which have not been

obtained in a Member State to take up and pursue the

activities of a veterinary surgeon in Malta.".

Sub-regulation (2) of regulation 7 of the principal

regulations, shall be substituted by the following

"(2) Where the Member State of origin or the Member

State from which the applicant comes does not require proof

of good character of persons wishing to take up the activities

in question for the first time, the Council may require of

citizens of the Member State of origin or of the Member State

from which the applicant comes, an extract from the judicial

record or, failing this, an e q u i v a l e n t do c u m e n t i s s u e d by

a com p e t e n t j u d ic ial or administrative authority in the

Member State of origin or the Member State from which the

applicant comes.".

Regulation 17 of the principal regulations, shall be deleted.

Schedule I to the principal regulations, shall be substituted

by the following new Schedule

"SCHEDULE I

(Regulations 3, 4, 5 and 16)

Titles of diplomas, certificates and other evidence of formal

qualifications in veterinary surgery

Certificate

Body awarding the

Evidence of formal

accompanying the

Country

evidence of

Reference date

qualifications

evidence of

qualifications

qualifications

België/

Diploma van

— De

12.1980

Belgique/

dierenarts/ Diplôme

universiteiten/Les

Belgien

de docteur en

universités

médecine vétérinaire

— De bevoegde

Examencommissi

e van de Vlaamse

Gemeenschap/Le

Jury compétent

d’enseignement

de la

Communauté

française

България

Диплома за висше

— Лесотехнически

1.1.2007

образование на

университет

образова- телно-

София Факултет

квалификационна

Ветеринарна

медицина

степен магистър

— Тракийски

по специалност

университет

Ветеринарна

Стара Загора,

медицина с

Ветеринар-

професионална

номедицински

квалификация

факултет

Ветеринарен

лекар

Česko

— Diplomo

Veterinární fakulta

1.5.2004

ukončení studiave

univerzity v

studijním programu

České republice

veterinární lékařství

(doktor veterinární

medicíny, MVDr.)

— Diplom o

ukončení studia ve

studijním programu

veterinární hygiena

a ekologie (doktor

veterinární

medicíny, MVDr.)

Danmark

Bevis for

Københavns

21.12.1980

kandidatuddan-

Universitet

nelsen i

veterinærmedicin

(cand. med.vet.)

Deutsch-

— Zeugnis über das

Der Vorsitzende des

21.12.1980

Ergebnis des

Prüfungsausschusses

land

Dritten Abschnitts

für die Tierärztliche

der Tierärztlichen

Prüfung einer

Prüfung und das

Universitätoder

Gesamtergebnis der

Hochschule

Tierärztlichen

Prüfung

— Zeugnis über das

1.1.2006

Ergebnis der

Tierärztlichen

Prüfung und das

Gesamtergebnis der

Tierärztlichen

Prüfung

Eesti

Diplom: täitnud

Eesti

1.5.2004

veterinaarmeditsiini

Põllumajandusülikool

õppekava

Loomaarstikraad

Eesti Maaülikool

Degree in

Veterinary

Medicine (DVM)

Ελλάς

Πτυχίο

1. Αριστοτέλειο

1.1.1981

Κτηνιατρικής

Πανεπιστήμιο

Θεσσαλονίκης

2. Πανεπιστήμιο

Θεσσαλίας

España

Título de

— Ministerio de

1.1.1986

Licenciado en

Educación y

Veterinaria

Cultura

— El rectorde

una Universidad

Título de

— El rector de una

1.1.1986

Graduado/a en

Universidad

Veterinaria

France

Diplôme d’Etat de

Ministère chargé de

21.12.1980

docteur vétérinaire

l’en- seignement

supérieur (Université

Paris-Est-Créteil,

Université Claude-

Bernard Lyon I,

Université de Nantes,

Université Paul-

Sabatier- Toulouse

III) et ministère

chargéde l’agriculture

(École nationale

vétérinaire d’Alfort,

Institut d’enseigne-

ment supérieur et de

recherche en

alimentation, santé

animale, sciences

agronomiques et de

l’envir- onnement-

VetAgroSup, École

nationale vétérinaire,

agroalimentaire et de

l’alimentation-Oniris,

École nationale

vétérinaire de

Toulouse)

Hrvatska

Diploma "doktor

Veterinarski fakultet

1.7.2013

veterinarske

Sveučilišta u Zagrebu

medicine/ doktorica

veterinarske

medicine"

Ireland

— Diploma of

21.12.1980

Bachelor in/of

Veterinary

Medicine (MVB)

— Diploma of

Membership

of

the Royal College

of Veterinary

Surgeons

(MRCVS)

Italia

Diploma di laurea

Università

Diploma di

1.1.1985

in medicina

abilitazione

veterinaria

all’esercizio della

medicina

veterinaria

Κύπρος

Πιστοποιητικό

Κτηνιατρικό

1.5.2004

Εγγραφής

Συμβούλιο

Κτηνιάτρου

Latvija

Veterinārārsta

Latvijas

1.5.2004

diploms

Lauksaimniecības

Universitāte

Lietuva

1. Aukštojo mokslo

1. Lietuvos

1.5.2004

diplomas

Veterinarijos

(veterinarijos

Akademija

gydytojo (DVM))

2. Magistro diplomas

2. Lietuvos sveikatos

(veterinarinės

mokslų

medicinos magistro

universitetas

kvalifikacinis

laipsnis ir

veterinarijos

gydytojo profesinė

kvalifikacija)

Luxem-

Diplôme d’Etat de

Jury d’examen d’Etat

21.12.1980

docteur en

bourg

médecine

vétérinaire

Magyarors

Okleveles

Felsőoktatási

1.5.2004

állatorvos doktor

intézmény

zág

oklevél (dr. vet)

Malta

Liċenzja ta’

Kunsill tal-Kirurġi

1.5.2004

Kirurgu Veterinarju

Veterinarji

Nederland

Getuigschrift van

21.12.1980

met goed gevolg

afgelegd

diergeneeskundig/

veeartsenijkundig

examen

Österreich

— Diplom-Tierarzt

Universität

1.1.1994

— Magister

medicinae

veterinariae

Polska

Dyplom lekarza

1. Szkoła Główna

1.5.2004

weterynarii

Gospodarstwa

Wiejskiego w

Warszawie

2. Akademia Rolnicza

we Wrocławiu ( 1 )

3. Uniwersytet

Przyrodniczy we

Wrocławiu ( 2 )

4. Akademia Rolnicza

w Lublinie ( 3 )

5. Uniwersytet

Przyrodniczy w

Lublinie ( 4 )

6. Uniwersytet

Warmińsko-Mazurski

w Olsztynie

7. Uniwersytet

Przyrodniczy w

Poznaniu ( 6 )

8. Uniwersytet

Rolniczy im. Hugona

Kołłątaja w

Krakowie oraz

Uniwersytet

Jagielloński w

Krakowie ( 7 )

Portugal

— Carta de cursode

Universidade

1.1.1986

licenciatura em

medicina

veterinária

— Carta de mestrado

integrado

em

medicina

veterinária

România

Diplomă de licenţă

Universităţi

1.1.2007

de doctor medic

veterinar

Diplomă de licenţă

Ministerul Educatiei

și master de doctor

Nationale ( 5 )

medic veterinar

Slovenija

Diploma, s katero

Univerza

Spričevalo o

1.5.2004

se podeljuje

opravljenem

strokovni naslov

državnem izpitu s

"doktor

področja

veterinarske

veterinarstva

medicine/doktorica

veterinarske

medicine"

Slovensko

Vysokoškolský

Univerzita

1.5.2004

diplom o udelení

akademickéhotitulu

"doktor

veterinárskeho

lekárstva"

("MVDr.")

Suomi/

Eläinlääketieteen

Yliopisto

1.1.1994

Finland

lisensiaatin tutkinto/

Veterinärmedicine

licentiatexamen

Sverige

Veterinärexamen

Sveriges

1.1.1994

Lantbruksuniver

sitet

United

1. Bachelor of

1. University of

21.12.1980

Kingdom

Veterinary

Bristol

Science (BVSc)

2. Bachelor of

2. University of

Veterinary

Liverpool

Science (BVSc)

3. Bachelor of

3. University of

Veterinary

Cambridge

Medicine (Vet

MB)

4. Bachelor of

4. University of

Veterinary

Medicine and

Edinburgh

Surgery

(BVM&S)

5. Bachelor of

5. University of

Veterinary

Glasgow

Medicine and

Surgery

(BVMS)

6. Bachelor of

6. University of

Veterinary

Medicine

London

(BvetMed)

7. Bachelor of

7. University of

Veterinary

Nottingham

Medicine and

Bachelor of

Veterinary

Surgery

(B.V.M.,

B.V.S.)

Valid until 22.11.2006.

As of 23.11.2006.

Valid until 10.4.2008.

As of 11.4.2008.

As of 10.1.2011.

As of 1.10.2011.

As of 1.10.2012.".

€1.08