Statement on the Directive concerning the coordination of provisions laid down by law, regulation or administrative action in respect of the activities of dental surgeons Official Journal C 202 , 24/08/1978 P. 0001 - 0001 Spanish special edition: Chapter 06 Volume 2 P. 0031 Portuguese special edition Chapter 06 Volume 2 P. 0031 Statement on the Directive concerning the coordination of provisions laid down by law, regulation or administrative action in respect of the activities of dental surgeons Council statement on Article 1 (2): The Council has adopted the idea of full-time instruction since, unlike the Directive on coordination for doctors, this provision makes no reference to a number of hours.
The Council states that a year of full-time instruction means theoretical and practical instruction covering a normal, complete annual course of study at university level comprising the programme of studies given in the Annex to this Directive.