2011/467/EU: Council Decision of 19 July 2011 on the position to be taken by the European Union within the EU-Swiss Joint Committee established by Article 14 of 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, as regards the replacement of Annex III (Mutual recognition of professional qualifications) thereto

The position to be taken by the European Union within the EU-Swiss Joint Committee established by Article 14 of 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, as regards the replacement of Annex III (Mutual recognition of professional qualifications) thereto shall be based on the draft Decision of the EU-Swiss Joint Committee, attached to this Decision.

The Decision of the EU-Swiss Joint Committee shall be published in the Official Journal of the European Union.

This Decision shall enter into force on the day of its adoption.

Annex III (Mutual recognition of professional qualifications) to the Agreement shall be replaced by the text in the Annex to this Decision.

Switzerland shall apply without restrictions the acquired rights provided for by Directive 2005/36/EC subject to the conditions set out in this Decision and in the Annex.

This Decision is drawn up in the Bulgarian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Maltese, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Slovak, Slovenian, Spanish and Swedish languages, the texts in each of these languages being equally authentic.

This Decision shall enter into force on the day following the date of notification of completion by Switzerland of its internal procedures for the implementation of this Decision. It shall be applied on a provisional basis from the first day of the second month after its adoption, with the exception of Title II of Directive 2005/36/EC, which shall apply from the date of entry into force of this Decision. In the event that the notification referred to in the first paragraph has not been made within 24 months after the adoption of this Decision, this Decision shall lapse.