Professional qualifications - Statistical background to the Green Paper

A Green Paper on "Modernising the Professional Qualifications Directive" was published by the European Commission (EC) on 22 June 2011. The Directive aims to facilitate the free movement of professionals within the EU, regardless of the Member State in which they acquired their professional qualification. Updating the Directive is one of the twelve projects for 2012 in the Single Market Act, a series of measures adopted by the EC to boost the European economy and create jobs.