The directive provides a modern EU system for the recognition of professional qualifications, which makes it simpler and faster to recognize professional qualifications from a different country and ensure respect of the host country’s requirements.
The directive should have been transposed into national legislation by 18 January 2016 but Latvia and Romania have not yet communicated its complete transposition to the EC. The EU member countries now have two months to notify the Commission of the full transposition of the directive.