(fra kommisjonsdirektivet)

(1) Currently, physiotherapists qualified in one Member State benefit from the recognition of their qualifications for the purpose of cross-border access to the same regulated profession in another Member State under the conditions laid down in Articles 10 to 14 of Directive 2005/36/EC (general system of recognition). 

(2) Establishing a common training framework for physiotherapists (‘CTF’) will introduce automatic cross-border recognition of evidence of professional qualifications in physiotherapy that meet the minimum training requirements set out in the CTF and have been notified to the Commission and the other Member States; those qualifications may then be listed in the implementing act which the Commission may adopt pursuant to Article 49a(6) of Directive 2005/36/EC. 

(3) For physiotherapists whose qualifications do not meet the requirements of the CTF, or physiotherapists whose qualifications are submitted for recognition to a Member State exempted from the CTF on the basis of Article 49a(5) of Directive 2005/36/EC, the general system of recognition of their qualifications under Directive 2005/36/EC is to apply. 

(4) The profession of physiotherapist or the education and training leading to the qualification as a physiotherapist is currently regulated in at least one third of the Member States. 

(5) In most Member States, the entry level education to gain access to practice the profession of physiotherapist is based on the same level of the European Qualifications Framework (‘EQF’). It is thus possible to base the CTF for physiotherapists on a level of the EQF. 

(6) In the systems of education and training applicable in at least one third of the Member States, there is a common set of knowledge, skills and competences to be acquired by physiotherapists as part of a general training course at a university or higher education institution. That common set of knowledge, skills and competences should be reflected in the list of requirements that constitute the CTF. 

(7) The profession of physiotherapist is neither covered by another CTF nor subject to automatic recognition under Chapter III of Title III of Directive 2005/36/EC. 

(8) The CTF for physiotherapists has been prepared following a transparent due process, including consultation of the relevant stakeholders from Member States where the profession is not regulated. 

(9) In accordance with Article 49a(2), point (g), of Directive 2005/36/EC, the CTF is to permit nationals from any Member State to be eligible for acquiring the professional qualification under that framework without first being required to be a member of any professional organisation or to be registered with such an organisation. 

(10) The common training framework for physiotherapists should therefore be adopted,