To ensure recognition in Italy of qualifications and titles accorded by other EU Member States. The qualifications in question certify a period of vocational training that, under the laws prevailing in the country in question, are a precondition for work in a given occupation
- Prime Ministerial Decree 621 of 7.8.1996.
3.4.1.3. Contents
The qualifications held by citizens of EU countries are to be recognised so as to enable them to work - on a self-employed or employed basis - in the occupation for which they have acquired the necessary qualification in another Member State.
The Decree-Law defines the occupations covered by this recognition: activities requiring entry in the occupational register, some public and private sector activities, some activities in the health sector, etc. In addition, citizens of EU countries may obtain recognition if the profession they are seeking to perform in Italy is equivalent to an occupation which does not require possession of an occupational title in the country of origin.
The following institutions are responsible for issuing the certificate of recognition:
a) the ministry responsible for overseeing the occupation in question;
b) the Ministry of the Civil Service for occupations within the civil service;
c) the Health Ministry for health professions;
d) the Education Ministry for teaching and other school staff;
e) the Ministry of Labour and Social Insurance in the case of occupations for which access to, or performance of, the occupation requires the possession of occupational certificates or qualifi-cations acquired under Law 845 of 21.12.1978, Law 56 of 28.2.1987 or in accordance with the regula-tion on vocational training contracts;
f) the Ministry of Transport and Shipping for seamen;
g) the Ministry of Labour and Social Insurance in agreement with the Civil Service Ministry in all other cases.
The application for recognition is to be submitted to the appropriate ministry together with documen-tary evidence of the rightful possession of the title to be recognised.
Recognition is granted in the form of a decree by the ministry responsible within four months of the application.
This decree is subsequently published in the legal gazette of the Italian Republic. It grants the applicant the right of access to, and the right to perform, the occupation in question, subject to the regulations applying to Italian citizens. This does not alter the fact that access to certain positions within government departments (as specified by Decree 174 of the Council of Ministers of 7.2.1994) requires the applicant to hold Italian citizenship.
In addition, the ministries listed above also certify vocational training qualifications acquired in Italy and granting the right to perform a given occupation in order to facilitate recognition in other Member States of the EU. The ministries are also charged with determining equivalent vocational training qualifications and, via the Foreign Affairs Ministry, bringing this to the attention of the EU Commission and other Member States of the European Union.
3.4.1.4. Financial resources
The measure has not been endowed with financial resources of its own.
3.4.1.5. Institutional support
The civil service, health, education, labour, transport and shipping and various other ministries
3.4.1.6. Duration
No specific time limit has been set for this measure
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