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07-03-2006, 05:58 AM
EU Press Release (http://europa.eu.int/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/06/888&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en)
France – recognition of the diploma of canyoning guide in France
The Commission has decided to send a reasoned opinion to France for its breach of Articles 39, 43 and 49 of the EC Treaty and Directive 92/51/EEC on the general system for the recognition of diplomas by refusing to allow canyoning guides from other Member States to pursue this specific activity in France on the grounds that in France this activity can only be practised by mountain guides, potholers or mountaineering instructors. As a result, canyoning guides from other Member States who have not been trained in one of these three disciplines are unable to practise their occupation in France. In the view of the Commission, this ban could be justified in that instructors teaching different disciplines in the same place might mislead consumers with regard to the extent of the respective instructors’ abilities. At the same time, the Commission considers that consumers would be better protected by less restrictive measures such as requiring canyoning guides to display the professional or training qualification of their Member State of origin.
France – recognition of the diploma of canyoning guide in France
The Commission has decided to send a reasoned opinion to France for its breach of Articles 39, 43 and 49 of the EC Treaty and Directive 92/51/EEC on the general system for the recognition of diplomas by refusing to allow canyoning guides from other Member States to pursue this specific activity in France on the grounds that in France this activity can only be practised by mountain guides, potholers or mountaineering instructors. As a result, canyoning guides from other Member States who have not been trained in one of these three disciplines are unable to practise their occupation in France. In the view of the Commission, this ban could be justified in that instructors teaching different disciplines in the same place might mislead consumers with regard to the extent of the respective instructors’ abilities. At the same time, the Commission considers that consumers would be better protected by less restrictive measures such as requiring canyoning guides to display the professional or training qualification of their Member State of origin.