The Commission may adapt the content listed in Annex V, point 5.4.1, to scientific and technical progress. That measure, designed to amend non-essential elements of this Directive, shall be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny referred to in Article 58(3).
1.The training of veterinary surgeons shall comprise a total of at least five years of full-time theoretical and practical studystudy, which may in addition be expressed with the equivalent ECTS credits, at a university or at a higher institute providing training recognised as being of an equivalent level, or under the supervision of a university, covering at least the study programme referred to in point 5.4.1 of Annex V, point 5.4.1.V.
The Commission shall be empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 57c concerning the amendment of the list set out in point 5.4.1 of Annex V with a view to adapting it to scientific and technical progress.
SuchThe updatesamendments mayreferred to in the second subparagraph shall not entail,entail for any Member State, anyan amendment of itsexisting existingessential legislative principles relatingin toMember States regarding the structure of professions as regards training and conditions of access by natural persons. Such amendments shall respect the responsibility of the Member States for the organisation of education systems, as set out in Article 165(1) TFEU.
2.Admission to veterinary training shall be contingent upon possession of a diploma or certificate entitling the holder to enter, for the studies in question, university establishments or institutes of higher education recognised by a Member State to be of an equivalent level for the purpose of the relevant study.
(b)adequate knowledge of the structure and functions of healthy animals, of their husbandry, reproduction and hygiene in general, as well as their feeding, including the technology involved in the manufacture and preservation of foods corresponding to their needs;
(c)adequate knowledge of the behaviour and protection of animals;
(e)adequate knowledge of preventive medicine;
(g)adequate knowledge of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions relating to the subjects listed above;
(h)adequate clinical and other practical experience under appropriate supervision.
3.Training as a veterinary surgeon shall provide an assurance that the personprofessional in question has acquired the following knowledge and skills:
(a)adequate knowledge of the sciences on which the activities of thea veterinary surgeon are based;based and of the Union law relating to those activities;
(b)adequate knowledge of the structure, functions, behaviour and physiological needs of animals, as well as the skills and competences needed for their husbandry, feeding, welfare, reproduction and hygiene in general;
(c)(d) adequatethe knowledgeclinical, ofepidemiological and analytical skills and competences required for the causes, nature, course, effects,prevention, diagnosis and treatment of the diseases of animals, including anaesthesia, aseptic surgery and painless death, whether considered individually or in groups, including a specialspecific knowledge of the diseases which may be transmitted to humans;
(d)adequate knowledge, skills and competences for preventive medicine, including competences relating to inquiries and certification;
(e)(f) adequate knowledge of the hygiene and technology involved in the production, manufacture and putting into circulation of animal foodstuffsfeedstuffs or foodstuffs of animal origin intended for human consumption;consumption, including the skills and competences required to understand and explain good practice in this regard;
(f)the knowledge, skills and competences required for the responsible and sensible use of veterinary medicinal products, in order to treat the animals and to ensure the safety of the food chain and the protection of the environment.