regulated profession

Defined in Article 3, Directive 2005/36/EC

Definitions over time (1)

1. 01/01/2007 – today applies on 10/11/2026 Article 3, Directive 2005/36/EC Scope: Whole act

   For the purposes of this Directive, the following definitions apply:

   ‘regulated profession’: a professional activity or group of professional activities, access to which, the pursuit of which, or one of the modes of pursuit of which is subject, directly or indirectly, by virtue of legislative, regulatory or administrative provisions to the possession of specific professional qualifications; in particular, the use of a professional title limited by legislative, regulatory or administrative provisions to holders of a given professional qualification shall constitute a mode of pursuit. Where the first sentence of this definition does not apply, a profession referred to in paragraph 2 shall be treated as a regulated profession;

Used in (37 places in 20 provisions on 10/11/2026)

Directive 2005/36/EC (37 in 20)

Recital 6 · Recital 14² · Recital 29 · Article 1² · Article 2³ · Article 3⁶ · Article 4f³ · Article 7 · Article 8 · Article 11 · Article 13 · Article 14 · Article 50² · Article 51 · Article 52 · Article 55a² · Article 56 · Article 57² · Article 59² · Annex VII³