Answer for question E-001079/25

EN E-001079/2025 Answer given by Executive Vice-President Mînzatu on behalf of the European Commission (23.5.2025) In the absence of harmonisation, regulation of professional activities remains a Member State competence. They are free to decide, within the limits of EU law and the principles of proportionality, whether or not and how to regulate a professional activity. Directive 2005/36/EC1 facilitates the recognition of professional qualifications when a professional who is qualified to exercise a profession in a Member State wishes to exercise the same profession in another Member State where this profession is regulated regarding qualifications2. In the EU, the profession of behaviour analyst is only regulated in the Czech Republic. As a result, professionals qualified in other Member States cannot access the Czech labour market without prior recognition of their qualification. They can however rely on Directive 2005/36/EC to have their qualification recognised as quickly as possible. The Commission has no indication that there would be problems about recognition of professional qualifications of behaviour analysts in the Czech Republic as no complaints have been received so far. In the rest of the EU, behaviour analysts can move freely and do not face legal barriers regarding their qualifications to enter labour markets. A number of tools have been implemented at European level in order to help potential employers to understand better the qualification of behaviour...