Heraf fulgte ifølge Domstolen, at artikel 20 har samme anvendelsesområde som det direktiv, den findes i, og at den kun omfatter personer, der er i besiddelse af et af medlemsstaterne udstedt eksamensbevis.
It followed that the scope of Article 20 was the same as that of the directive of which it was a part and that it referred only to holders of a qualification conferred in the Member States.