Medlemsstaterne har gennem vedtagelse af omkring 80 direktiver principielt anerkendt eksamensbeviser udstedt i andre med lemsstater indenfor en række forskellige sektorer, og bestræbelserne på at flere og flere fag skal, omfattes af den gensidige anerkendelse fortsættes.
By adopting approximately 80 directives the Member States have in theory recognized the diplomas issued by other Member States in a whole series of different sectors and efforts are being made to include a greater number of such sectors in the agreements on the mutual recognition of diplomas.