The European Union (Recognition of Professional Qualifications) Regulations 2015

Information to be given to a recipient of professional services or service

26.  Where the service is provided under the professional title of the home State or under the formal qualification of the applicant, a competent authority may require the applicant to furnish the recipient of the service with any or all of the following information—

(a) if the applicant is registered in a commercial register or similar public register, the register in which the applicant is registered, the relevant registration number, or equivalent means of identification contained in that register;

(b) if the activity is subject to authorisation in the home State, the name and address of the competent or supervisory authority;

(c) any professional association or similar body with which the applicant is registered;

(d) the professional title or, where no such title exists, the formal qualification of the applicant and relevant European State in which it was awarded;

(e) if the applicant performs an activity which is subject to VAT, the VAT identification number referred to in Article 22(1) of the Sixth Council Directive 77/388/EEC on the harmonization of the laws of the Member States relating to turnover taxes - Common system of value added tax:

(f) uniform basis of assessment(1); and

(g) details of any insurance cover or other means of personal or collective protection with regard to professional liability.

(1)

OJ No. L145, 13.6.1977, p.1.