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(a) on or after the date on which the granting State implemented the Recognition Directive, and

(b) in respect of training commenced on or after that date,

no additional documentation is required to be produced to the registrar under section 5A(1)(b).

    (3) If the relevant qualification of such a person was granted—

(a) before the date on which the granting State implemented the Recognition Directive, or

(b) on or after that date but in respect of training commenced before that date,

the required additional documentation is as set out in sub-paragraph (4).

    (4) That documentation is either—

(a) a certificate from the competent authority of the granting State which states that the relevant qualification meets the requirements of the Training Directive, or

(b) a certificate from the competent authority of any member State which states that the person has effectively and lawfully practised veterinary surgery for at least three consecutive years during the five years preceding the date of the certificate.

Other qualifications acquired prior to member State membership

     2. —(1) A person who holds a qualification of a kind referred to in column 2 of Table B is an eligible European veterinary surgeon.

    (2) In relation to such a person, the required additional documentation is the documentation referred to in column 3 of Table B opposite the entry in column 2 for the relevant qualification.

    (3) This paragraph does not apply to a person who is an eligible European veterinary surgeon under paragraph 1.

(a) on or after the date on which the granting State implemented the Training Directive, and

(b) in respect of training commenced on or after that date,

the required additional documentation is a certificate from the competent authority of the granting State which states that the relevant qualification meets the requirements of the Training Directive and is treated by the granting State as equivalent to a qualification of a kind referred to in Table A.

    (3) If the relevant qualification of such a person was granted—

(a) before the date on which the granting State implemented the Training Directive, or

(b) on or after that date but in respect of training commenced before that date,

the required additional documentation is a certificate from the competent authority of any member State which states that the person has effectively and lawfully practised veterinary surgery for at least three consecutive years during the five years preceding the date of the certificate.

"granting State" means the member State in which a relevant qualification was granted;

"the Recognition Directive" means Council Directive 78/1026/EEC concerning the mutual recognition of diplomas, certificates and other evidence of formal qualifications in veterinary medicine, including measures to facilitate the effective exercise of the right of establishment and freedom to provide services;

"relevant qualification" means the qualification by virtue of which a person is an eligible European veterinary surgeon; and

"the Training Directive" means Council Directive 78/1027/EEC concerning the co-ordination of provisions in respect of the activities of veterinary surgeons.

     6. Any reference in this Schedule to Table A or Table B is a reference to the appropriate one of these tables—