41The Commission points out that the quality of medical services is assured under a number of directives on coordination and recognition concerning the conditions for access to and the exercise of the professions of doctor, pharmacist and veterinary surgeon. The conditions governing access and exercise relating to specialised qualifications not covered by those directives may fall directly within the scope of Articles 43 EC and 49 EC, according to the judgments in Case C-340/89 Vlassopoulou [1991] ECR I-2357, paragraph 13, and Case C-238/98 Hocsman [2000] ECR I-6623, paragraphs 21 to 24 and 36, and of the general schemes for the recognition of professional qualifications, namely Council Directive 89/48/EEC of 21 December 1988 on a general system for the recognition of higher-education diplomas awarded on completion of professional education and training of at least three years' duration (OJ 1989 L 19, p. 16) and Council Directive 92/51/EEC of 18 June 1992 on a second general system for the recognition of professional education and training to supplement Directive 89/48/EEC (OJ 1992 L 209, p. 25).
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