Judgment_paragraph 48 · Alain Laurent Brouillard v Jury du concours de recrutement de référendaires près la Cour de cassation and État belge (C-298/14)

48In this regard, it must be stated first of all that in the absence of harmonisation of the conditions of access to a particular occupation the Member States are entitled to lay down the knowledge and qualifications needed in order to pursue it and to require the production of a diploma certifying that the holder has the relevant knowledge and qualifications (see judgments in Vlassopoulou, C‑340/89, EU:C:1991:193, paragraph 9, and Peśla, C‑345/08, EU:C:2009:771, paragraph 34).