Judgment_paragraph 36 · BB v Lietuvos Respublikos sveikatos apsaugos ministerija (C-166/20)

36The object of such directives is, as is apparent from Article 53(1) TFEU, to facilitate the mutual recognition of diplomas, certificates and other evidence of formal qualifications by laying down rules and common criteria which result, as far as possible, in automatic recognition of those diplomas, certificates and other evidence of formal qualifications. It is not the purpose of those directives to make recognition of such diplomas, certificates and other evidence of formal qualifications more difficult in situations falling outside their scope, nor may they have such an effect (see, to that effect, judgment of 22 January 2002, Dreessen, C‑31/00, EU:C:2002:35, paragraph 26).