46Lastly, it should also be observed that, as the European Commission has claimed, at the time of the events at issue in the main proceedings, EU law already contained rules in the field of recognition of professional qualifications in order to take account of safety requirements relating to the transport of goods and passengers, namely Directive 2003/59/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 July 2003 on the initial qualification and periodic training of drivers of certain road vehicles for the carriage of goods or passengers, amending Council Regulation (EEC) No 3820/85 and Council Directive 91/439/EEC and repealing Council Directive 76/914/EEC (OJ 2003 L 226, p. 4), which did not contain any specific or additional requirement, by comparison with Directive 2006/126, as regards the assessment of the mental fitness of professional drivers.
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