The Minister for Health or, by delegation, the Director General of the Centre National de Gestion may also, following the opinion of a commission, made up in particular of professionals, individually authorise, where applicable, nationals of a Member State of the European Union or of another State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area to practise the profession of pharmacist, in the speciality in question, who hold evidence of formal qualifications issued by a third State and recognised in a Member State or State party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area, other than France, enabling them to practise the profession legally in that State. The person concerned must provide proof of having practised the profession, where applicable in the speciality, for three years full-time or part-time for a total equivalent period in that Member State or Party. Where the persons concerned have obtained a specialist title, recognition shall relate to both the basic title and the specialist title. If an examination of the professional qualifications attested by all the evidence of initial training, relevant professional experience and lifelong learning validated by a competent body reveals substantial differences with regard to the qualifications required for access to and practice of the profession in France, the Minister for Health or, by delegation, the Director General of the Centre National de Gestion shall require the person concerned to undergo a compensatory measure.
Depending on the level of qualification required in France and that held by the person concerned, the Minister for Health or, by delegation, the Director General of the National Management Centre may either offer the applicant a choice between an adaptation period or an aptitude test, or impose an adaptation period or an aptitude test, or impose an adaptation period and an aptitude test.
The nature of the compensation measures according to the levels of qualification in France and in the other Member States or Parties is set by order of the Minister responsible for health.