Veterinary Surgeons’ Qualifications (Recognition) (Switzerland and Croatia) Regulations 2013 (S.I. No. 2985 of 2013). Country/Territory United Kingdom Document type Regulation Date 2013 Source FAO, FAOLEX Subject Livestock Keyword Animal welfare Certification Geographical area Atlantic Ocean Islands, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, North Atlantic, North Sea, North-East Atlantic, Northern Europe Abstract These Regulations amend provisions in the Veterinary Surgeons Act 1966 which implement Directive 2005/36/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the recognition of professional qualifications so far as it applies to the practice of veterinary surgery in the United Kingdom so as to extend the definition of a “national” to include all EEA States and Switzerland and to provide for the qualification of veterinary surgeons from Switzerland and Croatia. Full text English Website www.legislation.gov.uk