1. Romanian Order of Dental Technicians Simona Pana General Secretary of the Board Sanda Dumitrescu General Manager

8. The dental technicians, citizens of a member state of the European Union, of a state belonging to the European Economic Area and Swiss Confederation, established in Romania, have in the exercise of the profession the same rights and obligations as dental technicians, Romanian citizens, members of Romanian Order of the Dental Technicians . Consequently, the citizens of the EU member states, of EEA states and of the Swiss Confederation, in order to exercise the profession on the Romanian territory, must address to our organization, for the recognition of the professional qualifications. The Organization has structures also in the territory but they have representation competencies and they do not have attributions in what regards the field of recognitions of professional qualifications. This a responsibility at national level and is achieved by specialty commissions.

9. In Romania, the training of dental technicians is achieved by high education institutions, the duration of the studies being three years, after the graduation of high school finalized with an exam, necessary in order to have access to the university education. At present in our country there are 12 accredited education institutions: 9 state and 3 private universities that educate dental technicians. The profession of dental technician, being a regulated profession, the recognition of professional qualifications is done according to the provisions of the directive 2005/36/CE, transposed in the Romanian legislation by the law 200/2004 with the subsequent amendments and supplements, based on the general system of recognition.

11. Romanian Order of the Dental Technicians is the competent authority that issues conformity certifications of the studies performed on the Romanian territory, in order to recognition the professional qualification in the EU, EEA or Swiss Confederation states. In what regards IMI PQ NET system we mention that we were not one of the competent institutions requested by the system, a reason why we do not have yet an objective opinion on the functionality of this information system, even though we appreciate its utility.