This is quite an old administrative procedure that prevailed in certain member States (MS) before the Directives came into enforcement, whereby the EU applicant was asking for his /her qualification issued in his/her MS of origin, to be recognized as “equivalent” to a given qualification in the host MS.
It is quite a “heavy” procedure since it is down to the migrant to demonstrate that her/his qualification IS equivalent to the one he/she has chosen in the host MS.
Directive 2005/36/EC has introduced a recognition system that is more fair and much easier for the migrants but this “old fashion” procedure still exists.
French administration, and others, often try to push EU citizens to use this procedure as it is down to the applicant to forward all evidences of the quality of his/her qualification : matters included on the training, training modules, information on content, duration of training, ... ; it is by far the most difficult procedure for EU citizens, as THEY have the burden of proving the quality of their qualification, and host MS administrations are not legally bound by EU Directives under this procedure !
By law, “equivalence” is NOT covered by the Directives and is driven by national legislations only.
We would STRONGLY recommend that you should stay well away from this procedure. But if you still think this is what you need, please contact us below and we will help you go through the hurdles ...