According to the recently published decision of the Council of State 890/2025, the recognition of the professional equivalence of the qualifications of educational institutions (physiotherapy) in the United Kingdom is not contrary to Articles 16 and 4 par. 1of the of the Constitution, on the basis of considerations similar to those taken into account in judgments 178-179/2023 of the Court in its judgment on the constitutionality of the recognition of the professional equivalence of the diplomas of educational establishments of the Member States. The adoption of that view as to the constitutional legitimacy of the recognition of the professional equivalence of qualifications in those cases is also dictated by considerations relating to the principle of legal certainty, which derives from the principle of the rule of law and, in particular, from the provisions of Article 2 par. 1 and 25 par. 1 of the Constitution.
Already before the adoption of this decision, our office handled cases on which decisions of the Athens Administrative Court of Appeal were issued, annulling the omissions or refusals of the Panhellenic Association of Physiotherapists to register holders of foreign qualifications in physiotherapy in its registers. In these cases, the Panhellenic Association of Physiotherapists failed to proceed with the required registration despite the issuance of court decisions and in this context our office appealed to the relevant three-member Compliance Council of the Administrative Court of Appeal of Athens, ultimately succeeding in registering the interested parties in the Association.
With this decision of the Council of State, the legal issues that had arisen in this context seem to be finally resolved.