Press Release: Judgment in Case C-575/11. Eleftherios Themistoklis Nasiopoulos v Ipourgos Igias kai Pronoias

Refusal of recognition of a qualification as masseur-hydrotherapist which enables an autonomous profession to be exercised in the Member State which issued it constitutes an obstacle to the freedom of establishment not justified by consumer protection or protection of public health.

As regards the profession of physiotherapist, consumer protection could, for example, be ensured by the obligation to use the professional title of origin in the language of the Member State where the training took place and in the language of the host Member State.