Editing Engineering technologist (section)

====State-certified technicians/engineers in the EU directives====
As of 31 January 2012, state-certified engineers, state-certified business managers and state-certified designers are at level 6-bachelor in the [[European Qualifications Framework]] (EQF), equivalent to a bachelor's degree. As such, the engineering technologist constitutes an advanced entry qualification for German universities and in principle permits entry into any undergraduate academic-degree program.

The qualifications are listed in [[Directive (European Union)|EU Directives]] as recognised, regulated professions in Germany and the EU. Annexes C and D were added to Council Directive 92/51/EEC as a second general system for the recognition of professional education and training to supplement Directive 89/48/EEC.

Institutions involved included the federal government (in Germany, the [[Federal Ministry of Education and Research]] and the [[Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology]]), EU Standing Conference and Economic Ministerial Meeting of Countries, the German Chamber of Crafts, the [[Confederation of German Employers' Associations]], German Chambers of Industry and Commerce, [[Confederation of German Trade Unions]], and the Federal Institute for Vocational Application. These government institutions agreed on a common position regarding the implementation of the EQF and a German qualifications framework (DQR).

European Union law and other documents considered to be public include:

* Annexes C and D to Council Directive 92/51/EEC on a second general system for the recognition of professional education and training to supplement Directive 89/48/EEC<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://eur-lex.europa.eu//en/index.htm |title = EU law – EUR-Lex}}</ref>
* EU Directive 2005L0036-EN 01.01.2007
* ANNEX III list of regulated education and training referred to in the third subparagraph of Article 13(2)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.scribd.com/doc/53286830/Directive-2005-36-EC |title=Directive 2005-36-EC |via=Scribd |access-date=12 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130929234628/http://www.scribd.com/doc/53286830/Directive-2005-36-EC |archive-date=29 September 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref>