Each Member State shall recognise evidence of formal qualifications as a midwife, awarded to nationals of Member States by the other Member States, listed in Annex V, point 5.5.2, which complies with the minimum training conditions referred to in Article 40 and satisfies the criteria set out in Article 41, and shall, for the purposes of access to and pursuit of the professional activities, give such evidence the same effect on its territory as the evidence of formal qualifications which it itself issues.
Vsaka država članica prizna dokazila o formalnih kvalifikacijah za babico, ki jih podelijo državljanom držav članic druge države članice, navedena v točki 5.5.2 Priloge V, ki izpolnjujejo minimalne pogoje usposobljenosti iz člena 40 in merila iz člena 41, ter za dostop do in opravljanje poklicnih dejavnosti priznava takim dokazilom enako veljavnost na svojem ozemlju kot dokazilom o formalnih kvalifikacijah, ki jih sama izdaja.