In the absence of specific provisions harmonising the requirements on access to a regulated profession or the pursuit thereof laid down in Union law, it is a Member State competence to decide whether and how to regulate a profession within the limits of the principles of non-discrimination and proportionality.
In éagmais forálacha sonracha a bheith leagtha síos i ndlí an Aontais lena gcomhchuibhítear na ceanglais maidir le rochtain ar ghairm rialáilte, nó le gairm rialáilte a shaothrú, is é inniúlacht Ballstáit é a chinneadh cibé a dhéanfar rialáil ar ghairm laistigh de theorainneacha phrionsabail an neamh-idirdhealaithe agus na comhréireachta agus a chinneadh conas a dhéanfar an rialáil sin.