A host Member State which requires of its nationals proof of good character or good repute when they take up for the first time any of the activities referred to in Article 1 shall accept as sufficient evidence, in respect of nationals of other Member States, a certificate issued by a competent authority in the Member State of origin or in the Member State from which the foreign national comes, attesting that the requirements of the Member State as to good character or good repute for taking up the activity in question have been met.
Το κράτος μέλος υποδοχής που απαιτεί από τους πολίτες του αποδείξεις ήθους ή εντιμότητας για την είσοδο σε μία από τις δραστηριότητες που αναφέρονται στο πρώτο άρθρο, δέχεται ως επαρκή απόδειξη, προκει­μένου περί πολιτών των άλλων κρατών μελών, βεβαίωση