1792-(160)

II SÉRIE-A — NUMERO 62

Article IV.6

Without prejudice to the provisions of articles iv.l, iv.2, iv.3, iv.4 and iv.5, admission to a given higher education institution, or to a given programme within such an institution, may be restricted or selective. In cases in which admission to a higher education institution and/or programme is selective, admission procedures should be designed with a view to ensuring that the assessment of foreign qualifications is carried out according to the principles of fairness and non-discrimination described in section in.

Article IV.7

Without prejudice to the provisions of articles iv.l, iv.2, iv.3, iv.4 and iv.5, admission to a given higher education institution may be made conditional on demonstration by the applicant of sufficient competence in the language or languages of instruction of the institution concerned, or in other specified languages.

Article IV.8

In the Parties in which access to higher education may be obtained on the basis of non-traditional qualifications, similar qualifications obtained in other Parties shall be assessed in a similar manner as non-traditional qualifications earned in the Party in which recognition is sought.

Article IV.9

For the purpose of admission to programmes of higher education, each Party may make the recognition of qualifications issued by, foreign educational institutions operating in its territory contingent upon specific requirements of national legislation or specific agreements concluded with the Party of origin of such institutions.

SECTION V Recognition of periods of study

Article V.l

Each Party shall recognize periods of study completed within the framework of a higher education programme in another Party. This recognition shall comprise such periods of study towards the completion of a higther education programme in the Party in which recognition is sought, unless substantial differences can be shown between the periods of study completed in another Party

and the part of the higher education programme which they would replace in the Party in which recognition is sought.

Article V.2

Mteinauve.ty, \t shall be sufficient for a Party to enable a person who has completed a period of study within the framework of a higher education programme in another Party to obtain an assessment of that period of study, upon request by the person concerned, and the provisions of article v.l shall apply mutatis mutandis to such a case.

Article V.3

In particular, each Party shall facilitate recognition of periods of study when:

a) There has been a previous agreement between, on the one hand, the higher education institution or the competent authority responsible

for the relevant period of study and, on the other

hand, the higher education institution or the competent recognition authority responsible for the recognition that is sought; and

b) The higher education institution in which the period of study has been completed has issued a certificate or transcript of academic records attesting that the student has successfully completed the stipulated requirements for the said period of study.

SECTION VI Recognition of higher education qualifications

Article VI. 1

To the extent that a recognition decision is based on the knowledge and skills certified by the higher education qualification, each Party shall recognize the higher education qualifications conferred in another Party, unless a substantial difference can be shown between the qualification for which recognition is sought and the corresponding qualification in the Party in which recognition is sought.

Article VI.2

Alternatively, it shall be sufficient for a Party to enable the holder of a higher education qualification issued in one of the other Parties to obtain an assessment of that qualification, upon request by the holder, and the provisions of article vi.l shall apply mutatis mutandis to such a case.

Article V1.3

Recognition in a Party of a higher education qualification issued in another Party shall have one or both of the following consequences:

a) Access to further higher education studies, including relevant examinations, and/or to preparations for the doctorate, on the same conditions as those applicable to holders of qualifications of the Party in which recognition is sought;

b) The use of an academic title, subject to the laws and regulations of the Party or a jurisdiction thereof, in which recognition is sought.

In addition, recognition may facilitate access to the labour market subject to laws and regulations of the Party, or a jurisdiction thereof, in which recognition is sought.