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ORGANIZATIONS/C/N/105
28 July 1999
(99-3188)
Council for Trade in Services Original:  Spanish
NOTIFICATION PURSUANT TO ARTICLE VII:4 OF THE
GENERAL AGREEMENT ON TRADE IN SERVICES
The following notification has been received from the delegation of Guatemala.
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1. Member notifying:
Ministry of the Economy of Guatemala.
2. Notification under Article:
Article VII, paragraph 4, of the General Agreement on Trade in Services.
3. Date of entry into force:
- Agreement on the Exercise of Professions, signed in Mexico on 28 January 1902 and
published in the Official Journal of 23 January 1903.  This Agreement has been
ratified by the following countries:  Bolivia, Chile, Costa Rica, El Salvador,Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Peru.
- Agreement on Cultural Exchange between the Republic of Guatemala and Venezuela,
signed in Guatemala City on 19 November 1969 and published in the Official Journal
of 5 April 1973.
- Agreement on the Exercise of Academic Professions and Recognition of University
Studies, signed in El Salvador on 22 June  1962 and published in the Official Journal
of 7 July 1964.  This Agreement has been ratified by the following countries:
Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua.
4. Agency responsible for the implementa tion and enforcement of the measure:
San Carlos University in Guatemala has the right to confirm and accredit professional
diplomas granted abroad, without prejudice to the provisions contained in international agreements.
5. Description of the measure:
If the foreign diploma has been granted in a country signatory to an international bilateral or
multilateral instrument to which Guatemala is also a State party, the diploma will be recognized in
Guatemala.  This recognition is founded on the reciprocal trust among the States parties, which is
based on the nature and type of educational institutions in the countries concerned, as well as the
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6. Members affected:
The States parties to the Agreements referred to under section 3:  Bolivia, Chile, Costa Rica,
El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Peru and Venezuela.
7. The texts are available from:
Directorate of International Trade Negotiations
Ministry of the Economy
8a Av. 10-43 Zona 1
Guatemala C.A.
Telephone:  (502) 221 49 83
Fax: (502) 238 33 31 ext. 3375
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