WORLD TRADE S/C/N/47
29April 1997
ORGANIZATION(97-1843)
Original: Spanish Council forTrade inServices
NOTIFICATION PURSUANT TOARTICLE VII.4 OFTHE
GENERAL AGREEMENT ONTRADE INSERVICES
Thefollowing notification hasbeenreceived from thedelegation ofVenezuela.
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BILATERAL MUTUAL RECOGNITION AGREEMENTS
1. Member notifying:
Venezuela
2. Notification under:
ArticleVII,paragraph4oftheGeneralAgreementonTradeinServices(recognitionofdiplomas)
3. Date ofentry intoforce:
Seereply toQuestion 5
4. Agency responsible forimplementation andenforcement ofthemeasures:
Ministry ofEducation
5. Description ofthemeasures:
Theparties shallendeavour toprovide fortheratification ofcomplete orpartial studies, at
whatever level, provided theyhavebeenconducted inaccordance withthelegalrequirements ofeach
country.
Thedulyauthenticated diplomas shall bemutually recognized asvalid forenrolment in
specialization orfurther-study courses orestablishments, provided thelegalrequirements inforce in
bothcountries havebeenmet.
(a) Lawapproving theConvention onCultural Exchange between Venezuela andPanama
(9November 1967);
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(b) Lawapproving theConvention onCultural Exchange between Venezuela andthe
Dominican Republic (7February 1969);
(c) Convention onCultural Exchange between Venezuela andHonduras (1969);
(d) Convention onCultural Exchange between Venezuela and Guatemala
(19November 1969);
(e) Cultural Convention between theGovernment ofVenezuela andtheGovernment of
Jamaica (28March 1973);
(f) Convention onCultural andEducational Exchange between theGovernment of
Venezuela andtheGovernment ofMexico (22March 1975);
(g) Basic Convention onCultural Exchange between theGovernment ofVenezuela and
theGovernment ofPortugal (29May1978);
(h) Cultural Agreement between theGovernment ofVenezuela andtheGovernment of
Brazil (7November 1979);
(i) Convention onCultural Exchange between theGovernment ofVenezuela andthe
Government ofTrinidad andTobago (29September 1990).
6. Members specifically affected:
Panama, Dominican Republic, Honduras, Guatemala, Jamaica, Mexico, Portugal, Brazil, and
Trinidad andTobago.
7. Thetexts areavailable from:
Ministerio deIndustria yComercio
Dirección deRelaciones Comerciales Internacionales
Dirección paraAsuntos delaOMC
División sobre Comercio deServicios
Av.Libertados Centro Comercial LosCedros
Piso5
Caracas
Venezuela
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