RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE S/C/N/8
22December 1995
ORGANIZATION(95-4132)
Original: Spanish Council forTrade inServices
NOTIFICATION PURSUANT TOARTICLE VII:4 OFTHE
GENERAL AGREEMENT ONTRADE INSERVICES
Thefollowing notification hasbeenreceived from thedelegation ofChile.
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1. Member notifying: Chile
2. Notification under Article VII,paragraph 4,oftheGeneral Agreement onTrade inServices
(recognition ofdiplomas).
3. Date ofentry intoforce/duration:
- "Convención sobre Ejercicio deProfesiones Liberales" (Agreement ontheExercise
ofProfessions), signed byChile andUruguay in1916 andpublished intheDiario
Oficial (Official Journal) of4December 1918.
- "Convenio sobre Mutuo Reconocimiento deExámenes yTítulos Profesionales entre
Chile yEcuador" (Agreement onMutual Recognition ofExaminations andDiplomas
between Chile andEcuador) of1917, published intheDiario Oficial (Official Journal)
of16July1937; complemented byexchanges ofnotes on6and18May 1987,
published intheDiario Oficial (Official Journal) on17August 1988.
- "Convención sobre Ejercicio deProfesiones Liberales" (Agreement ontheExercise
ofProfessions), signed between Colombia andChile in1921andpublished intheDiario
Oficial (Official Journal) of11July1922.
- "Convenio Cultural entre Chile yEspaña" (Cultural Agreement between Chile and
Spain) of1967, published intheDiario Oficial (Official Journal) of19June1969.
- "Convenio deIntercambio Cultural entre elGobierno delaRepública deChile yel
Gobierno delaRepública delPerú" (Agreement onCultural Exchange between the
Government oftheRepublic ofChile andtheGovernment oftheRepublic ofPeru)
of1978 published intheDiario Oficial (Official Journal) of30September 1978.
- "Convenio deCooperación Cultural yCientífica entre elGobierno delaRepública
deChile yelGobierno delaRepública Federativa deBrasil" (Agreement onCultural
andScientific Cooperation between theGovernment oftheRepublic ofChile andthe
Government oftheFederative Republic ofBrazil) of1976, published intheDiario
Oficial (Official Journal) of1February 1979.
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- "Convención deMéxico sobre ejercicio deprofesiones liberales" (Mexico Agreement
ontheExercise ofProfessions), signed inMexico on28January 1902 andpublished
intheDiario Oficial (Official Journal) of2July1909. ThisAgreement hasbeenratified
bythefollowing countries: Costa Rica, Peru, Bolivia, Honduras, Nicaragua, Chile,
ElSalvador andGuatemala.
4. Agencies responsible forimplementation andenforcement ofthemeasures:
TheUniversity ofChile hastheexclusive righttorecognize, confirm andaccredit professional
diplomas granted abroad, without prejudice totheprovisions contained ininternational agreements
(Decree withForce ofLawbytheMinistry ofEducation No.153/81, Article 3).Since 1April 1994,
thenational authority responsible forrecognizing foreign professional diplomas subject tointernational
agreements hasbeentheChief oftheHigher Education Division oftheMinistry ofEducation.
5. Description ofthemeasures:
Iftheforeign diploma hasbeengranted inacountry signatory toaninternational bilateral or
multilateral instrument towhich Chile isalsoaState party thediploma willberecognized inChile.
Thisrecognition isfounded onthereciprocal trustamong theStates Parties, which isbased onthe
nature andtypeofeducational institutions inthecountries concerned, aswellastheequivalence and
similarity ofstudy programmes andplans.
6. Members specifically affected:
TheStates parties totheAgreements referred tounder Section 3:Uruguay, Ecuador, Colombia,
Spain, Brazil, Peru, Bolivia, Costa Rica, Honduras, Nicaragua, ElSalvador andGuatemala.
7. Thefulltexts ofthetreaties areavailable from:
- Ministry ofForeign Affairs, Directorate ofLegal Affairs (address: Morandé 441,Santiago,
Chile); and
- Ministry ofEducation (address: Av.Libertador Bernardo O'Higgins 1371, Santiago, Chile).