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title: "<Статус Конвенции о признании учебных курсов, дипломов о высшем образовании и ученых степеней в государствах региона Европы (Париж, 21 декабря 1979 года)> [рус., англ.]"
status: действует
canonical: "https://bukva.ai/docs/status-konventsii-o-priznanii-uchebnyh-kursov"
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## <Статус Конвенции о признании учебных курсов, дипломов о высшем образовании и ученых степеней в государствах региона Европы (Париж, 21 декабря 1979 года)> [рус., англ.]

# <Статус Конвенции о признании учебных курсов, дипломов о высшем образовании и ученых степеней в государствах региона Европы (Париж, 21 декабря 1979 года)> [рус., англ.]


<a id="p100001"></a>[неофициальный перевод]

<a id="p100002"></a>СТАТУС [КОНВЕНЦИИ](https://bukva.ai/docs/konventsiya-o-priznanii-uchebnyh-kursov/statya-1)
О ПРИЗНАНИИ УЧЕБНЫХ КУРСОВ, ДИПЛОМОВ О ВЫСШЕМ ОБРАЗОВАНИИ
И УЧЕНЫХ СТЕПЕНЕЙ В ГОСУДАРСТВАХ РЕГИОНА ЕВРОПЫ
(ПАРИЖ, 21 ДЕКАБРЯ 1979 ГОДА) [<1>](#p100011)

<a id="p100003"></a>(последние изменения произошли 22 июля 2009 года)

<a id="p100004"></a>Вступление в силу: 19.02.1982


| <a id="p100005"></a>Государства | Группа | Дата сдачи на хранение | Форма выражения согласия |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Австралия | IV | 06.08.1986 | Присоединение |
| Австрия | I | 25.03.1986 | Ратификация |
| Азербайджан | II | 29.11.1994 | Присоединение |
| Армения | II | 05.09.1993 | Уведомление о правопреемстве |
| Беларусь | II | 03.03.1982 | Ратификация |
| Бельгия | I | 22.07.2009 | Ратификация |
| Болгария | II | 22.04.1981 | Ратификация |
| Босния и Герцеговина | II | 12.07.1993 | Уведомление о правопреемстве |
| Венгрия | II | 14.09.1982 | Ратификация |
| Германия | I | 08.12.1994 | Ратификация |
| Грузия | II | 04.11.1992 | Уведомление о правопреемстве |
| Дания | I | 09.12.1982 | Ратификация |
| Израиль | I | 13.08.1981 | Ратификация |
| Испания | I | 31.08.1982 | Ратификация |
| Италия | I | 20.01.1983 | Ратификация |
| Казахстан | IV | 14.03.1997 | Уведомление о правопреемстве |
| Канада | I | 06.03.1990 | Ратификация |
| Кипр | I | 19.03.1985 | Ратификация |
| Кыргызстан | IV | 07.11.1995 | Уведомление о правопреемстве |
| Литва | II | 16.11.1994 | Присоединение |
| Лихтенштейн | ~ | 22.06.1994 | Присоединение |
| Мальта | I | 24.03.1983 | Ратификация |
| Нидерланды (Королевство) | I | 15.06.1982 | Ратификация |
| Норвегия | I | 02.06.1988 | Ратификация |
| Польша | II | 28.10.1982 | Ратификация |
| Португалия | I | 29.08.1984 | Ратификация |
| <a id="p100006"></a>Российская Федерация | II | 26.01.1982 | Ратификация |
| Румыния | II | 12.06.1990 | Ратификация |
| Сан-Марино | I | 15.04.1983 | Ратификация |
| Святейший Престол | ~ | 10.06.1982 | Ратификация |
| Северная Македония | II | 30.04.1997 | Уведомление о правопреемстве |
| Сербия | II | 11.09.2001 | Уведомление о правопреемстве |
| Словакия | II | 31.03.1993 | Уведомление о правопреемстве |
| Словения | II | 05.11.1992 | Уведомление о правопреемстве |
| Соединенное Королевство Великобритании и Северной Ирландии | I | 22.10.1985 | Ратификация |
| Таджикистан | II | 28.08.1992 | Уведомление о правопреемстве |
| Туркменистан | IV | 04.06.1996 | Уведомление о правопреемстве |
| Турция | I | 28.04.1988 | Ратификация |
| Украина | II | 16.03.1982 | Ратификация |
| Финляндия | I | 19.01.1982 | Ратификация |
| Франция | I | 28.07.1989 | Ратификация |
| Хорватия | II | 06.07.1992 | Уведомление о правопреемстве |
| Черногория | II | 26.04.2007 | Уведомление о правопреемстве |
| Чехия | II | 26.03.1993 | Уведомление о правопреемстве |
| Швейцария | I | 16.05.1991 | Ратификация |
| Швеция | I | 07.03.1984 | Ратификация |


<a id="p100059"></a>Конвенция была подписана следующими государствами:


| <a id="p100060"></a>Австрия | 21.08.1985 |
| --- | --- |
| Белорусская Советская Социалистическая Республика | 21.12.1979 |
| Бельгия | 21.12.1979 |
| Болгария | 21.12.1979 |
| Венгрия | 21.12.1979 |
| Германия (Федеративная Республика) | 21.12.1979 |
| Германская Демократическая Республика | 21.12.1979 |
| Греция | 21.12.1979 |
| Дания | 21.12.1979 |
| Израиль | 21.12.1979 |
| Испания | 21.12.1979 |
| Италия | 10.06.1980 |
| Кипр | 19.03.1985 |
| Люксембург | 21.12.1979 |
| Мальта | 24.03.1983 |
| Нидерланды | 24.11.1981 |
| Норвегия | 21.12.1979 |
| Польша | 21.12.1979 |
| Португалия | 21.12.1979 |
| Румыния | 21.12.1979 |
| Сан-Марино | 21.12.1979 |
| Святейший Престол | 21.12.1979 |
| Соединенное Королевство | 21.12.1979 |
| Соединенные Штаты Америки | 21.12.1979 |
| Союз Советских Социалистических Республик | 21.12.1979 |
| Турция | 21.12.1979 |
| Украинская Советская Социалистическая Республика | 21.12.1979 |
| Финляндия | 21.12.1979 |
| Франция | 21.12.1979 |
| Чехословакия | 06.05.1988 |
| Швейцария | 16.05.1991 |
| Швеция | 21.12.1979 |
| Югославия | 21.12.1979 |







## <a id="p100007"></a>CONVENTION ON THE RECOGNITION OF STUDIES, DIPLOMAS AND DEGREES CONCERNING HIGHER EDUCATION IN THE STATES BELONGING TO THE EUROPE REGION

Paris, 21 December 1979 <1>

<a id="p100008"></a>Entry into force: 19 February 1982, in accordance with Article 18


| <a id="p100009"></a>States | Group | Date of deposit of instrument | Type of instrument |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Armenia | II | 05.09.1993 | Notification of succession |
| Australia | IV | 06.08.1986 | Accession |
| Austria | I | 25.03.1986 | Ratification |
| Azerbaijan | II | 29.11.1994 | Accession |
| Belarus | II | 03.03.1982 | Ratification |
| Belgium | I | 22.07.2009 | Ratification |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | II | 12.07.1993 | Notification of succession |
| Bulgaria | II | 22.04.1981 | Ratification |
| Canada | I | 06.03.1990 | Ratification |
| Croatia | II | 06.07.1992 | Notification of succession |
| Cyprus | I | 19.03.1985 | Ratification |
| Czechia | II | 26.03.1993 | Notification of succession |
| Denmark | I | 09.12.1982 | Ratification |
| Finland | I | 19.01.1982 | Ratification |
| France | I | 28.07.1989 | Ratification |
| Georgia | II | 04.11.1992 | Notification of succession |
| Germany | I | 08.12.1994 | Ratification |
| Holy See | ~ | 10.06.1982 | Ratification |
| Hungary | II | 14.09.1982 | Ratification |
| Israel | I | 13.08.1981 | Ratification |
| Italy | I | 20.01.1983 | Ratification |
| Kazakhstan | IV | 14.03.1997 | Notification of succession |
| Kyrgyzstan | IV | 07.11.1995 | Notification of succession |
| Liechtenstein | ~ | 22.06.1994 | Accession |
| Lithuania | II | 16.11.1994 | Accession |
| Malta | I | 24.03.1983 | Ratification |
| Montenegro | II | 26.04.2007 | Notification of succession |
| Netherland (Kingdom of the)s | I | 15.06.1982 | Ratification |
| North Macedonia | II | 30.04.1997 | Notification of succession |
| Norway | I | 02.06.1988 | Ratification |
| Poland | II | 28.10.1982 | Ratification |
| Portugal | I | 29.08.1984 | Ratification |
| Romania | II | 12.06.1990 | Ratification |
| Russian Federation | II | 26.01.1982 | Ratification |
| San Marino | I | 15.04.1983 | Ratification |
| Serbia | II | 11.09.2001 | Notification of succession |
| Slovakia | II | 31.03.1993 | Notification of succession |
| Slovenia | II | 05.11.1992 | Notification of succession |
| Spain | I | 31.08.1982 | Ratification |
| Sweden | I | 07.03.1984 | Ratification |
| Switzerland | I | 16.05.1991 | Ratification |
| Tajikistan | II | 28.08.1992 | Notification of succession |
| Turkey | I | 28.04.1988 | Ratification |
| Turkmenistan | IV | 04.06.1996 | Notification of succession |
| Ukraine | II | 16.03.1982 | Ratification |
| United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | I | 22.10.1985 | Ratification |



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<a id="p100011"></a><1> This Convention entered into force on 19 February 1982. It subsequently entered into force for each State one month after the date of deposit of that State's instrument, except in cases of notifications of succession, where the entry into force occurred on the date on which the State assumed responsibility for conducting its international relations.


### <a id="p100061"></a>Opened for Signature


<a id="p100062"></a>21 December 1979, without time-limitation.
<a id="p100063"></a>The Convention was signed by the following States:


| <a id="p100064"></a>Austria | 21 August 1985 |
| --- | --- |
| Belgium | 21 December 1979 |
| Bulgaria | 21 December 1979 |
| Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic | 21 December 1979 |
| Cyprus | 19 March 1985 |
| Czechoslovakia | 6 May 1988 |
| Denmark | 21 December 1979 |
| Finland | 21 December 1979 |
| France | 21 December 1979 |
| German Democratic Republic | 21 December 1979 |
| Germany Federal Republic | 21 December 1979 |
| Greece | 21 December 1979 |
| Holy See | 21 December 1979 |
| Hungary | 21 December 1979 |
| Israel | 21 December 1979 |
| Italy | 10 June 1980 |
| Luxemburg | 21 December 1979 |
| Malta | 24 March 1983 |
| Netherlands | 24 November 1981 |
| Norway | 21 December 1979 |
| Poland | 21 December 1979 |
| Portugal | 21 December 1979 |
| Romania | 21 December 1979 |
| San Marino | 21 December 1979 |
| Spain | 21 December 1979 |
| Sweden | 21 December 1979 |
| Switzerland | 16 May 1991 |
| Turkey | 21 December 1979 |
| Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic | 21 December 1979 |
| Union of Soviet Socialist Republics | 21 December 1979 |
| United Kingdom | 21 December 1979 |
| United States of America | 21 December 1979 |
| Yugoslavia | 21 December 1979 |



### <a id="p100012"></a>Declarations and Reservations


<a id="p100013"></a>Austria [at time of ratification]
<a id="p100014"></a>"The Republic of Austria will recognize the certificates, studies, diplomas and degrees, covered by this Convention, provided that the level and content of the foreign education courses and examinations correspond to the level of comparable Austrian courses and examinations.
<a id="p100015"></a>When implementing this Convention, the Republic of Austria will recognize only those educational and higher educational institutions that correspond to equivalent Austrian institutions." (see letter LA/Depositary/1990/01 of 27 March 1990).

<a id="p100016"></a>Australia [at time of accession]
<a id="p100017"></a>"In handing over Australia's instrument of accession to the Convention on the Recognition of Studies, Diplomas and Degrees concerning Higher Education in the States belonging to the Europe Region, done at Paris on 21 December 1979, I have been instructed to present the following statement:
<a id="p100018"></a>Australia has a federal constitutional system in which legislative, executive and judicial powers are shared or distributed between the Commonwealth of Australia and the constituent States.
<a id="p100019"></a>The implementation of the treaty throughout Australia will be effected by the Commonwealth, State and Territory authorities having regard to their respective constitutional powers and arrangements concerning their exercise.
<a id="p100020"></a>In addition, at present in Australia each higher education institution has responsibility for determining what qualifications it will accept for admission to various levels of study. Registration boards and professional associations have responsibility for determining the recognition to be given to qualifications whether obtained in Australia or overseas, for the purpose of registration or permission to practise a profession in Australia. The Commonwealth authorities will transmit the text of the Convention to these educational institutions, in accordance with Article 6 of the Convention, and also to the relevant boards and associations.
<a id="p100021"></a>You will understand that this statement is not a reservation." (see letter LA/Depositary/1986/22 of 6 October 1986).

<a id="p100022"></a>Canada [at the time of ratification]
<a id="p100023"></a>"Canada's Constitution provides for a federal system in which legislative powers are allocated between the federal parliament and the provincial legislatures.
<a id="p100024"></a>In accordance with its exclusive legislative powers in education under the Canadian Constitution, each province will assure the application of the Convention within its territory. Pursuant to Part IV of the Convention, federal and provincial authorities will jointly establish a commission to act as a national body.
<a id="p100025"></a>Each post-secondary institution in Canada has responsibility for determining what qualifications it will accept for admission to various levels of study. Most professions are self-governing and have authority conferred on them by legislation to determine the recognition to be given to qualifications, whether obtained in Canada or in other countries, for the purpose of registration or permission to practice a profession in Canada. This declaration is not a reservation." (see letter LA/Depositary/1990/04 of 18 May 1990).

<a id="p100026"></a>The Federal Republic of Germany [at the time of signature]
<a id="p100027"></a>The Federal Republic of Germany welcomes the objectives of the aforementioned Convention, namely the promotion of mobility of persons and the exchange of ideas, knowledge and scientific and technological experience.
<a id="p100028"></a>For the purpose of Article 1 of the Convention, it regards credits, certificates, studies, diplomas and degrees as comparable if and in so far as the foreign courses concerned produce a level of education or end with a final examination equivalent to that of corresponding German courses.
<a id="p100029"></a>"The same applies to Articles 3 and 4 of the Convention."
<a id="p100030"></a>When depositing the instrument, Germany made the following reservations (original German; English translation from the French translation provided by Germany):
<a id="p100031"></a>"As regards the university sector:
<a id="p100032"></a>The Federal Republic of Germany shall recognize the equivalence of diplomas and degrees covered by this Convention only in so far as the requirements of the foreign examinations are equivalent to those of the examinations set in the Federal Republic of Germany.
<a id="p100033"></a>In applying this Convention, the Federal Republic of Germany shall recognize only end-of study diplomas awarded by those foreign higher education establishments that correspond to the higher education establishments coming within the field of application of the policy law governing higher education (Hochschulrahmengesetz). Responsibility for the application of the provisions of Articles 8 and 9 shall rest with the relevant authorities in the Federal Republic of Germany, in conformity with existing legislation.
<a id="p100034"></a>As regards Article 1, paragraph 1(b), of the Convention:
<a id="p100035"></a>Admission to a regulated profession and its exercise are subject to the rules and procedures in force in the national territory and to the other conditions laid down by the governmental and professional authorities responsible for the exercise of the professional activity in question.
<a id="p100036"></a>This condition shall also apply to admission to a vocational training course for the exercise of a regulated profession." (See LA/DEP/1994/25).

<a id="p100037"></a>German Democratic Republic [at the time of ratification on 26 August 1981]
<a id="p100038"></a>"The German Democratic Republic considers that the provisions of Article 16 of the above-mentioned Convention contradict the principles of the Charter of the United Nations, has the right to become a party to any conventions affecting the interests of all States." (see LA/Depositary/1981/28]

<a id="p100039"></a>Greece [at the time of signature]
<a id="p100040"></a>(Translation) "Greece supports the objectives set forth in the Convention, but would be able to accept certain of its provisions only with the following reservations:
<a id="p100041"></a>in respect of Article 2, paragraph 3, it considers that arrangements between universities and other higher educational institutions can be made only through the bilateral, subregional, regional or other agreements referred to at the beginning of the said paragraph 3;
<a id="p100042"></a>(b) in respect of the recognition of a certificate, diploma or degree in higher education for the purpose of practising a profession, as provided for in Article 5 of the Convention, such recognition (having regard also to the provisions of Article 1, paragraph 1(c) of the Convention), shall not entitle the holder to more rights, with regard to the profession he intends to practise in Greece, than he would enjoy in practising the same profession in the country in which the certificate, diploma or degree was awarded;
<a id="p100043"></a>(c) in respect of Article 14 of the Convention, the application of the Convention to studies pursued at, and to certificates, diplomas and degrees obtained from, any institution of higher education under the authority of a Contracting State, even when this institution is situated outside its territory, will, in the case of Greece, be subject to the proviso not only that the competent authorities in the Contracting State in which the institution is situated have no objections, but also that the competent Greek authorities have no objections."

<a id="p100044"></a>United Kingdom [at the time of signature]
<a id="p100045"></a>"The United Kingdom makes a reservation in respect of Article 7, paragraph 1, to the effect that the academic awards concerned will be taken to cover those of recognized institutions in the United Kingdom. (For many of these, including the universities, there are no "competent approving authorities". Such institutions exercise their academic autonomy with regard to the award of degrees, diplomas and certificates with the assistance of external examiners)."

<a id="p100046"></a>United Kingdom [at the time of ratification]
<a id="p100047"></a>"The United Kingdom Government declares that it ratifies the Convention on behalf of: The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Gibraltar, Hong Kong, Montserrat and undertake faithfully to perform and carry out all the stipulations therein contained subject to the reservation that Article 7.1 will be taken to apply to all certificates, diplomas and degrees which are related to a course of study provided by a recognized institution. (For many institutions, including the Universities, there are no competent approving authorities", the institutions exercising academic autonomy with the assistance of external examiners. In the case of other institutions, the award is made by a separate validating body.)" (See letter LA/Depositary/1985/34 of 27 January 1986).

<a id="p100048"></a>United States of America [at the time of signature]
<a id="p100049"></a>"Based on its Constitution, federal system of government, and pluralistic system of education administered principally by competent authorities not under the control of the United States Government, the United States of America notes the following interpretation and understanding with respect to the Convention on the Recognition of Studies, Diplomas and Degrees concerning Higher Education in the States belonging to the Europe Region.
<a id="p100050"></a>"In regard to the phrase: "obligations of governments" contained in Articles 3, 4 and 5, the United States will, of course, carry out any commitments this Convention may impose on its Federal Government. However, it is the interpretation and understanding of the United States that in so far as the subject-matter of this Convention is not within the legal authority or competence of the United States Government, nothing in this Convention is intended to confer such legal authority or competence or derogate in any way from the exercise of such legal authority by the competent authorities in the United States. The term "competent authorities" is understood to apply exclusively to those governmental and non-governmental authorities currently exercising legal authority over the subject matter of this Convention. In regard to the phrase "within the framework of intergovernmental agreements in force" contained in Article 2.2, the United States considers this reference to be in no way limiting upon the freedom of individuals and institutions in the United States to engage in international co-operation now under way or which may be contemplated in the areas addressed by Article 2 outside of as well as within the framework of such agreements."

<a id="p100051"></a>Switzerland [at the time of signature and ratification]
<a id="p100052"></a>(Translation) "The Swiss Federal Council declares that the application of the Convention is subject to reservations in connection with the competence of the Cantons in educational matters as derived from the Federal Constitution and the autonomy of the universities." (see letter LA/Depositary/1991/41 of 8 August 1991).

<a id="p100053"></a>Territorial Application


| <a id="p100054"></a>Notification by | Date of receipt of notification | Extension to |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Netherlands | 16 January 1986 | Aruba (see note 1) |
| - | 11 May 2011 | In accordance with the terms of the notification of 8 October 2010, hereinafter the status report of the international agreements that apply to Curaçao , Sint Maarten and/or the Caribbean part of the Netherlands as a result of the modification of the internal constitutional relations within the Kingdom of the Netherlands: The Netherlands (European part) - application: yes; entry into force: 15 July 1982 / Caribbean part of the Netherlands (the islands of Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba) - application: yes; entry into force: 10 October 2010 (succession) / Aruba - application: yes; entry into force: 1 January 1986 (succession) / Curaçao - application: yes; entry into force: 10 October 2010 (succession)/Sint Maarten - application: yes; entry into force: 10 October 2010 (succession) |
| United Kingdom | 22 October 1985 | Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Gibraltar, Hong-Kong, Montserrat (see letter LA/Depositary/1985/34 of 27 January 1986) |



### <a id="p100055"></a>Notes


<a id="p100056"></a>(1) Notification of the Netherlands (16 January 1986, Letter LA/DEP/1986/5):
<a id="p100057"></a>"The island of Aruba, which is at present still part of the Netherlands Antilles, will obtain internal autonomy as a country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands as of 1 January 1986. Consequently the Kingdom will from then on no longer consist of two countries, namely the Netherlands (the Kingdom in Europe) and the Netherlands Antilles (situated in the Caribbean region), but will consist of three countries, namely the said two countries and the country Aruba. As the changes being made on 1 January 1986 concern a shift only in the internal constitutional relations within the Kingdom of the Netherlands, and as the Kingdom as such will remain the subject under international law with which treaties are concluded, the said changes will have no consequences in international law regarding to treaties concluded by the Kingdom which already apply to the Netherlands Antilles, including Aruba. These treaties will remain in force for Aruba in its new capacity of country within the Kingdom. Therefore these treaties will as of 1 January 1986, as concerns the Kingdom of the Netherlands, apply to the Netherlands Antilles (without Aruba) and Aruba. Consequently the treaties referred to in the Annex, to which the Kingdom of the Netherlands is a party and which apply to the Netherlands Antilles, will as of 1 January 1986 as concerns the Kingdom of the Netherlands apply to the Netherlands Antilles and Aruba."



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