WORLD TRADE S/C/N/13
27February 1996
ORGANIZATION(96-0725)
Original: Spanish Council forTrade inServices
NOTIFICATION PURSUANT TOARTICLE VII.4 OFTHE
GENERAL AGREEMENT ONTRADE INSERVICES
Thefollowing notification hasbeenreceived from thedelegation ofArgentina.
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1. Member notifying:
Argentina.
2. Notification under:
Article VII,paragraph 4oftheGeneral Agreement onTrade inServices (recognition of
diplomas).
3. Date ofentry intoforce/duration:
- Convenio deMontevideo (Montevideo Agreement), signed byArgentina, Bolivia,
Colombia andEcuador, 1889. LawNo.3102;
- Convenio deIntercambio Cultural entrelaArgentina yBrasil (Agreement onCultural
Exchanges between Argentina andBrazil), LawNo.17.980 of13December 1968,
Article VII;
- Convenio deReconocimiento Mutuo deCertificados, Títulos yGrados Académicos de
Educación Primaria, Media ySuperior (Agreement ontheMutual Recognition of
Certificates, Diplomas andAcademic Degrees ofPrimary, Secondary andHigher
Education), withColombia, LawNo.24.324 of11May1994. Itwillbeimplemented
onlywhen theTechnical Bilateral Committee hasdrawn upatable ofequivalences
andaccreditations; meanwhile theMontevideo Treaty of1889willcontinue toapply
(Ministerial Resolution No.383of6September 1995);
- Convenio deCooperación Cultural conEspaña (Agreement onCultural Cooperation
withSpain), 4August 1971, Article 2ofLawNo.19.162;
- Convenio deMontevideo (Montevideo Agreement) withParaguay, 1939, ratified by
Decree LawNo.486/63 andtheunrepealed provisions ofDecree No.19.256/53;
Ministerial Resolution No.3230 of7December 1994;
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- Convenio deAmistad Argentino-Peruano (Friendship Agreement between Argentina
andPeru), adopted byLaw No.15894 andregulated byDecree No.1087/73
("Recognition ofdiplomas granted byPeruvian universities, which donotrequire
revalidation");
- Establishment ofdiploma equivalences withtheHoly See. Decree No.1296/93;
Ministerial Resolution No.957/94;
- Convenio deMontevideo (Montevideo Agreement) withUruguay, 1939, Decree Law
No.468;
- Acuerdo deCooperación Cultural conVenezuela (Agreement onCulture Cooperation
withVenezuela), 29December 1984, LawNo.23.315.
4. Agency responsible forimplementation andenforcement ofthemeasures:
Ministry ofCulture andEducation
Department ofUniversity Policy
Division ofUniversity Coordination
Pizzurno 935piso2,Oficina 222
1020 Buenos Aires
Telephone: (+541) 8131725
(+541) 8136161
Fax: (+541) 8124809
5. Description ofthemeasures
Recognition ofqualifications ordiplomas issued bythecompetent authorities oftherespective
countries forcarrying outprofessional activities intheRepublic ofArgentina.
6. Members specifically affected:
Bolivia, Brazil, Colombia, Ecuador, Holy See,Italy, Paraguay, Peru, Spain, Uruguay,
Venezuela.
7. Thefulltexts ofthetreaties areavailable from:
WTO Secretariat (legislative textsinSpanish).