WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONS/C/N/102
2 June 1999
(99-2227)
Council for Trade in Services Original:  English
NOTIFICATION PURSUANT TO ARTICLE VII:4 OF THE
GENERAL AGREEMENT ON TRADE IN SERVICES
The attached notification has been submitted to the Council for Trade in Services by Australia
pursuant to its obligations under paragraph 4 of Article VII of the GATS.
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1. Member notifying:
Australia
2. Notification under:
Article VII, paragraph 4 of the General Agreement on Trade in Services
3. Date of entry into force:
Various
Duration
Indefinite
4. Agency responsible for implementati on and enforcement of the measure:
Engineers Institution, Australia
5. Description of the measures:
The EIA has mutual exemption agreements with several professional engineering associations
overseas.  Under these agreements, members of the counterpart association will be accordedChartered Membership of the other, or equivalent, on receipt of a duly completed and
acceptable application.  Members of the EIA recei ve an equivalent level of treatment from
participating institutions.
Under the Washington Accord, institutions wh ich are members agree to recognise the
substantial equivalence or comparability of accreditation processes used by other
institutions in relation to engineering qualifications.
6. Members specifically affected:
NoneS/C/N/102
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7. Text available from:
Engineers Institution of Australia
11 National Circuit
BARTON  ACT  2600
AustraliaS/C/N/102
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ANNEX
Mutual Exemption Agreements administered by  the Engineers Institution, Australia
COUNTRY INSTITUTION TYPE OF AGREEMENT
AUSTRALIA,
UNITED KINGDOM, USAEngineers Institution,
Australia, The Institution of
Electrical Engineers, The
Institution of Electrical and
Electronic Engineers, IncMemorandum of
Understanding on Joint
Membership
CHINA China Association for Science
and TechnologyMemorandum of
Understanding on Mutual
Cooperation
HONG KONG, CHINA Hong Kong Institution of
EngineersAgreement to Facilitate
Reciprocity of CorporateMembership
IRELAND The Institution of Engineers of
IrelandAgreement to Facilitate
Reciprocity of Corporate
Membership
NEW ZEALAND The Institution of Professional
Engineers New ZealandAgreement to Facilitate
Reciprocity of Corporate
Membership
PHILIPPINES The Philippine Technological
CouncilMemorandum of
Understanding on
Development of Requirements
for Mutual Recognition
SINGAPORE The Singapore Institute of
Engineering TechnologistsAgreement on Mutual
Exemption
UNITED KINGDOM The Institution of Electrical
EngineersAgreement to Facilitate
Reciprocity of CharteredMembership
UNITED KINGDOM The Institution of Mechanical
EngineersMutual Recognition
Agreement
UNITED KINGDOM The Chartered Institution of
Building Services EngineersAgreement on Mutual
Recognition and Dual
Membership and Closer
Cooperation
USA The American Society of Civil
EngineersAgreement to Facilitate
Reciprocal and Dual
Membership
VIETNAM Vietnam Union of Science and
Technological AssociationsMemorandum of
Understanding on the
Development of Requirements
for Mutual Recognition
MALAYSIA Institution of Engineers,
MalaysiaAgreement on Mutual
Exemption for Corporate
MembershipS/C/N/102
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COUNTRY INSTITUTION TYPE OF AGREEMENT
WASHINGTON ACCORD
(Australia/Canada/Hong
Kong/Ireland/New Zealand/
South Africa/United
Kingdom/USAThe Engineers Institution
Australia/ The Canadian
Engineering Accreditation
Board of the Canadian
Council of ProfessionalEngineers/The Institution of
Engineers Hong Kong/The
Institution of Engineers
Ireland/The Institution of
Professional Engineers New
Zealand/The South African
Council of Engineering/TheEngineering Council (United
Kingdom with certain
Chartered engineering
Institutions)/The Engineering
Accreditation Commission ofthe Accreditation Board for
Engineering and Technology,
IncRecognition of equivalency of
engineering education courses
programs leading to the
"Accredited Engineering
Degree"
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