RESTRICTED
WORLD TRADE S/C/N/18
27June1996
ORGANIZATION
(96-2453)
Original: English Council forTrade inServices
NOTIFICATION PURSUANT TOARTICLE VII.4 OFTHE
GENERAL AGREEMENT ONTRADE INSERVICES
Thefollowing notification hasbeenreceived from thegovernment ofBrazil.
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1. Member notifying:
Brazil
2. Notification under:
Article VII.4 oftheGeneral Agreement onTrade inServices (recognition ofdiplomas).
InBrazil, therecognition ofstudies, titles, certificates anddiplomas issued byschools ofother
countries isruled byResolution No.4,of7July1980, oftheFederal Education Council -inthecase
ofdiplomas corresponding toeducation uptohighschool -andbyResolution No.3,of10July1980,
fromthesame council, inthecaseofrevalidation oftitlesandstudies related touniversity graduation
andpost-graduation courses.
3. Date ofentry intoforce:
- Agreement onCultural andScientific Cooperation between Brazil andAngola.
Signature: 11June1980
- Agreement onCultural Cooperation between Brazil andCape Vert.
Signature: 7February 1979
- Agreement onCultural andScientific Cooperation between Brazil andChile.
Entry intoforce: 14December 1978
- Agreement onCultural andEducational Cooperation between Brazil andChina.
Published intheDiário Oficial (Official Journal) of22April 1988
- Agreement onCultural Exchange between Brazil andColombia.
Signature: 20April 1963
Published intheDiário Oficial (Official Journal) of13September 1974S/C/N/18
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- Agreement onCultural, Educational, Scientific andTechnical Cooperation between
Brazil andCongo.
Signature: 7June1982
- Agreement onCultural Exchange between Brazil andCosta Rica.
Signature: 19November 1964
Published intheDiário Oficial (Official Journal) of26October 1966
- Agreement onCultural andEducational Cooperation between Brazil andEcuador.
Signature: 26October 1989
Published intheDiário Oficial (Official Journal) of13September 1995
- Cultural Agreement between Brazil andFrance.
Signature: 6December 1948.
Published intheDiário Oficial (Official Journal) of11October 1950
- Agreement onCultural Exchange between Brazil andGuatemala.
Signature: 26March 1969
- Agreement onCultural Exchange between Brazil andHaiti.
Signature: 10April 1984
- Cultural Agreement between Brazil andMorocco.
Signature: 10April 1984
- Cultural Agreement between Brazil andPanama.
Signature: 6March 1944
Published intheDiário Oficial (Official Journal) of15May1947
- Agreement onCultural Exchange between Brazil andPeru.
Signature: 14July1973
- Cultural Agreement between Brazil andPortugal.
Signature: 7September 1968
Published intheDiário Oficial (Official Journal) of7May1969
- Cultural Agreement between Brazil andSuriname.
Signature: 22July1976
Published intheDiário Oficial (Official Journal) of18October 1977
- Cultural Agreement between Brazil andTrinidad Tobago.
Signature: 9November 1971
- Agreement onCultural andEducational Cooperation between Brazil andTurkey.
Signature: 10April 1995
- Cultural Agreement between Brazil andVenezuela.
Signature: 7November 1979S/C/N/18
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Atlast,itisworth mentioning thatthere havebeensigned twoagreements about recognition
within MERCOSUR countries:
- Protocol onEducational Integration, Revalidation ofdiploma, certificates, titlesand
Recognition ofstudies ofmedium technical level.
Signature: 28July1995
- Protocol onEducational Integration forUniversity Post-Graduation Studies.
Signature: 30November 1995
4. Agency responsible forenforcement ofthemeasure:
According tothepertinent Brazilian legislation, andbecause oftheuniversity autonomy
guaranteed byArticle 207oftheFederal Constitution, therevalidation ofdiplomas orcertificates of
higher education shallbesolicited bytheinterested party toanyBrazilian higher education institution
dullyrecognized byMinistry ofEducation which teaches similar orlikecourses. Therecognition process
isdonedirectly bytheinstitution identified bytheinterested party, bymeans ofarequest thatshall
include acopyofthediploma andanofficial document oftheforeign university withdataabout the
course. Such documents must beauthenticated byaBrazilian consular authority andsubmitted with
anofficial translation. Theprocess isthenanalyzed byacommission ofspecialists from thehigher
education institution chosen, which willdecide onrecognition ornotofthesubmitted diploma.
5. Description ofmeasures:
Although therecognition process offoreign diplomas referred toinsection 2above isfacilitated
bycultural andeducational agreements withother countries (section 3),itisnecessary tohighlight
thatsuchagreements donotimply thedispensing oftherecognition process referred toinsection 4
above ortheautomatic recognition ofdiplomas.
6. Members specifically affected:
Thesignatorycountriesmentionedinsection3are:Angola,CapeVert,Chile,People'sRepublic
ofChina, Colombia, People 'sRepublic ofCongo, Costa Rica, Ecuador, France, Guatemala, Haiti,
Morocco, Panama, Peru, Portugal, Suriname, Trinidad andTobago, Turkey, Venezuela, aswellas
MERCOSUR countries (Argentina, Paraguay andUruguay).
7. Texts available from:
Ministry ofExternal Relations ofBrazil
Division ofTransport, Communications andServices
Anexo I,Sala507
Ministério dasRelaçõesExteriores
Bloco H-Esplanada dosMinistérios
Brasília -DF
Brazil