Recognition of professional qualifications Clause Samples

Recognition of professional qualifications. A Minister may by regulations make such provision as the Minister considers appropriate-

Recognition of professional qualifications. 1. If access to or pursuit of a regulated profession in the host jurisdiction is contingent upon possession of specific professional qualifications, the relevant authority of the host jurisdiction shall permit access to, and pursuit of the profession to a professional who applies for recognition and who has comparable professional qualifications, unless a condition according to Article 2.4 (Conditions for Recognition) is met or a condition referred to in Article 2.6 (Other Conditions) is not met. 2. The Parties understand that the provisions of this Agreement only regulate issues relating to recognition of professional qualifications. Accordingly, the Parties agree that this Agreement: (a) does not confer any rights or obligations with respect to market access for services or service suppliers, or to natural persons seeking access to the employment market of the other Party; and (b) is without prejudice to any rights or obligations with respect to market access for services or service suppliers, or to natural persons seeking access to the employment market of the other Party. 3. Upon recognition, the host jurisdiction shall accord treatment no less favourable in respect of access to or pursuit of the regulated profession to that professional than that it accords, in like situations, to natural persons who have obtained their qualifications in the host jurisdiction.

Recognition of professional qualifications. The Chapter on Recognition of Professional Qualifications establishes a framework to facilitate a transparent and consistent regime for recognition by the Parties. This Chapter applies where the profession is regulated both in the home and host jurisdictions and equally where the profession is only regulated in the host jurisdiction. If access to or pursuit of a regulated profession in the host jurisdiction is contingent upon possession of specific professional qualifications, the relevant authority shall recognise the qualifications of a professional who applies for recognition in the host jurisdiction and possesses comparable qualifications for the same profession in the home jurisdiction. A relevant authority may only refuse to recognise qualifications for the same profession or require a professional to take an aptitude test where certain conditions are met. Furthermore, the Chapter lays down a procedure for the handling of applications for recognition of professional qualifications.

Recognition of professional qualifications. 1. If access to or pursuit of a regulated profession (4) in the jurisdiction of the other Party is contingent on possession of specific professional qualifications, that Party shall encourage, as appropriate, its relevant bodies to establish and operate systems for recognition of professional qualifications obtained in the other Party's jurisdiction. 2. Nothing in paragraph 1 shall prevent a Party, or a relevant body of a Party, from: (a) negotiating mutual recognition arrangements; or (b) requiring that natural persons meet additional conditions that apply to the practice of a particular profession in that Party. 3. Each Party shall encourage its relevant bodies to take into account, as appropriate, plurilateral or multilateral agreements that relate to professional services in the development of systems for the recognition of professional qualifications.

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Recognition of professional qualifications. In this area, the professions of interest to the Ministry of Culture are restorers and archaeologists. The Ministry of Culture is governed by Directive 2005/36/EC on the recognition of professional qualifications and Act No 74/2019 regulating certain relations in connection with the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union, which also covers the recognition of professional qualifications. Applicants from the UK will be subject to Act No 74/2019 on the regulation of certain relations in connection with the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union. Their applications will be assessed according to the specific situation that has arisen. After the UK leaves the EU, UK nationals may pursue heritage conservation professions (the restoration of cultural monuments or archaeological research) in accordance with the relevant provisions of the above-mentioned State Heritage Conservation Act. Bilateral cultural relations with the United Kingdom are contractually built around the Cultural Agreement between the Government of the Czech and Slovak Federative Republic and the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland on Cooperation in Education, Science and Culture (London, 3 April 1990), the Agreement on the Establishment and Operation of Cultural Centres (168/1992), and the Memorandum of Understanding and Cooperation in the Field of Culture between the Ministry of Culture of the Czech Republic and the British Council (London, 16 February 2004). These agreements are automatically renewed and will remain in force. Most of the questions that legal and natural persons ask us can be summed up as “What do I need to export a specific item to a certain country?” With imports and exports, this always depends on the category of the cultural goods. According to EU legislation, export licences for third countries cannot be issued without a “control document”, which under Czech law is an export permit or certificate (Act No 20/1987 on state heritage conservation, Act No 122/2000 on the protection of museum collections, Act No 499/2004 on archiving and the records service, Act No 71/1994 on the sale and export of cultural artefacts).