<ЕВРОПЕЙСКОЕ СОГЛАШЕНИЕ О СОХРАНЕНИИ ВЫПЛАТЫ СТИПЕНДИЙ СТУДЕНТАМ, ПРОДОЛЖАЮЩИМ ОБУЧЕНИЕ ЗА РУБЕЖОМ> (ets n 69) [англ.](Заключено в г. Париже 12.12.1969)
EUROPEAN AGREEMENT
ON CONTINUED PAYMENT OF SCHOLARSHIPS
TO
STUDENTS STUDYING ABROAD
(ETS N 69)
(Paris, 12.XII.1969)
The
member States of the Council of Europe, signatory hereto,
Having regard
to the European Cultural Convention, signed at Paris on 19 December 1954;
Having regard to the declaration of the European Ministers of Education in
Resolution No. 4 adopted at their 4th Conference, held in London on 14 - 16
April 1964, which, recognising the need to encourage exchanges of undergraduate
and particularly post-graduate students between European countries, expressed
the hope that steps would be taken to ensure that national programmes of
financial support for students become equally applicable to periods of study in
other European countries;
Considering that the practice of study in a
country other than a student"s home country is likely to contribute to a
student"s cultural and academic enrichment;
Considering that the
fundamental cultural community existing among the member States of the Council
of Europe signatory to the European Cultural Convention and the other States
which have acceded thereto, makes such a practice possible;
Considering
that within the European cultural and educational community, which they desire
to establish on an even firmer basis, there should be, to the greatest extent
possible, free movement for persons pursuing university studies or
research,
Have agreed as follows:
Article 1
For the purpose of
this Agreement:
a) The term "institutions of higher education" shall
denote:
i) universities;
ii) other institutions of higher
education recognised for the purpose of this Agreement by the competent
authorities of the Contracting Party in whose territory they are situated;
b) The term "scholarship" shall denote all forms of direct financial support
granted to students, undergraduate and post-graduate, provided by the State or
other authority, including grants towards the payment of fees, maintenance
awards and study loans.
Article 2
For the purpose of this Agreement, a
distinction shall be drawn between Contracting Parties according to whether the
authority competent in their territory to deal with the award of scholarships
is:
a) the State;
b) other authorities;
c) the State and /
or other authorities, as the case may be.
Article 3
A scholarship that
has been awarded by a Contracting Party falling within the category mentioned in
sub-paragraph (a) of Article 2, for the purpose of enabling a person being a
national of such Contracting Party to undertake a course of study or research at
an institution of higher education in the territory of such Contracting Party,
shall continue to be paid if that person is admitted, at his request and with
the approval of the authorities supervising his studies or research, to pursue
the said course of study or research in an institution of higher education in
the territory of another Contracting Party.
Article 4
Nothing in this
Agreement shall be deemed to affect the prevailing rules and regulations
concerning the admission of students to institutions of higher education, or the
requirements of authorities awarding scholarships with regard to the
satisfactory pursuance or the duration of the course of study or research for
which the award is made or for which it is renewed.
Article 5
1.
Contracting Parties falling within the category mentioned in sub-paragraph (b)
of Article 2 shall transmit the text of this Agreement to the authorities
competent in their territory to deal with matters pertaining to the award of
scholarships and shall encourage the favourable consideration and application by
them of the principle set out in Article 3.
2. Contracting Parties
falling within the category mentioned in sub-paragraph (c) of Article 2 shall
apply the provisions of Article 3 where the State is the authority competent to
deal with the award of scholarships, and the provisions of paragraph 1 of this
Article where the State is not the competent authority in this
matter.
Article 6
Any Contracting Party may, by notification addressed
to the Secretary General of the Council of Europe, declare that it will extend
the application of this Agreement to persons other than those specified under
Article 3.
Article 7
1. This Agreement shall be open to signature by the
member States of the Council of Europe, who may become Parties to it either
by:
a) signature without reservation in respect of ratification or
acceptance; or
b) signature with reservation in respect of ratification
or acceptance, followed by ratification or acceptance.
2. Instruments of
ratification or acceptance shall be deposited with the Secretary General of the
Council of Europe.
Article 8
1. This Agreement shall enter into force
one month after the date on which five member States of the Council of Europe
shall have become Parties to the Agreement, in accordance with the provisions of
Article 7.
2. As regards any member State who shall subsequently sign the
Agreement without reservation in respect of ratification or acceptance or who
shall ratify or accept it, the Agreement shall enter into force one month after
the date of such signature or after the date of deposit of the instrument of
ratification or acceptance.
Article 9
1. After the entry into force of
this Agreement:
a) any non-member State of the Council of Europe which is
a Contracting Party to the European Cultural Convention, signed at Paris on 19
December 1954, may accede to this Agreement;
b) the Committee of
Ministers of the Council of Europe may invite any other non-member State to
accede to this Agreement.
2. Such accession shall be effected by
depositing with the Secretary General of the Council of Europe an instrument of
accession which shall take effect one month after the date of its
deposit.
Article 10
1. Any signatory State, at the time of signature or
when depositing its instrument of ratification or acceptance, or any acceding
State, when depositing its instrument of accession, may specify the territory or
territories to which this Agreement shall apply.
2. Any signatory State,
when depositing its instrument of ratification or acceptance or at any later
date, or any acceding State, when depositing its instrument of accession or at
any later date, by declaration addressed to the Secretary General of the Council
of Europe, may extend this Agreement to any other territory or territories
specified in the declaration and for whose international relations it is
responsible or on whose behalf it is authorised to give undertakings.
3.
Any declaration made in pursuance of the preceding paragraph may, in respect of
any territory mentioned in such declaration, be withdrawn according to the
procedure laid down in Article 11 of this Agreement.
Article 11
1. This
Agreement shall remain in force indefinitely.
2. Any Contracting Party
may, in so far as it is concerned, denounce this Agreement by means of a
notification addressed to the Secretary General of the Council of Europe.
3. Such denunciation shall take effect six months after the date of receipt by
the Secretary General of such notification.
Article 12
The Secretary
General of the Council of Europe shall notify the member States of the Council
and any State which has acceded to this Agreement, of:
a) any signature
without reservation in respect of ratification or acceptance;
b) any
signature with reservation in respect of ratification or acceptance;
c)
the deposit of any instrument of ratification, acceptance or accession;
d) any date of entry into force of this Agreement in accordance with Article 8
thereof;
e) any declaration received in pursuance of the provisions of
Article 6 and of paragraphs 2 and 3 of Article 10;
f) any notification
received in pursuance of the provisions of Article 11 and the date on which
denunciation takes effect.
In witness whereof the undersigned, being duly
authorised thereto, have signed this Agreement.
Done at Paris, this 12th day
of December 1969, in English and French, both texts being equally authoritative,
in a single copy which shall remain deposited in the archives of the Council of
Europe. The Secretary General of the Council of Europe shall transmit certified
copies to each of the signatory and acceding States.
