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.
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