PROTOCOL
to the European Convention on the EquivaIence of Diplomas leading to Admission to Universities

The member States of the Council of Europe signatory hereto,

Considering the aims to the European Convention on the Equivalence of Diplomas leading to Admission to Universities, signed at Paris on 11th December 1953, hereinafter referred to as "the Convention";

Considering that the benefits of the Convention could usefully be extended to holders of diplomas constituting a requisite qualification for admission to universities when such diplomas are awarded by institutions which another Contracting Parties officially sponsor outside its own territory and whose diplomas it assimilates to those awarded within its territory,

Have agreed as follows:

Article 1

1. Each Contracting Party shall recognise for the purpose of admission to the universities situated in its territory, when such admission is subject to State control, the equivalence of diplomas awarded by institutions which a Contracting Party officially sponsor outside its own territori and whose diplomas it assimilates to those awarded within its territory.