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            * Recognition of Foreign University Education and Qualification
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            * Recognition of Foreign University Education and Qualification is regulated by legal regu

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            1. Czech Law on Universities “No 111/1998 Coll. on Higher Education Institutions and Amend
            Education Act), §89, §90, §105, §106


            2. Act No. 71/1967 Coll. on administrative proceedings (administrative regulations)

            Recognition of Education and Qualification Process is based on international contracts whi
            for the Czech Republic and which are published in the Code of Law or in the Collection of 
            Contracts, or on the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports website www.msmt.cz [ URL "ht

            _DOMEK/default.asp?CAI=3150"] -international cooperation- list of international contracts 
            of the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic.
            In respect of joining the EU new information has been updated since 1st May 2004 on the Mi

            Education, Youth and Sports website http://www.msmt.cz/uok [ URL "http://www.msmt.cz/uok"]
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            a.Bilateral Contracts

            b.Multilateral Contracts



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            * Contracts for Certifying Foreign Official Documents
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            a.Legal Aid Contracts
            b.Multilateral Contract of Simplification of Certifying Foreign Official Documents 



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            * Certifying Authenticity of Signatures and Stamps Imprinted on Document Originals (§ 90, 

            Education Act)
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            Process of certifying authenticity of signatures and stamps imprinted on originals of fore

            documents complies with obligations arising for the Czech Republic from international cont
            compliance with extant international obligations the process of certifying can be divided 
            groups.      


            The first group complies with obligations arising from bilateral legal aid contracts, the 
            complies with obligations arising from multilateral contracts of simplification of certify

            official documents, and the third group concerns recognition of documents issued in states
            contract has been entered into with (other states).  
            1.Bilateral legal aid contracts

              enable presenting official documents (diplomas and other education documents)issued in a
              state to the organs of other contracting state without other certifying.  


            2.Multilateral contract of simplification of certifying foreign official documents /The Ha
              Conventions/
              defines a unified form of document recognition by so-called Apostila  (a clause in an of

              of the state which is issuing it- unified model) and the contracting states define organ
              provide the Apostila for the documents. The Czech Republic demands the Apostila. 


            3.Other states
              It is necessary that the authenticity of signatures and stamps on document originals is 
              the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the state in which the university which has issued th

              its seat, or by a respective foreign organ and a respective diplomatic corps of the Czec
              state in which the university which has issued the diploma has its seat.