Acta Apostolicae Sedis - Conventiones 1063

obtained in the institutions belonging to Lithuania's higher education system

(hereinafter referred to as the "Lithuanian higher education institutions")

and those earned in the Ecclesiastical Universities and Faculties which have

been canonically erected or approved by the Holy See and which have the

right to confer academic degrees by the authority of the Holy Sel (hereinafter

referred to as the "Holy See's higher education institutions").

2. Recognition of qualifications giving access to higher education, as well

as study titles necessary to permit enrolment in a Faculty after periods of

study completed and qualifications conferred in the higher education institu-

tions belonging to the educational systems of the Parties, with the aim of

beginning or continuing studies of the same or a higher cycle in the higher

education institutions of the other Party referred to in Article 2.2 of the

present Agreement.

Article 2

Scope of application

1. The present Agreement shall be applied to:

Documents certifying secondary education acquired in the institutions

belonging to the education system of the Republic of Lithuania, periods

of study completed in Lithuanian higher education institutions and higher

education qualifications conferred by these institutions.

Documents certifying periods of study completed in the Holy See's higher

education institutions and higher education qualifications conferred by these

institutions.

2. The Parties shall draw up lists of higher education institutions

recognized by legal acts of each Party. The list of Lithuanian higher

education institutions shall be drawn up by and published on the website

of the Ministry of Education and Science. The list of the Holy See's higher

education institutions shall be drawn up by and published on the website of

the Congregation for Catholic Education. The Parties shall also provide,

upon request, printed copies of the said lists, updated and approved by the

authorized institutions.

3. Each of the Parties shall designate competent bodies authorized to

cooperate with each other and provide information to the interested parties,