S.L. 451.2 Art. 3Access to assessment of qualification.

(1) Holders of any qualifications issued by a recognised institution of higher education of one of the Party States shall have adequate access, upon request to the appropriate body, to a transparent, coherent and reliable assessment of the qualifications.

(2) No discrimination shall be made in this respect on any ground such as the applicant’s gender, race, colour, disability, language, religion, political or other opinion, national, ethnic or social origin, association with a national minority, property, birth or other status, or on the grounds of any other circumstance not related to the merits of the qualification for which recognition is sought and skills achieved.

(3) Decisions on recognition shall be made on the basis of appropriate information on the qualifications for which recognition is sought.

(4) In the first instance, the responsibility for providing adequate information rests with the applicant, who shall provide such information in good faith.

(5) Notwithstanding the responsibility of the applicant, the recognised institutions of higher education in Malta, having issued the qualifications in question shall have a duty to provide, upon request of the applicant and within reasonable limits, relevant information to the holder of the qualification, to the institution, or to the competent authorities of the country in which recognition is sought.

(6) The responsibility to demonstrate that an application does not fulfil the relevant requirements lies with the body undertaking the assessment.