HAVING REGARD TO THE PROPOSAL PUT FORWARD BY THE UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY/EUSKAL HERRIKO UNIBERTSITATEA, AS WELL AS THE FAVOURABLE REPORT OF THE NATIONAL BOARD OF UNIVERSITIES, 8

THIS MINISTRY HAS ARRANGED TO APPROVE THE CREATION OF THE MEDAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY /EUSKAL HERRIKO UNIBERTSITATEA, AS WELL AS THE REGULATION FOR ITS CONCESSION, WHICH IS ACCOMPANIED AS AN ANNEX TO THIS ORDER

MADRID, DECEMBER 2, 1983. -P. D. (ORDER OF 27 MARCH 1982), THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR UNIVERSITIES AND RESEARCH, CARMEN VIRGILI RODON

ANNEX TO CITE

MEDAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF THE COUNTRY VASCO/EUSKAL HERRIKO UNIBERTSITATEA AND REGULATION FOR ITS CONCESSION

MEDAL

ARTICLE 1. THE UNIVERSITY OF THE COUNTRY VASCO/EUSKAL HERRIKO UNIBERTSITATEA INSTITUTES A AS AN EXPRESSION OF THE INSTITUTION ' S RECOGNITION TO NATURAL OR LEGAL PERSONS, PRIVATE OR PUBLIC, OF ANY NATIONALITY WHO HAVE PROVIDED SERVICES EXTRAORDINARY TO THE UNIVERSITY OF THE COUNTRY VASCO/EUSKAL HERRIKO UNIBERTSITATEA OR HAVE BEEN HIGHLIGHTED IN THE CULTIVATION OF SCIENCES, LETTERS OR THE ARTS. THE MEDAL MAY BE AWARDED FOR A POSTHUMOUS DEGREE

ART. 2. THE MEDAL WILL BE ROUND, FOUR CENTIMETERS IN DIAMETER, WITH A RING OR LINK AT THE TOP. IT WILL BE A GREEN RIBBON AND WILL BE FASTENED WITH A PIN OF UNMISSABLE, GOLDEN OR SILVER

WILL BEAR IN THE FRONT THE FACSIMILE REPRODUCTION OF THE UNIVERSITY SEAL, INCLUDING ITS LEGEND, WITH THE ADDITION OF AN ORLA CONSISTING OF OAK LEAVES. ON THE REVERSE THERE WILL BE THREE INSCRIPTIONS:

1) MEDAL OF THE UNIVERSITY OF THE COUNTRY VASCO/EUSKAL HERRIKO UNIBERTSITATEAREN DOMINATES, IN THE FORM OF OUTER CIRCLE

2) IN THE CENTRAL LOWER PART, NUMBER OF THE SAME IN ROMAN FIGURES

3) IN THE CENTRAL LOWER PART, NAME OF THE PERSON OR ENTITY TO WHICH IT IS GRANTED

ART. 3. THE MEDAL MAY BE AWARDED IN GOLD OR SILVER, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE DECISION OF THE COMPETENT BODY, AT THE TIME OF THE AWARD.

REGULATION

ARTICLE 1. THE PROCEDURE FOR THE AWARD OF THE MEDAL SHALL BE INITIATED EITHER ON A PROPOSAL FROM THE RECTORATE OR FROM A UNIVERSITY CENTRE, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RULES DETERMINING THE EXPRESSION OF THE WILL OF ITS COLLEGIATE HIGHER BODIES, OR ON A PROPOSAL OF TWO THIRDS OF THE MEMBERS OF THE GOVERNING BOARD. THE AWARD OF THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR BY THE UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY /EUSKAL HERRIKO UNIBERTSITATEA WILL IMPLY THE AWARD OF THE MEDAL IN FAVOR OF THE PERSON THUS DISTINGUISHED

ART. 2 THE PROPOSAL SHALL INCLUDE, IN ANY CASE, THE CONDITIONS FOR GRANTING THE MEDAL, ACCOMPANYING THE MERITS OR CIRCUMSTANCES THAT ARE PRESENT IN THE PROPOSED PERSON OR ENTITY

ART. 3. THE BODY RESPONSIBLE FOR AWARDING THE MEDAL SHALL BE THE GOVERNING BOARD OF THE UNIVERSITY, BY SECRET BALLOT, WITH A FAVOURABLE VOTE OF TWO-THIRDS OF ITS COMPONENTS NECESSARY FOR ITS GRANTING.

ART. 4. THE AWARD OF THE MEDAL SHALL BE NOTIFIED TO THE PERSON CONCERNED BY THE OFFICE OF THE RECTORATE, WHICH SHALL BE ACCOMPANIED BY A CERTIFICATE BY THE SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE UNIVERSITY

ART. 5. THE IMPOSITION OF THE AWARDED MEDALS SHALL TAKE PLACE IN A SOLEMN ACT OR AT THE OPENING OF EACH ACADEMIC YEAR.

ART. 6. A BOOK-RECORD OF THE MEDALS AWARDED BY THE UNIVERSITY, WHICH WILL REMAIN IN THE CUSTODY OF THE SECRETARY-GENERAL, SHALL BE CARRIED OUT FOR THE APPROPRIATE PURPOSES. IN ANY CASE, THE PROPERTY AND USE OF THE MEDAL PRESUPPOSES THE EXCLUSIVE RIGHT OF THE PERSON OR ENTITY TO WHOM IT HAS BEEN GRANTED

ART. 7. THIS REGULATION MAY BE AMENDED ONLY BY A FAVOURABLE AGREEMENT OF TWO THIRDS OF THE MEMBERS OF THE GOVERNING BOARD OF THE UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY/EUSKAL HERRIKO UNIBERTSITATEA

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