At its meeting of 22 January 2016, the Council of Ministers adopted the agreement determining the level of correspondence at the level of the Spanish Qualifications Framework for Higher Education of the university degree. Official of Diplomacy in Occupational Therapy.

In accordance with the provisions of Article 24 (4) of Royal Decree 967/2014 of 21 November 2014 laying down the requirements and procedure for the approval and declaration of equivalence to qualifications and qualifications official university academic and for the validation of foreign studies of higher education, and the procedure for determining the correspondence to the levels of the Spanish Framework of Qualifications for Higher Education Architect, Engineer, Licentiate, Technical Architect, Technical Engineer and Diplomado, this Directorate General of University Policy resolves to publish as an annex to this resolution, in the "Official State Gazette", the agreement of the Council of Ministers dated January 22, 2016.

Against the agreement of the Council of Ministers, it will be possible to institute a replacement for the same organ that dictated it, within 1 month from the day following that of its publication in the " Official Journal of the State " or, directly, administrative litigation before the Office of the Administrative Contentious of the Supreme Court, within 2 months to count from the day following the publication of this agreement of the Council of Ministers in the "Official State Gazette".

Madrid, 10 February 2016.-The Director General of University Policy, P. S. (Royal Decree 257/2012, of 27 January), the Deputy Director General of Academic Coordination and Legal Regime, Cristina Rodríguez Coarasa.

ANNEX

Agreement of the Council of Ministers determining the level of correspondence to the level of the Spanish Framework of Qualifications for Higher Education of the Official University Degree of Diplomacy in Occupational Therapy

EXPOSITION

In the preamble to Royal Decree 967/2014 of 21 November, it is indicated that the qualifications prior to the reform creating the new European Higher Education Area were regulated by Royal Decree 1497/1987, 27 The Commission also adopted a report on the implementation of the common guidelines for the curricula of official university degrees of official character and validity throughout the national territory. The additional provision of that Royal Decree came to create the Catalogue of Official University Titles. By means of Royal Decree 1954/1994 of 30 September 1994 on the type-approval of diplomas awarded to the Catalogue of Official University Titles, this instrument was effectively created.

Royal Decree 1027/2011 of 15 July establishing the Spanish Qualifications Framework for Higher Education sets out four levels of qualification according to the learning outcomes they provide Official studies: the level of the Superior Technician is included in Level 1, Grade level 2, Master level at Level 3, and Doctor at Level 4.

In turn, the Council of Ministers by Royal Decree 22/2015 of 23 January laying down the requirements for the issue of the European Supplement to the securities regulated in Royal Decree 1393/2007 of 29 October 2007. That the ordination of official university teaching is established and the Royal Decree 1027/2011 of 15 July, which establishes the Spanish Framework of Qualifications for Higher Education, has been introduced into the Spanish law is part of the European Qualifications Framework. Level 1 (Higher Technician) of the Spanish Qualifications Framework for Higher Education corresponds to level 5 of the European Qualifications Framework. Level 2 (Grade) of the Spanish Qualifications Framework for Higher Education corresponds to level 6 of the European Qualifications Framework. Level 3 (Master) of the Spanish Qualifications Framework for Higher Education corresponds to level 7 of the European Qualifications Framework. Level 4 (Doctor) of the Spanish Qualifications Framework for Higher Education corresponds to level 8 of the European Qualifications Framework.

Finally, with Royal Decree 967/2014 of 21 November, the procedure for determining the MECES correspondence of the titles of the Catalogue of Official University Titles is set, and as they have been In addition to the Spanish legal system, the equivalent of the MECES levels to the European Qualifications Framework, the Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport may issue certificates of correspondence indicating the MECES level and the level of the European Qualifications Framework.

Facts

1. By Resolution dated 30 April 2015, the Directorate-General for University Policy agreed, ex officio, to initiate the administrative procedure for the determination of correspondence at the level of the Spanish Qualifications Framework for Higher Education of the official university degree of Diplomacy in Occupational Therapy.

2. On 1 July 2015, the National Agency for the Evaluation of Quality and Accreditation evacuated the report for the purpose of determining the correspondence of the degree of Diplomacy in Occupational Therapy. This report indicates that the university degree of Diplomacy in Occupational Therapy corresponds to level 2 of the MECES (grade level).

3. On November 11, 2015, the Council of Universities assessed the correspondence of the degree of Diplomacy in Occupational Therapy. The Council of Universities reported favourably the correspondence at MECES level 2, of the degree of Diplomacy in Occupational Therapy.

4. On November 12, 2015, the General Directorate of University Policy agreed to open the public information procedure for this administrative procedure.

5. On 21 November 2015, the opening of the public information procedure was published in the "Official Gazette of the State". The file was submitted to the public information procedure between 23 November 2015 and 16 December 2015.

Law Fundamentals

1. Royal Decree 967/2014 of 21 November 2014 laying down the requirements and procedure for the approval and declaration of equivalence to qualifications and at the official academic level and for the validation of studies foreign education, and the procedure to determine the correspondence to the levels of the Spanish Framework of Qualifications for Higher Education of the official titles of Architect, Engineer, Licentiate, Technical Architect, Technical Engineer and Diplomat.

2. Article 19 of Royal Decree 967/2014 of 21 November 2014, which states that it is the responsibility of the Directorate-General for University Policy to initiate the procedure for the determination of correspondence.

3. Article 20 of Royal Decree 967/2014 of 21 November 2014, which states that the acts of instruction in this procedure fall within the competence of the Directorate-General for University Policy.

4. Article 21 of the same rule, which states that the ANECA report is prescriptive and decisive for the processing of this procedure. It also indicates that the report of the Council of Universities is mandatory, but is not binding for the resolution of the procedure.

5. Article 22 of Royal Decree 967/2014 of 21 November, which points out that the ANECA report has taken into account the training acquired for obtaining the title whose correspondence at the MECES level is intended, as well as its duration or burden time.

6. Article 23 of Royal Decree 967/2014 of 21 November, which states that before the end of the procedure, the Directorate-General for University Policy will agree to a period of public informa