Article 12

The responsibility for awarding the EuroPsy and entering an individual into the Register according to these Regulations rests with the European Awarding Committee. This Committee delegates the authority to enter the name into the Register and to award the EuroPsy in accordance with these Regulations to a National Awarding Committee

Article 13

The European Awarding Committee consists of a Chairperson and four other Members. They are appointed for a term of up to four years, once renewable, by the Executive Council of EFPA. The five members will each be from a different country within the EU and represent the main professional contexts of psychology and provide a balance between those working as practitioners and those working at universities and involved in the education of psychologists.

Article 14

The European Awarding Committee is responsible for oversight of the EuroPsy and its Regulations and for ensuring that the Registration and award of the EuroPsy occurs in accordance with these Regulations.

Its tasks include the following:

a) to provide guidance for the National Awarding Committees;
b) to ensure that national bodies are interpreting the European standards in a similar way and to co-ordinate the work of the National Awarding Committees;
c) to supervise the proper implementation of these Regulations by each National Awarding Committee;
d) to take steps towards the suspension of a National Awarding Committee if there is evidence of mismanagement or misuse of these Regulations;
e) to deal with appeals against decisions of National Awarding Committees;
f) to prepare a report every two years for the Executive Council and the General Assembly of EFPA;
g) to work with national associations to remedy the causes of a suspension of the National Awarding Committee;
h) to oversee the maintenance of the European Register.

Article 15

In each country where the EuroPsy is awarded there is a National Awarding Committee appointed by the national association with delegated authority to enter names into the Register and to award the EuroPsy.

Article 16

The National Awarding Committee consists of a Chairperson and four other Members. They are appointed by the National Association of Psychologists (Appendix I) for a term of up to four years, once renewable. The five members will represent the main professional contexts of psychology in that country and will provide a balance between those working as practitioners and those working at universities and involved in the education of psychologists.

Article 17

The responsibilities of a National Awarding Committee include the following:

a) to prepare and publish a list of currently approved curricula for academic education in psychology, including the level of degree;
b) to advise institutions of higher learning of conditions for approval;
c) to stipulate the manner in which an applicant has to submit evidence of professional competencies;
d) to issue guidelines for the assessment of competences by Supervisors;
e) to prepare a form on professional ethics to be signed by applicants;
f) to determine the fee for administrative costs to be paid by applicants;
g) to submit all national regulations for approval to the European Awarding Committee;
h) to take a decision on each individual application for the EuroPsy, either informing the applicant of the reasons why the application failed or awarding the EuroPsy;
i) to keep a public record of psychologists awarded the EuroPsy;
j) to prepare an annual report of activities for the European Awarding Committee;
k) to enter and withdraw names of psychologists in the Register and to make necessary modifications to ensure its accuracy.

Article 18

A National Awarding Committee that in the opinion of the European Awarding Committee does not work in accordance with these Regulations shall have its delegated authority removed by the European Awarding Committee, until the failure to observe the Regulations has been remedied. No EuroPsy can be issued by a National Awarding Committee when its delegated authority has been removed.