(Art. 43 para. 1 and 2 VPETA)
- The body responsible for the federal professional examination shall decide which candidates may be admitted to the qualification procedure and whether they may obtain the corresponding tertiary-level professional qualification.
- Tertiary-level professional qualifications shall be issued by SERI. Qualification holders shall be free to decide which official language they would like their qualification to be issued in.
- Tertiary-level professional qualifications shall be signed by the chairperson of the body responsible for organising the corresponding federal professional examination as well as by a member of SERI executive management.1