Details of Procedure

Accreditation of Training Qualifications and/or Competence Certificates Obtained in the Valencian Autonomous Community (hereinafter Comunitat Valenciana) for practice in another EU Member State of a regulated profession or trade in the industry listed in Annex I of Decree 80/2014. Industry.

Code SIA : 212014
Code GUC : 17736
Department: Conselleria de Innovación, Industria, Comercio y Turismo
Deadline for application: OPEN
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What is it and what is it for?

What is it and what is it for?

Obtaining accreditation for training Qualifications and/or Competence Certificates issued in the Comunitat Valenciana for the practice in another European Union Member State of a regulated profession or trade in the industry sectors included in Annex I of Decree 80/2014. This accreditation recognises the professional qualification of the applicant to practice the profession in question in another Member State with the same rights as the nationals of that State.

Observations

Observations

A) DEFINITIONS In accordance with Article 4 of Royal Decree 581/2017 of June 9th, the following definitions apply: - “Regulated profession or trade”: The activity or set of professional or trade activities for which access, practice, or mode of practice requires specific professional or trade qualifications, as determined by legal, regulatory, or administrative provisions - “Professional or trade qualification”: The capacity to access a specific profession or trade, or practice it, officially certified by a training qualification, a competence certificate as defined in Article 19.1.a of RD 581/2017, formal recognition of professional experience, or a combination of these circumstances. - “Training qualification”: Any diploma, certificate, or other qualification issued by an authority of an EU Member State competent in the field, officially confirming vocational training mainly acquired in the Comunitat Valenciana. - “Competence Certificate” as defined in Article 19.1.a of RD 581/2017: Issued by the competent authority of the Member State of origin, in accordance with the legal, regulatory, or administrative provisions of that State, certifying training not covered by a qualification or certificate as defined in paragraphs 2, 3, 4, and 5 of the aforementioned Article 19, either through a specific examination without prior training or through full-time professional practice for three consecutive years or an equivalent period part-time over the last ten years. - “Professional experience”: The actual and lawful practice, full-time or part-time, in an EU Member State, of the profession or trade in question. B) For INFORMATION ON FILES IN PROCESS, consult the Information and Registration section of the website of the Ministry responsible for this matter (see direct link in the "Links" section of this procedure).

Requirements

Requirements

1. Must be a NATIONAL OF: - One of the 27 European Union Member States: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden. - Or one of the 3 signatory States to the Agreement on the European Economic Area: Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway. - Or Switzerland (included under a bilateral agreement with the European Union). 2. MUST HAVE OBTAINED THE PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATION (*) IN THE COMUNITAT VALENCIANA, which allows them to practice one of the regulated professions or trades in the industry sectors listed in Annex I of Decree 80/2014. * Note: Currently, “Plumbing Installer” is NOT a regulated profession or trade in the industry sectors in Spain, so this procedure will not be necessary. 3. AND WISHES TO PRACTICE SAID PROFESSION OR TRADE IN ANOTHER MEMBER STATE OF THE EUROPEAN UNION (EU) or the European Economic Area (EEA) or Switzerland, which requests accreditation indicating both the level of the training qualification or competence certificate submitted for recognition in that State and that this qualification allows practicing the regulated profession or trade in Spain.

Who can apply?

Who can apply?

Any individual who is a national of a European Union (EU) Member State or the European Economic Area (EEA) or Switzerland, and who meets the requirements outlined below.

Doubts about telematic processing

Doubts about telematic processing

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Term

Term

Throughout the year.

Documentation and forms

1. ACCREDITATION APPLICATION, according to the SOLACRIND form attached to this procedure and in accordance with the provisions of Article 8.2 and Annex III of Decree 80/2014. 2. DOCUMENTATION that must be submitted with the application: a) Certified copy of the document proving the nationality and identity of the applicant (passport or identification document), corresponding to one of the European Union (EU) Member States, the European Economic Area (EEA), or Switzerland. If the applicant is a Spanish national, they should only provide this document if they have not authorised the Administration to directly verify their identity data in the accreditation application. b) Certified photocopy: - Either the academic qualification or competence certificate and the professional qualification (if applicable) or the substitute certificate of the qualification or certificate issued by the competent authority. - OR the certification of the training received to obtain the qualification or certificate, including, among other details, the duration of the training and the subjects or modules completed. c) Proof of Payment of the Corresponding Administrative Fee.

Fee or payment

Fee or payment

Fees for 2023: 4.5.1 Basic Certificates: €9.45 each. You can make the fee payment online using the following link (where you should choose the following options: Form 9800 - Fee for industrial activities, Fee type: Issuance of certificates and documents. Fee: Simple Certificates).

Presentation

Presentation

Face-to-face
* This option is ONLY valid for INDIVIDUALS (Article 14 of Act 39/2015, of October 1st) a) At the offices of the administrative agencies to which the application is addressed. b) At the offices of any administrative agency belonging to the General State Administration, any Administration of the Autonomous Communities, any Administration of Provincial Councils, Boards, and Island Councils, Municipalities referred to in Article 121 of Act 7/1985, of April 2, regulating Local Government, or any other entities that make up the Local Administration, provided that, in the latter case, the appropriate agreement has been signed. c) At Post Offices, as established by regulations. d) At Spanish diplomatic representations or Consulates abroad. e) At any other location as specified by the regulations in force. And especially at:
Telematics
1. Individuals obliged to interact with the Generalitat Valenciana (Valencian Government/Administration) electronically, as stipulated in Article 14 of Act 39/2015, and applicants who, while not obliged to do so, choose this method, must submit their applications THROUGH THE ONLINE PROCEDURE, the direct link to which has just been provided. 2. For online submission, the applicant (individual or legal entity) must have a recognised or qualified electronic signature system and advanced based on electronic certificates recognised or qualified for electronic signatures issued by providers included in the “Trust List of Certification Service Providers”. Among these systems, the DNIe (Spanish Electronic ID), certificates issued by FNMT and ACCV, the State's Clave-firma (Key-Signature) system (only for individuals), and, in general, all those accepted by the @firma Platform are accepted. More information at: https://sede.gva.es/en/sistemes-d-identificacio-i-signatura-acceptats 3. To carry out procedures BY TELEMATIC WAY before the Administration of the Generalitat Valenciana acting on behalf of another person (natural or legal) without using an electronic certificate of representative, the person represented must previously register that representation in the REPRESENTATIVE REGISTER of the ACCV or in the ELECTRONIC POWER OF ATTORNEY REGISTER of the General STATE Administration, whose respective information is available in the "Links" section of this procedure. Without such prior registration or failure to prove your representation, you will not receive anything in the applicant’s Citizen’s Folder. 4. By clicking on AUTHENTICATED PRESENTATION REQUEST (in red below and also at the beginning of this procedure), you will access the electronic procedure, you will access the online procedure, letting you complete and digitally sign the initial web form, attach the application and other documentation (if applicable), completed and digitally signed, and submit all of this electronically, for which you will obtain the corresponding registration receipt. This receipt will also be available in your Citizen’s Folder (see “Links” section). 5. Regarding the DOCUMENTATION TO BE ATTACHED: - We strongly recommend you gather all the documents to be attached, complete, sign, and electronically save and keep them on your computer, so that you can later attach them in the corresponding step of the online procedure. - IMPORTANT: All certified or signed documents submitted electronically must be attached in PDF format and must include the DIGITAL SIGNATURES of the person(s) or entity/entities signing them. - In this process of the Prop Guide: * In the section called "Application > Documentation" the list of documents to be presented appears. * And in its subsection "Associated Forms" and in the "Forms" section (in addition to the electronic procedure itself) there are standardized and fillable models of all or some of these documents. If there is a standardized model, the document must be presented in it and if it does not exist, it must be created or collected by the applicant so that they can be attached to their electronic application. - The online procedure indicates the maximum allowed size of the documents to be attached and their possible formats or extensions (pdf, doc, odt, xls, ods, zip, etc.). Please check before attaching them. 6. For MORE INFORMATION on online processing, visit: https://sede.gva.es/en/preguntes-frequents If you still need help, please contact: - For inquiries regarding the content of the procedure: see the “Observations” section - For IT issues: TECHNICAL PROBLEMS FORM or email at generalitat_en_red@gva.es

Processing process

Processing process

1. Submission (in person or online) of the application (using the SOLACRIND form provided as an associated form in this procedure) and the required documentation at the entry registry of the Regional Service of Industry in the corresponding province. 2. Registration and review of the submitted application and documentation. 3. If the documentation is incorrect or incomplete, the interested party will be given details of what needs to be provided so that the application can go forward. - If the interested party submits the correct and complete documentation, the procedure continues as described in Point 4 - If the interested party does NOT submit the correct or complete documentation, the procedure will be suspended and the file will be archived. 4. If the documentation is correct and complete, the corresponding Regional Service of Industry will issue an accreditation certificate, which will be notified to the applicant. 5. The deadline for issuing the accreditation certificate (where applicable) and notifying the applicant is three months from the date of receipt of the application in the competent authority’s registry. - In cases where the file is incomplete, and the interested party needs to submit the necessary documents, the aforesaid deadline shall not apply until such time as all the requested documents are received and the application file is complete.

Observations

Observations

Applicants may appeal against the administrative decision taken or lack thereof. The maximum period during which such appeals may be filed in the appropriate Administrative Court is stipulated in Act 39/2015, of October 1st covering the Common Administrative Procedure of Public Administrations, and in Act 29/1998, of July 13th, on Administrative Law and that covers jurisdiction and disputes.

Deadline

Deadline

The deadline for either issuing or notifying (if applicable) the accreditation certificate shall be three months from the date of receipt of the application in the registry of the competent authority. In cases where the file is incomplete, and the interested party needs to submit the necessary documents, the aforesaid deadline shall not apply until such time as all the requested documents are received and the application file is complete.

Exhausts administrative life

Exhausts administrative life

Yes