Decree of the Czech Scientific Commission No. 64 / 1977 Coll.

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Decree of the Czech Commission for Scientific Aspects No. 64 / 1977 Coll., on the Management of the Award of Scientific Aspects — Decree of the Czech Commission for Scientific Aspects on Management in the Award of Scientific Aspects.

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64

DECLARATION

Czech Science Commission

of 19 September 1977

on the management of the award of scientific degrees

The Czech Science Commission, in agreement with the Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, the Federal Ministry of Technical and Investment Development and the Ministry of Education of the Czech Socialist Republic, provides pursuant to § 12 (3) of Act No. 53 / 1964 Coll., on the award of scientific degrees and on the State Commission for Scientific Aspects, as amended by the legal measure of the Bureau of the Federal Assembly No. 106 / 1973 Coll., on the award of scientific degrees of the Constitution of Marxism-Leninism of the ÚV KSČ and ÚV KSS (hereinafter "the Act '):

ČÁST PRVNÍ

GENERAL PROVISIONS

§ 1

Scientific rank of candidate for science

(1) The scientific rank of the candidate of science expresses the competence for creative scientific work, demonstrated by a solution to a scientific or scientific research task by which the worker has proven to control scientific methods, has deep theoretical knowledge and brought new knowledge (Section 5 (1) of the Act).

(2) The scientific rank of the candidate of the sciences is awarded after successful completion of the candidate examinations (§ 9) and after successful public defence of the candidate dissertation (hereinafter referred to as "candidate dissertation") before the Commission for the Defence of Candidate Dissertations (§ 3).

(3) Experts who have objectively demonstrated higher scientific qualifications by their work results, as verified in practice, can certify the scientific competence provided for in Section 5 (3) of the Act without carrying out candidate examinations by defending the social importance of their scientific work in a public scientific debate before the Commission for the Defence of Candidate Dissertations (Sections 31 to 34).

§ 2

Scientific rank of Doctor of Science

(1) The scientific rank of a doctor of science expresses a particularly high scientific qualification demonstrated by the creation of serious, scientifically original work important for the development of research in a particular field of science or for social practice and characterising a dedicated scientific personality (Section 6 (1) of the Act).

(2) The scientific rank of the Doctor of Sciences is awarded after a successful public defence of doctoral dissertation (hereinafter referred to as "doctoral dissertation") before the Defence Commission for doctoral dissertations (§ 4).

(3) The award of the defence of doctoral dissertation may be requested by candidates of science, professors of universities (hereinafter referred to as "professors") or by scientists who have been awarded scientific qualification grade I, (1) exceptionally with the prior approval of the Czech Commission for Scientific Positions and other applicants, provided that they meet the conditions laid down.

§ 3

Commission for the Defence of Candidate Dissertations

(1) The Commission for the Defence of Candidate Dissertations establishes, on the basis of an authorisation granted by the Czech Science Commission:

(a) the Scientific College of the Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences,

(b) scientific advice from universities and faculties,

As a general rule, as a permanent commission for individual groups of science or science or for sections of science. These bodies shall appoint the President, the Vice-President and the other members of the Commission. They are required to inform the Czech Science Commission about the establishment and composition of the Commission.

(2) At the same time, the Czech Panel on Scientific Aspects when granting the authorisation referred to in paragraph 1 shall determine which scientific authorities are authorised to set up the commissions separately and which jointly.

(3) The Czech Science Commission may, on a case-by-case basis, grant the right to set up, on a case-by-case basis, a candidate dissertation defence committee, also to an authority other than that referred to in paragraph 1, or to set up that commission itself.

(4) The Czech Science Commission may, for serious reasons, withdraw the authority referred to in paragraphs 1 to 3 from the authorisation to set up the Commission for the Defence of Candidate Dissertations.

(5) When setting up a Commission for the Defence of Candidate Dissertations, the body which has the authority to establish the Defence Commission shall designate an organisation (university, faculty, scientific institute or other organisation) in which the Defence Commission will operate and ensure its activities.

(6) The Commission for the Defence of Candidate Dissertations is at least seven members. The members of the commissions shall be experts in the relevant or related scientific field, usually doctors of science, professors, scientists who have been awarded scientific qualification level I or candidates of science. In justified cases, a qualified practitioner may be appointed as a member of the commission even if he is not of scientific rank.

(7) The Commission for the Defence of Candidate Dissertations must include at least two members of the Panel of Doctors of Sciences, Professors or Scientists who have been awarded the Scientific Qualification Grade I. The Czech Commission for Scientific Aspects may, where justified, allow an exception to this principle.

(8) The institution which has set up the Commission for the Defence of Candidate Dissertations may, if necessary, supplement it for a particular defence by a maximum of two other excellent experts.

(9) The Standing Commission on the Defence of Candidate Dissertations shall be established for a period of five years; However, if a new commission has not been set up for a further five years, it remains in the work of the Commission.

(10) In justified cases, in particular where the nature of the dissertation so requires, an individual defence-only commission may be set up in accordance with the principles set out in paragraphs 6 and 7.

§ 4

Commission for the Defence of Doctor Dissertations

(1) The Commission for the Defence of Doctoral Dissertations establishes the Czech Science Commission and the Slovak Commission for Scientific Aspects (2), as a general rule, as a permanent commission for individual groups of sciences or scientific disciplines or for sections of scientific disciplines and appoints the Chairman, Vice-President and other members of the Commission. The President of the Commission shall designate an organisation (university, faculty, scientific institute or other organisation) in which the Defence Commission will operate and ensure its activities.

(2) The Commission for the Defence of Doctor Dissertations is at least nine members. The members of the commissions shall be experts in the relevant or related scientific field, as a general rule, doctors of science, professors or scientists to whom grade I scientific qualification has been awarded. In justified cases, a qualified practitioner may be appointed as a member of the commission even if he has no scientific rank or degree.

(3) There must be at least three members of the Panel of Doctors of Sciences, Professors or Scientists who have been awarded Scientific Qualification Grade I. The Czech Science Commission may, where justified, grant an exemption from this principle.

(4) The institution which has set up a panel for the defence of doctoral dissertations may, if necessary, supplement it for a particular defence by a maximum of two other excellent experts.

(5) Standing commissions for the defence of doctoral dissertations shall be established for a period of five years; However, if a new commission has not been set up for a further five years, it remains in the work of the Commission.

§ 5

Bodies entitled to decide on the award of scientific degrees

(1) The authorities entitled to decide on the award of scientific degrees are:

(a) the presidium of the Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, when the defence of doctoral dissertation was held before the commission which operates at the Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences;

(b) the Scientific Council of the College, when the defence of doctoral dissertation was held before a commission which operates at a university;

(c) the scientific college of the Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, if the defence of the candidate dissertation or the defence of the public scientific debate set up before the commission;

(e) the Scientific Council of the College or the Scientific Council of the Faculty, if the defence of the candidate dissertation or the defence of the public scientific debate before the commission set up by them.

(2) The authorities entitled to decide on the award of the scientific grade of the candidate of the sciences are required to discuss and evaluate regularly at least once a year the results of the advocacy of candidate dissertations held before the commissions set up by those authorities. In doing so, they are required to address, in particular, the subject of dissertation and their contribution to social practice, the levels of self-referents (paragraphs 16 to 18), the quality of the opposition opinions (paragraphs 24), the level of defence, the proportional number of advocates in each field of science, as well as compliance with legislation.

(4) The results of the defence of doctoral dissertations in the Czech Socialist Republic are discussed and evaluated regularly at least once a year by the Czech Science Commission.

§ 6

Forms of candidate and doctoral dissertation

(1) The subject of candidate and doctoral dissertation is to be socially serious, generally linked to wider collective work on the planned research task and based on the needs of the development of the national economy, science, culture, security or defence of the country.

(2) Candidate and doctoral dissertations are subdivided into the following parts:

(a) an overview of the current state of play of the issue which is the subject of dissertation and expert literature, dealing with the questions under examination;

(b) the objective of dissertation;

(c) the processing methods chosen;

(d) the results of the dissertation, indicating new knowledge;

(e) concrete conclusions for implementation in social practice or for the further development of science.

(3) Candidate and doctoral dissertation (hereinafter referred to as "dissertation") is presented for defence in the Czech or Slovak language. Candidates may submit dissertation in one of the following languages, with the agreement of the Defence Commission: English, French, German, Russian, Spanish.

(4) Candidate dissertation must be printed, otherwise reproduced or typed and bound. As a candidate dissertation, a single set of works (published articles, or reports on solved and opposed research tasks, etc.) may also be submitted if such a set certifies the competence of creative scientific work pursuant to § 1 (1).

(5) Doctoral dissertation must be issued by the press (published), either whole or abbreviated, which contains the substance of the problem solved. However, the doctoral dissertation must be presented in full for the defence. A thematic uniform set of published works may also be presented as doctoral dissertation if it fulfils the requirement of particularly high scientific qualifications under § 2 (1). This file may include published monographs or studies published in scientific or professional journals and assemblies which have been reproduced typographically or in other similar ways, as well as published texts of reports presented at scientific conferences, meetings, symposia and seminars in the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic or abroad.

(6) The condition for the publication of doctoral dissertation is also met if the dissertation has been published in the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic or abroad in one of the following languages: Russian, English, French, German, Spanish.

(7) Where the applicant submits to the defence the results of collective scientific work, to which he is co-author, the dissertation must indicate the parts that the applicant has processed as the author. At the same time, they must attach a statement from the co-authors confirming the authorship of the candidate for the identified parts and assessing its share of the overall processing.

(8) A lift containing the most important new scientific knowledge of the candidate shall be attached to the set of works referred to in paragraphs 4 and 5.

(9) The dissertation shall specify the literature used and other sources on which the candidate was based or to which he reacted.

(10) The range of dissertation written on the machine should not normally exceed 150 pages for candidate dissertation and 300 pages for doctoral dissertation. Drawings, diagrams, literature lists and other annexes are not included in the number of dissertation pages. Dissertation in the field of social sciences can have a range of up to 30% larger. A single set of published works presented for defence is not limited in scope.

(11) The dissertation must comply with both language and external treatment. The individual dissertation sheets shall be fixed together and the front page shall indicate where they were drawn up and when they were completed.

(12) If the Defence Commission finds that the dissertation does not meet the conditions or is not required under paragraphs 1 to 11, it shall proceed in accordance with the provisions of Paragraph 21 (1).

§ 7

Inventions, discoveries and works on creating a new machine, equipment, technological process or control system

(1) An invention or discovery may be a part or the essence of a candidate's or doctoral dissertation if it results from the separate work of the candidate or collective of which the candidate is a member, provided that the author's certificate (for the invention) or diploma (for the discovery) 3 has been issued to him by the Office for inventions and discoveries, and that he fulfils the conditions laid down for achieving the scientific rank of the candidate of science (§ 1 (1) or the Doctor of Sciences (§ 2 (1)).

(2) A scientific analysis of the creation of a new machine, equipment, technological process or management system may be part or the essence of the candidate or doctoral dissertation in the light of the results of the individual work of the candidate or collective, of which the candidate is a member, having an original discovery character and meeting the conditions laid down for achieving the rank of candidate of sciences (§ 1 (1) or doctor of sciences (§ 2 (1)).

§ 8

Textbook

(1) A university textbook may be presented for defence if it contains initial scientific results and fulfils the conditions set for the achievement of the scientific rank of the candidate of sciences (§ 1 (1)) or doctor of sciences (§ 2 (1)).

(2) A textbook for schools providing primary and secondary education may be presented for defence as part of a candidate dissertation in order to obtain the scientific rank of a candidate of pedagogical sciences in the scientific field of teaching theory of the subject.

(3) Teaching texts, teaching aids, script, dictionaries and other teaching aids cannot be presented for defence.

ČÁST DRUHÁ

CANDIDATE TESTS OF REACTORS IN SEPARATE SCIENTIFIC PREPARATION

§ 9

Conduct of candidate examinations

(1) Prescribed examinations carried out successfully by the applicant during the course of scientific education are of the nature of the candidate examination.4)

(2) Candidates in a separate scientific preparation which has not been included in scientific education may authorise the conduct of candidate trials by the Commission for the Defence of Candidate Dissertations.

(3) Candidate examinations of tenderers in separate scientific preparation consist of:

(a) expert examination;

(b) examinations from two world languages: English, French, German, Russian, Spanish.

(4) The Commission for the Defence of Candidate Dissertations may also authorise candidates' examinations to be carried out by university students in the framework of differentiated studies. However, prior approval of the Dean of the Faculty or of the Rector of the University, which is not divided into faculties, is required for the completion of the professional examination.

(5) The provisions of the rules on examination in scientific education apply mutatis mutandis to the content of the candidate trials, the manner in which they are held and their duration and the duration of the examination, the composition of the examination committees for each candidate examination, the decision of the examination committees on the results of the candidate trials and their repetition. 5) In doing so, the tasks of the training centre (its head) shall be performed by the Chairman of the Commission for the Defence of Candidate Dissertations.

(6) Where a candidate has already passed a candidate examination or one of them in the same field of science in the course of scientific education according to the relevant regulations or in the framework of a differentiated study at a university, he shall not take the examination again or, if necessary, again unless his period of validity has expired (§ 14).

Application for authorisation of candidate examinations

§ 10

(1) An application for the authorisation of candidate examinations shall be submitted by the candidate in his / her separate scientific preparation either directly or through an organisation to which he / she is in employment, organisation (university, faculty, scientific institute), in which the relevant committee for defending candidate dissertations is set up; the organisation shall forward the request to the Commission.

(2) If there is no relevant committee or if it is clear that the candidate dissertation is of a borderline interdisciplinary nature or of a scientific field not listed in the list of the Czech Science Commission, the candidate shall, in separate scientific preparation, submit a request for the authorisation of the candidate examinations to the authority authorised to set up a panel for the defence of candidate dissertations in a related scientific field.

§ 11

(1) The application for authorisation of candidate examinations shall be accompanied by the following documents in separate scientific preparation:

(a) a certificate of citizenship or a solemn declaration that he is a Czechoslovak national citizen; Aliens identification of foreign nationality,

(b) proof of successful completion of higher education (diploma); students of higher education in a differentiated study shall submit the document referred to in Article 9 (4),

(c) a certificate of employment and a functional classification;

(d) a brief CV;

(e) a list of published and unpublished scientific works, inventions and discoveries or, where appropriate, opinions on them from relevant scientific institutions;

(f) a thematic outline of the candidate dissertation to the extent sufficient to define the professional examination.

(2) Where, in separate scientific preparation, the applicant submits an application to an organisation to which he is employed, he does not attach the documents previously submitted to that organisation.

§ 13

Authorisation of candidate examinations

(1) The applicant's application in separate scientific preparation for the authorisation of candidate examinations shall be decided by the Commission for the Defence of Candidate Dissertations.

(2) If the candidate dissertation is in the scientific field for which the Commission for the Defence of Candidate Dissertations is set up, the Commission will decide on the request, and if the conditions laid down in § 7 of the Act and the formalities provided for in § 11 and 12 are met, it will comply with the request. The President of the Commission, after consulting the candidate, shall determine further details concerning the candidate examinations.

(3) If there is no request for formalities pursuant to Sections 11 and 12, the Commission for the Defence of Candidate Dissertations shall proceed in accordance with Section 21 (1).

(4) If the conditions are not met, the Commission for the Defence of Candidate Dissertations shall reject the request.

(5) If the pending candidate dissertation does not apply to the substantive competence of the Commission for the Defence of Candidate Dissertations, the President of the Commission shall, after consultation with the candidate, forward the request to the organisation in which the relevant committee for the Defence of Candidate Dissertations is set up or to the body to which it is responsible to set up the Commission for the Defence of Candidate Dissertations in the field of science, in which the dissertation significantly interferes.

(6) If the proposed dissertation is of a frontier interbranch nature (§ 20) or if the application is made in accordance with § 10 (2), the authority referred to in paragraph 5 shall decide on the authorisation of the candidate trials and on the further measures if it is within its competence to set up a panel for the defence of candidate dissertations for all the scientific disciplines in which the dissertation interferes; otherwise the request will be forwarded with its comments to the Czech Scientific Commission.

(7) Where a request for authorisation of candidate examinations pursuant to paragraphs 5 and 6 has been submitted at the same time as a request for authorisation of a defence, a panel shall be set up for that defence in accordance with § 19 or 20 and the request shall be decided by that commission.

§ 14

Exemption from candidate trials and their period of validity

(1) The authority entitled to set up a Commission for the Defence of Candidate Dissertations (§ 3 (1)) may exempt:

(a) from the examination of a professional candidate in a separate scientific preparation, in particular from a practice which already has a processed candidate dissertation on an up-to-date subject, provided that he has demonstrated his professional creative activities that he has the knowledge required for the examination of a professional;

(b) from the examination of the applicant's languages in a separate scientific preparation, which has shown that he has passed the national examination of the language in question or has shown that the language is his mother tongue, or has demonstrated that he has attended a secondary or university school in which the language was the language of instruction. The examination of the language in question shall also not be carried out by the tenderer for whom the language in question is the subject of the examination of a professional one.

(3) The application for exemption from the candidate examinations referred to in paragraph 1 and the application for authorisation of the defence of the candidate dissertation may, in separate scientific preparation, be combined in a single submission to be discussed at the same time.

(4) The professional examination is valid for six years. The period of validity shall be calculated from the completion of the test until the date of application for authorisation of the defence of the candidate dissertation. The duration of these tests cannot be extended. The duration of the language examination is not limited.

(5) For foreigners, special arrangements apply with regard to language examinations.

ČÁST TŘETÍ

OBSERVATIONS OF CANDIDATE AND DOCTOR DISERTATIONS

§ 15

Request for authorisation of the defence

(1) An application for authorisation of the defence of a candidate or doctoral dissertation shall be submitted by the tenderer either directly or through an organisation to which he is engaged:

(a) the organisation (university, faculty, scientific institute) in which the committee of defence is responsible; This organisation shall forward a request for consideration to the competent committee for defence of candidate dissertations or to the competent committee for defence of doctoral dissertations,

(b) the authority authorised to set up the Defence Commission (§ 3 (1) and § 4 (1)) if a candidate or doctoral dissertation of a frontier interbranch nature has been submitted (§ 20).

(2) The applicant shall attach the following documents to the application for authorisation of the defence:

(a) the documents referred to in Article 11 (1) (a) to (e); a candidate for the scientific rank of a candidate of sciences who has applied at the same point for the authorisation of candidate examinations shall submit those documents only if a change in the facts demonstrated has been made against the earlier situation,

(b) confirmation of the end of the scientific education6) and of the results of the examinations in the scientific education or the performance of the candidate examinations in separate scientific preparation or, where appropriate, of the exemption from the candidate examinations. The application for the authorisation of the defence of doctoral dissertation shall be accompanied by a diploma of the candidate of the sciences or proof that he is a professor or a scientific worker to whom grade I has been awarded,

(c) an autoreport (Sections 16 to 18);

(d) dissertation, four copies, five copies, technical elaborates, models, etc., shall be affixed only in one copy,

(e) a communication as to whether the dissertation was created in the work of the planned task and on which, how the knowledge contained therein should be used, whether it has been published or published, and where the publications contained therein are prepared;

(f) the report of the organisation on dissertation, if it was drawn up in a department, in a scientific institute, laboratory, etc., as well as the opinion of the instructor, if the candidate was included in scientific education,

(g) if it comes to defending doctoral dissertation, the most important other published and unpublished scientific work related to the topic of the thesis,

(h) if the applicant submits a new dissertation in the same field of science, the communication given by the Panel on the defence of the original dissertation a negative decision (§ 30 (9)), the title of the original dissertation and the justification for differences between the two dissertations.

(3) The opinion referred to in point (f) of paragraph 2 shall assess the current nature of the subject under examination, its link with the organisation's scientific and technical development plan, the participation of the candidate in obtaining the new scientific knowledge referred to in the dissertation, the justification of the scientific thesis, conclusions and proposals, the possibility of organising the use of results in social practice and its opinion on the applicant's application for defence authorisation. If the scientific results mentioned in the dissertation have been obtained by co-authors, the scientific benefit of the tenderer shall be indicated.

Autoreport and its details

§ 16

(1) The autopherate of the candidate dissertation or the autopheratal of the doctoral dissertation (hereinafter referred to as the "autopherat") is a brief expression of the basic ideas, methods and conclusions of the candidate or doctoral dissertation.

(2) The purpose of the autoreport is:

(a) to enable a wider range of scientific and professional staff of relevant scientific disciplines to be systematically acquainted with the results of scientific activities in candidate and doctoral dissertations;

(b) improve the professional assessment of dissertations by allowing every organisation and every researcher in research and practice interested in the subject under examination to submit questions and comments either in writing to the Chairman of the Defence Commission or orally in defence of the candidate or doctoral dissertation and the candidate is obliged to give an opinion on them;

(c) ensure the prompt use of scientific results in practice.

§ 17

(1) The autoreport is in A5 format; the autoreport of the candidate dissertation is within 20 pages written on the machine; the initial report of doctoral dissertation has a range of up to 40 pages written on the machine. The original paper shall be printed or reproduced in another equivalent way replacing the printing. The first and the other sides of the autoreport should be adapted in accordance with the model annexed to the Order (Annex I).

(2) The Authority is to give a concise and concise answer to the questions on the basis of the breakdown referred to in Section 6 (2).

(3) Autoreport must be submitted in the Czech or Slovak language.

(4) A list of the most important published works of the candidate, which relate to the subject under examination, as well as a report of these works, indicating where and when the reviews were published, a list of the literature used and a summary in two world languages (Section 6 (6)) in the range of 1-2 pages written on the machine.

(5) If the Defence Commission finds that the Authority does not comply with the requirements laid down in paragraphs 1 to 4, it shall proceed in accordance with Paragraph 21 (1).

§ 18

(1) The Authority shall be reproduced in the necessary number of copies in order to be sent no later than six weeks before the defence date to the authorities, organisations and workers who may be interested in the subject under examination. Their list by group of sciences is set out by the scientific colleges of the Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, rectors of universities and dean faculties.

(2) The following shall be mandatory:

(a) the organisation in which the Defence Commission operates;

(b) the Czech Science Commission,

(c) opponents (§ 23),

(d) members of the relevant defence commission;

e) State Library of the Czech Socialist Republic.

(3) The printing or other copies of the autoreport shall be ensured by the applicant who has been classified in the scientific education, training and, where appropriate, the maternity centre; the other candidates of the organisation to which the candidate is in employment.

(4) The distribution of autoreports shall be ensured by the organisation in which it operates, as instructed by the Chairman of the Defence Commission.

Decision on the request for the defence's authorisation

§ 19

(1) If the candidate or doctoral dissertation falls within the competence of the Defence Commission, the Commission shall decide on the request for authorisation of the defence.

(2) If dissertation is not relevant to the substantive competence of the Defence Commission, that Commission shall proceed with the processing of the application in the manner set out in Section 13 (5).

§ 20

(1) The request for authorisation to defend a candidate or doctoral dissertation of a borderline interbranch nature shall be decided by the Defence Commission of the field of science in which the results of the dissertation are intended to constitute a major contribution, in agreement with the Commission or the Defence Commissions in which it interferes with the scientific field of dissertation. The agreement shall show:

(a) which defence commission will discuss the request for the authorisation of the defence and which defence commission will be held before, and the proposal to add to that commission the members of other defence committees whose scientific fields are affected by dissertation;

(b) in which group of sciences and from which field of science the scientific rank shall be awarded; taking into account the character of the university education of the candidate, the wider scientific basis in which the candidate was included in the scientific education and in which he passed the vocational examination, the subject of dissertation, etc. Scientific rank in the group of medical sciences or veterinary sciences may be awarded only to applicants who have completed university studies in medical sciences or in veterinary sciences,

(c) the provision of opponents for candidate dissertation or the proposal for the provision of opponents for doctoral dissertation from the scientific fields in which dissertation interferes.

(2) If the agreement referred to in paragraph 1 is not reached, the Defence Commission shall refer the request to the authority entitled to set up the Defence Commission (Sections 3 (1) and 4 (1)) for the scientific fields in which the dissertation interferes. The Commission shall submit its observations on the questions referred to in paragraph 1 (a) to (c), as well as the opinions and proposals of the other defence commissions in question.

(3) If the application cannot be decided on in accordance with the principles set out in paragraphs 1 and 2, the Czech Scientific Commission shall decide on it. The applicant's application shall be accompanied by an opinion from the authority authorised to set up the Defence Commission on the issues referred to in paragraph 1 (a) to (c).

§ 21

Suspension and termination of the defence authorisation procedure

(1) If the Defence Commission finds that the dissertation or the autoreport do not comply with the requirements laid down in Sections 6 to 8, 11 and 17, or if it finds that the application for authorisation of the defence does not have the requirements laid down in Section 15, it shall suspend the procedure and invite the applicant to remedy the deficiencies within the prescribed time limit. The Commission for the Defence shall continue the proceedings as soon as the obstacles for which the proceedings have been suspended have ceased.

(2) The applicant may withdraw the candidate or doctoral dissertation submitted and request its defence during the course of the proceedings until the opening of the Commission's private meeting (Paragraph 30 (1)). In that case, the Defence Commission shall terminate the proceedings.

(3) If the Defence Commission finds that the dissertation has fundamental deficiencies of a professional nature, it shall advise the applicant to withdraw the dissertation. If the dissertation is withdrawn, the committee will stop the proceedings. If the applicant does not agree to the recommendation of the Defence Commission, the proceedings shall be resumed.

§ 22

Amendment of the Commission following the initiation of the defence authorisation procedure

If the procedure for authorising the defence has been initiated with the Commission for the defence or with the Commission designated pursuant to Paragraph 20, the request may, on a proposal from that Commission with the consent of the applicant, be forwarded to the other Commission for consideration only in exceptional and justified cases and on condition that the commission to be referred to the dissertation agrees to this amendment. 7)

Opponents and their opinions

§ 23

(1) The President of the Commission for the Defence of Candidate Dissertations shall appoint opponents after consultation with the members of the Panel. Opponents for the defence of doctoral dissertations are approved by the Czech Commission for Scientific Aspects on the proposal of the relevant commission for defence of doctoral dissertations.

(2) Candidate dissertation is assessed by at least three opponents who are experts in the relevant scientific field. At least one of them must be a doctor of science, a professor or a scientific worker to whom grade I has been awarded scientific qualification. Other opponents may be appointed candidates of science or professors or qualified practitioners, even if they have no scientific rank or degree.

(3) Doctoral dissertation is assessed by at least three opponents who are experts in the relevant scientific field. At least two of them must be doctors of science, professors or scientists who have been awarded scientific qualification level I. Other opponents may be appointed candidates of science, teachers or qualified practitioners, even if they have no scientific rank or degree. One of the opponents of the doctoral dissertation is to be appointed from among the members of the relevant defence committee.

(4) Paragraph 20 also applies to the provision of opponents in defence of dissertations of a frontier interbranch nature.

(5) Opponents may not be appointed by the candidate's trainers or by the staff involved in the processing of dissertation as co-authors. Nor can it be established as an opponent who is directly superior or subordinate to the applicant. It is not acceptable for all opponents to be workers of the same organisation.

§ 24

(1) The opponent shall return the written opinion and dissertation to the chair of the defence commission within one month at the latest for the candidate dissertation and within two months for the doctoral dissertation or notify the chairman of the defence commission within 15 days of the date of receipt of the report on the provision by the opponent that the opinion cannot be drawn up. If the opinion has not been surrendered or notified by the opponent that it cannot produce the opinion within that time limit, or after a further reasonable period has been waived and expired, the Commission for the Defence of Candidate Dissertations will appoint a new opponent or a panel for the Defence of Doctoral Dissertations to propose the approval of the new opponent to the Czech Commission for Scientific Aspects.

(2) The assessment should include an objective and critical analysis of the advantages and deficiencies of dissertation; should be brief and should not repeat the dissertation content. The opponent shall express in the opinion:

(a) the current nature of the selected topic;

(b) whether the dissertation met the objective pursued;

(c) the processing methods chosen;

(d) the results of the dissertation, indicating what new findings it has produced;

(e) the importance for social practice or for the further development of science;

(f) whether the candidate dissertation complies with the conditions laid down in § 1 (1) and the doctoral dissertation with the conditions laid down in § 2 (1).

(3) If the opponent is responsible for the fact that the work submitted as a candidate dissertation has a scientific level of doctoral dissertation, he is obliged to explicitly state this opinion in his opinion and justify it in detail.

(4) Each opponent shall draw up a separate assessment. It is not permissible for an opponent to replace a separate assessment by declaring that he is attached to another opponent's assessment.

(5) If the opposition's opinion does not comply with the conditions set out in paragraphs 2 to 4, the defence committee shall return it to the opponent for completion or revision with a deadline for submission; that period shall not be more than one month after receipt of the opinion returned.

Citation	Decree of the Czech Commission for Scientific Aspects No. 64 / 1977 Coll., on the Management of the Award of Scientific Aspects
Regulation Type	-
Author	-
Collection	Code of Laws

Date of Promulgation	31.10.1977
Effective from	01.12.1977
Effective until	-
Status	Valid

Decree of the Czech Commission for Scientific Aspects on Management in the Award of Scientific Aspects

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