These provisions are designed to facilitate the adoption and commencement of the Sydney Accord by all signatories and specify arrangements through which the outstanding verification procedures associated with the Accord can be completed.

At the time when the Agreement and the Rules and Procedures were adopted, the verification procedures set out in the Ottawa Intent had not been completed in respect of the signatories identified in the Schedule to these Transitional Provisions.

1. The signatories concerned accept that the Agreement, and the Rules and Procedures, will apply to those signatories in the schedule except for:
   
   a. the engineering technology academic programs which they themselves accredit until such time as the vertification procedures have been completed;and
   
   b. that they wil not be requested to nominate representatives to serve as full members of any review team established under the Rules and Procedures, until the outstanding verification of their accreditation procedures and criteria has been completed and ratified.
   
   
2. Such verification swill be undertaken by review panels established in accordance with the Ottawa Intent, provided that the composition of any such review panel is acceptable to the signatories.
   
   
3. These Transitional Provisions will not affect any other rights and responsibilities which the signatories subject to verification may have, or may be required to excercise, in connection with the Agreement and Rules and Procedures.