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Audiència

Sens perjudici de les possibles ***audiències que tinguin lloc directament en les respectives universitats, el Consell Interuniversitari de Catalunya, mitjançant la Junta, gaudeix de la consideració d’entitat representativa dels interessos de les universitats que la integren pel que fa ****al tràmit d’audiència*** establert per la normativa de procediment de la Generalitat i del procediment administratiu comú.

This is my first draft, but I am not sure about 'audiència', so haven't translated it:

Without prejudice to any possible ***audiències that may take place within the universities themselves, the Inter-University Council of Catalonia shall, via its Board, be accorded the consideration of an entity representative of the interests of the universities that constitute its membership, in relation to the ***tràmit d’audiència established by the procedural regulations of the Generalitat and by common administrative procedure.

I am tempted to use 'hearings' but am not sure that it would be suitable for this context, as it sounds very formal/legal, and maybe they just mean 'meetings'.

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