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Any natural person or organization which:
1° fails to obtain a telecommunications licence prior to the commencement of the installation
of a telecommunications network and/or the commencement of a telecommunications service
is subject to a fine in accordance with paragraph 1 (i) of Article 57 of this law;
2° not having obtained a license, operates a telecommunications network and/or provides a
telecommunications service, will subject additionally, to the daily fines in accordance with
paragraph (1) 2° of Article 57 of this law.
Article 6
License holders may apply to the Regulatory Board for renewal of a license not later than
three months before the expiry of the existing license;
The procedure for the renewal of licenses is the same as that applicable to the granting of the
original license;
Renewal of licenses may only be refused for the reasons set out in Articles 7 or 8 of this law;
Telecommunications networks and telecommunications services providers who fail to renew
their licenses or whose application for renewal is rejected by the Regulatory Board cease to
install and/or use further telecommunications networks and/or offer telecommunications
services;
Failure to renew a license is subject to the sanctions in accordance with paragraph (3) of
Article 57 of this law.
Article 7
The Minister, after receiving advice from the Regulatory Board, may decide that the grant of
some individual licenses which involve scarce resources should be subject to a tendering
procedure for the allocation of those licenses.
The Regulatory Board publishes in the Official Gazette full details of the available licenses
and the procedure for tendering for the award of these licenses.
Published details include tender fees, the proposed duration of the license, the criteria for the
award of the license, initial and periodic continuation fees, and details of conditions which
will be attached to the license.
All applicants submitting a tender are treated fairly and without discrimination. Tendering
procedures are clearly described and the assessment of individual tenders is to be strictly in
accordance with the code governing the criteria and timescales for the award of the license.
Article 8
Natural persons and organizations may be refused a license for the following reasons: