c) the names and address of the person holding more than 2% of the shares of the
publishing company or the news agency and the amount of their share
4/ Where the proposed name of the registering periodical so closely resembles the name or
emblem of another periodical which has already been registered that the two may easily be
confused, another name or emblem shall be registered.
5/ The periodical or news agency shall be deemed registered where the Ministry of
Information or the regional bureau of the region fails to issue certificate of registration within
30 days from the date the application is submitted, or fails to notify in writing the applicant
the grounds for refusal to issue it with in such period .
6/ Any changes to the information provided under sub-article (3) of this Article shall be
reported by the publisher company or the news agency to the registering body within fifteen
days.
7/ Certificate of registration shall lapse where:
a) the publisher or the news agency provides written notification of the dis continuance of
the publication or its operation ; or
b) the registered periodical or news agency fails to commence publication or rendrering its
service within one year of registration.
8/ The provisions of sub-article (7 ) of this
Article shall apply, mutatis mutandis, to sub-article(2) of this Article.
10. Imprint and Gratuitous Copies
1/ Periodicals shall, on each publication, carry the name of the publisher, printer and editorin-chief, and the volume and number of the periodical periodicity and date of publication in a
discernible manner.
2/ Broadcasters shall indicate the station name at the beginning and end of each
programme, along with the name of the producer.
3/ Periodicals with national distribution or based in Addis Ababa shall, within twenty four
hours of dissemination, deposit two gratuitous copies of every volume with the Agency of
the National Archives and Libraries .