3. Those interested in establishing a media agency will forward a request to the national media council so an
evaluation on the fulfillments of the requirements could be made on the agency. The council will then submit to
the ministry of information to register the agency.
4) The national media council will be elected once in every two years. The council will have a bylaw stipulating
its occupations and rules.
Art. 7
Registration, Services, Ownership, Administration and Responsibility.
1) Registration – Every media such as Radios, TVs, newspapers, printing agencies, media training institutes,
advertising companies, internet companies, cinemas, telecommunications, media organizations whether the
existing bodies or the newly establishing ones has to register with the ministry of information.
2) Services: - Privately owned local and foreign media agencies will pay registration services on yearly basis
and the foreign journalists operating in the country will serve under a regulating media law issued by the
ministry of information in consultation with the revenue authority.
3) Ownership, Administration and Responsibility. – Every media owned privately should have an owner to
be contacted and an executor accountable for the operations.
The ownership certificate, the name of the owned his address/residence, his personal address, the type of the
media should be attached to the application for registration. Likewise, the application should reveal the name,
knowledge and experience of the executor.
b) The two positions i.e. owner and executor could be assumed by one person if required.
4) - the Title of the Media: - Every media agency should posses a title and an office like a P.O. Box, e-mail,
Fax and telephone. In case any of these titles are not available the others should be used.
a) No media agency can be established until the afore-mentioned requirements are fully completed.
5- Timeframe – the authorization for the establishment of the media agency will be given within (30) days
when the conditions and requirement prescribed in the presented law are fully and accordingly met. If there
are no tangible reasons the media cannot undertake any activity during the waiting period for the authorization.
a) Authorization would be issued to the operating media at present within 30 days starting from the date of the
presentation of the request. The said media agencies can continue their operations until the reception or
denial of the authorization of the Ministry of Information. .
6- Complaint. – The applicant forwarding the request for the establishment of a private media agency or a
previously operating media agency and not satisfied with the National Media Council’s decision have the
right to present a complaint to the Ministry of information. If not satisfied with the decision of the Ministry of
information, the applicant has the right to forward the complaint to the regional court within10 days starting
from the date the decision were taken by the Ministry of information.
Art. 8
Forfeiture of the registration Permit.
The media agency that procured a registration permit can forfeit the registration permit if its media devices fail
to operate within 6 months or the devices suspended its operation for a period of 6 months.
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