Egypt Telecommunication Regulation Law – February 2003
systems and commitment to protect trees implanted nearby the roads, land and
surroundings.
Article 38 - Seizure of property for a telecommunication project
Determining a telecommunication project as being of public interest and expropriation of
realties for such purposes shall be resolved by a Presidential Decree, upon a proposal
from the Minister Concerned in accordance with the provisions of Law No. 10 of 1990
regarding expropriation of realties for public interest.
Article 39 – Limits to objections for building a telecommunication network
Neither the owner nor holder of the reality or anyone having an interest thereof shall,
without lawful justification, have the right to object to any of installation and connections
required for providing the occupants with Telecommunication Services. This shall also
apply to all the works required for maintenance or operation of such installations and
connections, with due consideration to environmental, health and constructional safety
rules.
Article 40 – Right to install telecommunication infrastructure
The licensee and the realty usufructuary shall, upon an agreement and for a fair charge
included in such agreement, have the right to erect structures or conduct installations that
are licensed to one of the Telecommunication Networks, Telecommunication Service
provider or audio and video broadcasting services inside, above or beneath the realty,
provided that such works do not endanger the safety of the realty, neighboring or adjacent
realties or their occupants.
The execution of such works shall be suspended in case of filing a judiciary action in
respect thereof, pending issue of final court ruling in this respect.
Article 41 – Licensee obligations to safety of property and occupants
The licensee who is to establish a Telecommunication Network or provide
Telecommunication Services shall, while implementing any of the works mentioned in
Articles (39) and (40), be obliged to implement them in a manner that does not endanger
the safety of the realty, neighboring or adjacent realties, their occupants or third parties.
Article 42 – Rules on erecting communication towers
The entity authorized to grant licenses for construction of buildings shall not have the
right to permit the construction of buildings exceeding 50 meters in height, raise or
modify such buildings without consulting the NTRA. Such entity shall notify the NTRA
of buildings being constructed, raised or modified in excess of the aforementioned height.
A space vacant of buildings shall be left around Radio and Television Transmission
Centers in a circle having the transmitter mast or tower at its center and a radius of not
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