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- its offices are in Cameroon;
- it can demonstrate the competence and integrity of its managers and founders;
- it pays the sum of five hundred thousand (500,000) CFA francs to the fund for the
support of cultural policy;
- it is accessible to all owners of copyright and neighboring rights in the category applied
for.
Article 21:
1. All applications, paid for at the current rate, shall be submitted in French or English.
2. Applications shall indicate the category in which the organization proposes to carry
out collective management.
3. Applications shall be submitted to the Ministry of Culture in duplicate with a request
for confirmation of receipt.
4. Each copy shall be accompanied by a file containing the following:
- the statutes and any other basic texts of the organization;
- one copy of the constituent instrument;
- a list of managers or of all persons required to perform equivalent functions, with the
surname, forename, domicile and nationality of each one;
- criminal record details for each founder or director, dating from within the past three (3)
months;
- proof of payment of a sum of five hundred thousand (500,000) CFA francs to the fund
for the support of cultural policy;
- documents demonstrating the competence of the founders and directors;
- details of the human and material resources which the organization intends to use.
5. The Minister of Culture shall rule on the application for approval within sixty (60) days.
Article 22:
1. Approval shall be granted for a period of five (5) years and may be renewed subject
to the same conditions on which it was granted.
2. Approval shall be non-transferable.
3. Where an organization infringes its own basic texts or the laws or regulations in force,
the Ministry of Culture shall order it to rectify the situation within one month.
4. The Minister of Culture may suspend approval where, at the end of the period
referred to in paragraph 3 above, no action has been taken to comply with the order in
question.
5. Suspension may not exceed thirty (30) days.
6. Approval may be withdrawn only in the event of a repeat offense.
7. Approval shall be refused, granted, suspended or withdrawn by a substantiated
decision of the Minister of Culture. The interested party shall be notified of all decisions.