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5/ to proceed to the visits of the places with use of dwelling supposed to contain products counterfeited, and this, after preliminary authorization of the Public prosecutor of the competent jurisdiction court. The visits of the places with use of dwelling must be paid in accordance with the regulations of the penal procedures code. Article 52 quinquies - The members of the police force are held, in the event of need, to lend hand-strong to the order agents of control to guarantee the good achievement of their mission. The haulage contractors are held not to make obstacle at the request of the agents aimed to article 52 (a) of this law in order to proceed to the operations of seizure or sampling, and to present the loading or transport documents, the receipts, the goods and declarations of which they are holders. Article 52 sexies - The samples taken by the agents aimed to in article 52 (a) of this law are subjected to the necessary expertises. In the event of analyses and tests, those must be carried out in the laboratories entitled for this purpose in accordance with the regulations into force. Article 52 septies - The infringements with the provisions of this law are noted by an official report established by two agents among those quoted in article 52 (a) of this law, having taken share personally and directly with the observations of the facts which constitute the infringement. The official report must comprise the service seal of the agents policemen, their signatures and their quality, as well as the declarations of the contravener. The contravener or his representative, present during the establishment of the official report, is held to sign it. If the official report is established in its absence, or that present it refuses to sign it, mention is made by it in the official report. The official report must also mention the date, the place and the nature of the observations or controls carried out and indicate that the contravener was informed of the date and the place of the drafting of the verbal lawsuit and that convocation by registered letter was addressed to him, except case of obvious offence. Article 52 octies - Is punished of a fine from 5000 to 20000 dinars and of a one month imprisonment or six months or one of these two penalties : - whoever avoids or attempts to avoid controls intended to check the suspected products to be counterfeited, - whoever puts, in any manner, the agents entitled by the present law in the impossibility of reaching the buildings of production, manufacture, deposit, sale, distribution or with the means of transport, - whoever refuses to give any account, technical or commercial necessary to control, - whoever intentionally provides false documents with regard to the source of the product, its origin, its nature, its elements and its substantial qualities. Article 52 nonies - The responsibility for the services the agents belong to aimed to in article 52 (a) cannot be committed if they do not manage to recognize the products supposed counterfeited. The law herein shall be published in the Official Gazette of the Republic of Tunisia and implemented as law of the state. Tunis, 23 July 2007. Zine El Abidine Ben Ali Law n° 2007-51 dated 23 July 2007, amending and completing law n° 60-30 dated 14 December 1960, organizing social security schemes (1). In the name of the people, The Chamber of Deputies and the Chamber of Advisors having adopted, The President of the Republic enacts the following law : Article one - The provisions of paragraph one of article 105 of law n° 60-30 dated 14 December 1960, organizing social security schemes are repealed and superseded by the following provisions : Article 105 (paragraph one new) : Any full contribution or part of it not paid at the time limit by an affiliated employer is overvalued by a late payment penalty for non payment of the required contributions worth 1% per each month late or part of it if the employer declares all the wages automatically paid. If all the paid wages are not declared, a late payment penalty for non declaration of wages worth 0.5% from the affiliations amount required per one month late or part of it is added to the late payment penalty for non payment of contributions. Art. 2 - A third paragraph is added to article 45 of law n° 60-30 dated 14 December 1960, organizing social security schemes as follows : Article 45 (third paragraph) : The employees may pay the affiliations fees provided for in the article herein monthly. The law herein shall be published in the Official Gazette of the Republic of Tunisia and implemented as law of the state. Tunis, 23 July 2007. Zine El Abidine Ben Ali ________ (1) preparatory works : Discussion and adoption by the Chamber of Deputies during its session held on 10 July 2007. Discussion and adoption by the Chamber of Advisors during its session held on 16 July 2007. CONSTITUTIONAL COUNCIL (*) Opinion n° 29-2007 of the Constitutional Council, on a draft law amending and completing law n°2001-36 dated 17 April 2001, on trademarks, trade and services protection. Opinion n° 45-2007 of the Constitutional Council, on a draft law amending and completing law n°60-30 dated 14 December 1960, organizing social security schemes. _____________________________________ (*) These opinions are published only in Arabic and French. N° 60 Official Gazette of the Republic of Tunisia — 27 July 2007 Page 773

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