Egypt Telecommunication Regulation Law – February 2003 Article 47 – Operator’s right to limit transmission of service to protect network Licensed Public Networks Operators shall, after obtaining consent from the NTRA, have the right to prevent connection of the service to Telecommunication Terminal Equipment if it is established that such equipment have caused damage to the licensed network. Article 48 – Type approval The NTRA shall, without prejudice to the provisions of Article (44), determine the rules and the procedures for approving any type of equipment and granting permits for importing, manufacturing, usage, trade and marketing of Telecommunication Equipment and Sets. It shall also determine the conditions, durations and charges for obtaining such permits. The NTRA shall issue the permit or refuse to issue such permit within a period not exceeding 90 days from the date it receives all documents required for issuing the permit. Importers, manufacturers, users, possessors of and traders in Telecommunication Sets and Equipment for which permits need to be lawfully granted for the purpose of exercising the activities prescribed in the first clause of this Article, shall harmonize their situation by obtaining the necessary permits from the NTRA within six months from the date of coming into force of this law. National Telecom. Reg.Authority 20