SECTION 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.