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 Approval may be withdrawn only in the event of a repeat offense.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 Approval shall be refused, granted, suspended or withdrawn by a substantiated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.
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Section 22 of the Decree No. 2001956PM of November 1, 2001, implementing Law No. 200011 of December 19, 2000, on Copyright and Neighboring Rights/akn/cm/act/decret/2001-11-01/2001-956