authorization from the Minister charged of telecommunications after opinion of the commission provided for in article 8 of the decree herein. The authorization shall be granted against a receipt certifying the depositing of the whole royalty amount mentioned in article 4 of the decree herein for the benefit of the general Treasury of the Republic of Tunisia. The authorization shall be renewed for a similar period and according to the same conditions and procedures of its grant on the basis of a request delivered by the internet service provider at least two months before the date of expiry of the authorization period. Art. 8 - Shall be established within the Minister charged of telecommunications an advisory board charged notably of the following: - Examining and issuing opinions concerning the requests of granting or renewing authorizations to provide internet services, - Issuing opinions concerning the files dealing with infringement and sanctions, - Issuing opinions on the requests of ending or transferring authorizations, - Issuing opinion on all the issues submitted by the Minister charged of Telecommunications and which fall within the scope of his attributions, This commission is chaired by the Minister charged of Telecommunications or his representative; it is made up of the following members: - A representative of the Ministry of National Defense, - A representative of the Minister of the Interior, A representative of the Minister of Telecommunications, - A representative of the Minister charged of Trade, - A representative of the national authority of telecommunications, - A representative of the Tunisian Union of Industry, Trade and Handicrafts. The commission’s members are appointed by decision of the Minister of Telecommunications on a proposal from the concerned Ministries and Entities. The commission shall meet upon a call from its president on the basis of an agenda forwarded, at least two (2) weeks before the meeting, to the members. The commission may meet only in presence of at least the majority of its members, in case the quorum is not reached, the commission shall hold a second meeting after ten (10) days irrespective of the number of the present members. In all cases, the commission issues its opinions by the majority of the present members’ votes, and in the event of parity of votes, the president has the casting vote. The president of the commission may call, on an advisory basis, every person whose contribution is deemed necessary without voting rights. The commission’s works are registered in a report delivered to all its members within the ten (10) days following the commission meeting. N° 7 The departments of the general directorate of digital economy, investment and statistics falling within the Ministry charged of Telecommunications shall provide the secretariat of the commission. Chapter 4 Rights and duties of the service provider Section1 – Rights of the service provider Art. 9 - The provider of internet services, according to the authorized activity scope, may benefit from the following services and resources in accordance with the legislation and regulation in force: - The resources of IP numbering protocol in accordance with the legislation and regulation in force, - Addressing resources in accordance with the legislation and regulation in force, - Retail telecommunications services provided by the operators of telecommunications public networks within the framework of the offers approved by the national telecommunications authority in relation with the nature of the activity of the service provider, - Services of physical colocation, common use of infrastructure, the location of interconnection links provided by the operators of telecommunication public utilities networks within the framework of the interconnection offers approved by the national telecommunications authority, - The services of location of connection capacity to the internet international network and the services of location of international links of telecommunications. Art. 10 - The provider of internet services may provide all the services linked to the nature of its activity. Accordingly, he is authorized to achieve all the investments or transactions required for the provision of these services, such as the establishment of telecommunications infrastructure or the over-capacity location of telecommunications’ resources available on the networks of public utilities in accordance with the provisions of the code of telecommunications. - These provisions do not exempt from the obligation to obtain the licenses or authorizations when it is about an activity that requires a license or an authorization in accordance with the legislation and regulation in force. Section 2 – The duties of the service provider with regards to the State Art. 11 - The provider of internet services is bound to: - Provide all the information linked to the technical, operational, financial and accounting issues, to the Ministry of Telecommunications and the National Telecommunications Authority, in accordance with the methods fixed by the authority, - Provide a model of the service contract to be concluded with the customers, to the National Telecommunications Authority for approval, - Be able to meet the requirements of the national defense, security and public safety in accordance with the legislation and regulation in force, Official Gazette of the Republic of Tunisia — 23 January 2015 Page 71