It is also charged of the disputes resulting from the performance of the service contracts concluded between the internet services providers and their clients submitted before the authority by the organizations of the legally established consumer. Chapter 6 Infringements and administrative sanctions Art. 17 - Without prejudice to penal sanctions provided for in the legislation related to telecommunications, the legislation related to the press and to the artistic and literary property and the legislation related to the competition and prices as well as the protection of the consumer, the infringements of the provisions of the decree herein giving rise to administrative sanctions provided for in the telecommunications code. The infringements are noticed by minute drawn-up by the authorized officials in accordance with the provisions of the telecommunications code. Art. 18 - The Minister charged of telecommunications shall address a point of order to the concerned provider of internet services through registered letter or by a reliable electronic document with acknowledgment of receipt within a deadline not exceeding one month as from the date of infringements occurring. The provider of internet services shall bring to an end the established infringements and shall also deliver his relating report through registered letter or a reliable electronic document with acknowledgement of receipt to the commission mentioned in article 8 of the decree herein within a deadline not exceeding fifteen (15) days as from the date of addressing the point of order. At the end of this deadline and if the infringements persist, the secretariat of the commission shall submit a justified report that shall be delivered to the commission that can propose one of the administrative sanctions provided for by article 88 of the telecommunications code. The president of the commission shall call for the provider of internet services to present his observations related to the alleged infringements before the commission, and this through registered letter or a reliable electronic document with acknowledgement of receipt at least ten (10) days before the commission meeting. Art. 19 - The decision of the sanction shall be notified to the provider of internet services within a deadline not exceeding fifteen (15) days as from the date of making the decision by registered letter or a reliable electronic document with acknowledgement of receipt. Art. 20 - In case of serious failure or flagrant violation of the provisions of the decree herein, the Minister charged of telecommunications, according to a report established by the national authority for telecommunications, may pronounce the immediate suspension of the activity and may convene the provider of internet services to present his observations related to the facts inflicted to him before the commission which draws-up a justified report dealing with the settlement of the situation of the operator within a deadline not exceeding one month as from the suspension. N° 7 Art.21 - The authorization is automatically withdrawn from the provider of internet services in the dissolution or bankruptcy of the legal entity. Chapter 7 Transitional provisions Art. 22 - Shall be granted, in accordance with the decree herein and within the limit of the authorized activity, an authorization to the providers of internet services holding an authorization as from its entry into force. The providers of Internet services provided for in the first paragraph of this article have a period of six (6) months as from the enforcement of the decree herein to meet the conditions provided for by its provisions. Art.23 - Shall be granted according to the decree herein, an authorization from the provider of internet services to the public operator, in the scope of internet provided for by article 5 of the decree n° 97-501 dated 14 March 1997, related to the services of value added for telecommunications. This operator has a period of six (6) months starting from the entry into force of the decree herein in order to meet the conditions provided for by its provisions. Art.24 - The operators of public network of telecommunications holding a permit for the establishment and operation of a public network of telecommunications, in accordance with the legislation and regulation in force, are not submitted to the provisions of this chapter. Art. 25 – Are abrogated , the provisions of decree n° 97– 601 dated 14 March 1997, relating to the added value tax services of telecommunications. Art. 26 - The Minister of Higher Education, Scientific Research, Information Technologies and Communication shall implement the decree herein which shall be published in the Official Gazette of the Republic of Tunisia. Tunis, 26 December 2014. The Head of Government Mehdi Jomaa Order of the Minister of Higher Education, Scientific Research, Information Technologies and Communication dated 13 January 2015, opening an internal competitive examination on the basis of files for the promotion to the grade of general engineer (section of higher education and scientific research). (Published only in Arabic and French) Order of the Minister of Higher Education, Scientific Research, Information Technologies and Communication dated 13 January 2015, opening an internal competitive examination on the basis of files for the promotion to the grade of chief engineer (section of higher education and scientific research). (Published only in Arabic and French) Official Gazette of the Republic of Tunisia — 23 January 2015 Page 73

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