for deciding on the request. Expiration of the period set for deciding on the request without a decision made shall be deemed to be an implicit rejection of the request. An applicant whose request for Type Approval was rejected may appeal to the Authority against such rejection, provided that such appeal is submitted within the period provided in Article 16(b) of this Regulation. The applicant may apply for a new request of approval by submitting to the Authority, once again, the evidence that the Telecommunications Equipment to be approved meets the technical requirements provided for in Article 5 of this Regulation. l) Following approval or rejection of the Type Approval request, the Authority shall return to the applicant the samples of the Telecommunications Equipment submitted to the Authority at its request. The Authority may retain any relevant document for future reference. . m) The Type Approval Certificate is personal to the Approval Holder. Subject to the requirement of obtaining a No Objection Certificate (NOC), a non-Approval Holder may import or sell the Telecommun1ications Equipment previously approved for the Approval Holder under the approval certificate issued to the Approval Holder. In such case, the non-Approval Holder shall hold responsibilities imposed upon the Approval Holder as if it had obtained such certificate. In all instance, a non-approval holder may apply for a Type Approval Certificate for itself for the same Telecommunications Equipment previously approved for the Approval Holder. n) The Type Approval Certificate shall be granted for a term of three years and is subject to renewal at the discretion of the Authority. Renewed approval will retain the original approval number. o) A Type Approval shall be valid for all Telecommunications Equipment that fall under the type of equipment for which a Type Approval Certificate had been issued. A Type Approval -12-