AUTHORIZATION Section 10: The operation of a network for the purpose of supplying telecommunications services to the public shall be subject to authorization granted according to the terms laid down by regulations. Such authorization shall lay down the conditions for operating networks as well as for supplying telecommunications services in accordance with the schedule of conditions provided under Section 9(2) of this law. The authorization shall entail the granting of a licence by the competent authority under conditions laid down by a decree to implement this law. Section 11: (1) Natural persons or bodies corporate may, under conditions laid down by regulations, be authorized to operate: terminal equipment giving the public access, against payment, to the services referred to in Section 9(1)(b) and (c) of this law; value-added services; any support service. (2) An authorization shall be subject to respect of the specifications relating to: the nature, characteristics and zone of coverage of the service; the conditions of permanency, availability, quality and neutrality of the services; respect of the technical prescriptions concerning access to the service, its interconnection with other support services and operating compatibility therewith; the required prescriptions for national defence and public security; the operating conditions required to protect exclusive supply of the services referred to in Section 9(1) by holders of concession agreements and to ensure fair competiion; the duration, conditions for termination and renewal of the authorization; the universal service obligation of the holder as provided for in Section 18 of this law; the modalities for calculation and revision of the fees payable as contribution to the development of telecommunications throughout the national territory. Section 12: Supply of telecommunications services other than those referred to under Section 9(1) above and using radio frequencies shall be subject to prior authorization under the following conditions: (a) where the supply of the service entails the operation of a new radio frequency network or modification of an authorization already granted to operate a network, the provisions of Section 5 of this law shall apply; (b) where the service is supplied through a radio frequency network using frequencies assigned to a person referred to in Section 2(1) above, the authorization shall be subject to respect of the prescriptions in the specifications and concerning all or some of the points under Section 9(2) of this law. CHAPTER III DECLARATION