An application for a certificate of no legal impediment to
publication may be rejected if the title of the periodical so
closely resembles the title of a periodical for which a certificate
has already been issued that the two may easily be confused.
A certificate of no legal impediment to publication is valid for
ten years from the date of issue. The certificate lapses
thereafter. The decision that a certificate shall be deemed to
have lapsed after the expiry of the ten-year period is taken by
the authority referred to in Article 4.
The certificate may be renewed for ten years at a time, with
effect from the expiry of the preceding ten-year period, on an
application from the owner. An application for renewal may be
made no sooner than one year before and no later than the
expiry date. The same rules otherwise apply to an application
for renewal of a certificate as applied in the case of the original
application.
If an application for renewal has been received in due time, the
certificate shall continue to be valid, the provisions of
paragraphs four and five notwithstanding, until the decision
resulting from the application has acquired legal force.
Art. 6. A certificate of no legal impediment to publication may
be rescinded:
1. if the owner has given notice that publication of the
periodical has ceased;
2. if the rights of ownership in the periodical have been
transferred to a person who does not have the required
qualifications;
3. if there is no responsible editor, or if the responsible
editor does not have the required qualifications and a
qualified responsible editor is not appointed forthwith;
4. if the periodical has not appeared within six months
from the date on which the certificate of no legal
impediment to publication was issued;
5. if at least four issues or instalments of the periodical
specified in the certificate have not appeared at
different times in either of the previous two calendar
years;
6. if within six months from the appearance of the first
issue it becomes apparent that a certificate should not
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