Official Gazette-Issue 41- Addendum - 23/7/2002
economics, business, law, finance, engineering or computer science and have
experience in these fields. None of the aforementioned persons can be
dismissed or have his appointment terminated for any reason other than those
set out in the present Law.
2) The TRA shall hold meetings and take decisions by absolute majority of the
Members legally composing the Board.
Article 7: Impediments to Appointment
Pursuant to appointment conditions stipulated under Article 4 of Legislative
Decree N° 112/59 dated 12/06/59 (Employees Regulations), except for age and
competition conditions, the Chairman and Members shall not be any of the
following:
1) Any Person who has a direct or indirect interest with any Person providing
Telecommunications Services, or supplying Telecommunications Equipment
or CPE inside Lebanon or for Lebanon, or any person who has a direct or
indirect connection with the telecommunications sector in Lebanon;
2) Any Person who has been declared insolvent or bankrupt by a judicial decision;
or
3) Any Person who has been indicted in a disciplinary proceeding resulting in a
penalty other than a reprimand or warning.
Article 8: End of Membership
1) The term of office of the Chairman and TRA Board Members shall come to an
end upon the expiry of the term of appointment, or in the event of death,
resignation, termination or dismissal.
2) In the case of gross default in the fulfillment of the obligations of appointment
or in the case of violation of the conditions set out in Article 7 of the present
Law, the term of office of the Chairman and Members shall be terminated by a
decree issued by the Council of Ministers, upon the proposal of the Minister,
based on the existence of gross default or violation as ascertained, upon the
request of the Minister, by a committee composed of the President of the State
Consultative Council ()رﺋﻴﺲ ﻣﺠﻠﺲ ﺷﻮرى اﻟﺪوﻟﺔ, the President of the High Court
for Magistrates ( )رﺋﻴﺲ ﻣﺠﻠﺲ اﻟﻘﻀﺎء اﻷﻋﻠﻰand the President of the Audit Court
()رﺋﻴﺲ دﻳﻮان اﻟﻤﺤﺎﺳﺒﺔ. The decision of the committee shall be adopted by majority
vote.
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