Whether a local newspaper or an internet news site can obtain official announcements depends on a single text: the Official Announcements and Advertisements Regulation. This article draws its framework.
Purpose - Art. 1
The purpose of this Regulation is to determine the qualities and duties of the periodicals in which official announcements and advertisements will be published, and to ensure their distribution without regard to differences of opinion and interpretation.
Scope - Art. 2
The Regulation covers the provisions on the scope, distribution and publication of official announcements and advertisements, the right to publish them, the duties and powers of intermediation, the qualities and duties of the periodicals that will publish them and the procedures and principles of supervision.
Those Outside the Scope - Art. 2/2
- The publications of news and photograph agencies
- Publications printed or reproduced on stationery-type, office-type, desktop or portable digital printing machines, computer printers, duplicating and photocopying machines, other than industrial-type digital machines
- Publications issued in fascicles, such as encyclopaedias and bulletins, that are not current
- Any digital medium not having the character of an internet news site, whatever its definition, quality or quantity - including the websites of news and photograph agencies
Basis - Art. 3
This Regulation was prepared on the basis of Arts. 34, 35, 36, 45/A, 53 and provisional Art. 9 of Law No. 195 of 2/1/1961 on the Establishment of the Press Advertisement Agency.
| Basis article | Subject |
|---|---|
| Law No. 195 Art. 34 | The newspapers in which official announcements are published |
| Law No. 195 Art. 35 | The qualities and duties of newspapers |
| Law No. 195 Art. 36 | Decisions of the General Assembly |
| Law No. 195 Art. 45/A | Internet news sites |
| Law No. 195 Art. 53 | Issuing a regulation |
| Law No. 195 provisional Art. 9 | A transitional provision |
The Structure of the Regulation
| Part / section | Articles | Subject |
|---|---|---|
| General provisions | Arts. 1-16 | Purpose, definitions, announcements and advertisements, intermediation, acquiring the right, the waiting period |
| General qualities | Arts. 17-29 | Staff, content, dateline, change of name, invoice, accounting, workplace |
| Newspapers | Arts. 30-51 | Places of publication, categories, continuity, delivery, the imprint, staff, surface area, printing, distribution, sales, indicators |
| Internet news sites | Arts. 52-68 | Categories, ownership, retention, the imprint, the number of news items, traffic, coding, indicators |
| Quotas | Arts. 69-77 | The principle of distribution, the quota, the coefficient, the calculation |
| Magazines and advertisement-only publications | Arts. 78-91 | The conditions for official advertisements |
| Supervision | Arts. 92-106 | Supervisory boards, reports, objection |
| Sanctions | Arts. 107-117 | Decisions, suspension, set-off, compensation, termination, objection, the commission, the governorships |
Summary
The Official Announcements and Advertisements Regulation determines the qualities and duties of the periodicals in which official announcements and advertisements will be published and aims at their distribution without regard to differences of opinion and interpretation. Its basis is Arts. 34, 35, 36, 45/A, 53 and provisional Art. 9 of Law No. 195. News agency publications, publications printed on desktop digital machines and digital media not having the character of an internet news site are outside the scope.