Regulation on Enterprise License to Administrators

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REGULATION ON ENTERPRISE LICENSE TO BE GIVEN TO THE FILM, VIDEO, RECORD AND CASSETTE ADMINISTRATORS

Resolution Number: 86/10899

Publication in Official Gazette: 4.9.1986/19211

Regulation on amendment of some of the articles and annexing a provisional article to this regulation.

Resolution Number: 87/11715

Publication in Official Gazette: 26.6.1987/19499

The name of the Regulation has been amended with Article 1.

Objective:

Article 1 has been amended.

Article 1:

The objective of this regulation is to determine who shall be licensed as the administrator, their qualifications, the principles that shall be implemented and other matters and exceptions related with this work, by municipalities and by the superior civil administrative chief outside the borders of municipalities.

Scope:

Article 2:

This regulation comprises the requested qualifications, the conditions that shall be followed and other methods and principles, for the real and legal persons to have an enterprise license demanding to copy films, videos, records, cassettes and similar works having an enterprise certificate for commercial purposes, to make collective sale or retail distribution, to sell, rent and display for more than one person.

Real and Legal Persons that shall be given Administrator License:

The first paragraph of Article 1 has been amended.

Article 3:

Administrator license shall be given to the real and legal persons, demanding to copy films, videos, records, cassettes and similar works for commercial purpose, to distribute and sell, to sell by retail, to rent, to display for more than one person by the municipalities, or in places outside the borders of municipalities by the superior administrative chief only if they carry the qualifications stated in article 4 and if they can execute the conditions. The administrator who has taken administrator license and doing collective copying and distribution shall be obliged to take his copying right from the producer by a document prepared by the notary public.

The subject of this activity is shown separately in the administration license.

Qualifications and conditions:

Article 4 has been amended.   

Article 4:

From the ones, who applied to the municipalities and to the superior administrative authorities in places outside the borders of municipalities, demanding to get administration license, necessary materials and equipment for the controlling of videos and cassettes shall be required in working places and sharing a proper stand shall be required in the working places that are not independent.

Display of the films and video works of art

Article 5:

The persons demanding to display films and video works of art in public, relaxation, recreation and entertainment places shall also be obliged to have a administrator license. The works without the special of "Usable in open-public places" on the producer's banderole shall not be displayed in open-public places.

Exceptions:

Article 6:

Public institutions, establishments and foundations shall not be obliged to get administrator license due to their selling, displaying and distribution activities of educational, instructive, country introducing, scientific and social films, videos, records and cassettes. However, they shall be obliged to get the administration license in case these activities are executed for commercial purposes in a working place.

The Turkish Radio and Television Company shall not be considered as administrator due to its displaying, selling, distributing activities of films, videos, advertisements, records, cassettes, magnetic bands and similar works, therefore administration license shall not be given.

Provisional Article:

The administrators, who were active before this regulation had come into force, shall be obliged to get administration license within 3 months from the Municipalities.

A provisional article has been annexed.

Provisional Article:

The administrators, who were active in the places out of the borders of municipalities before the regulation had come into force, shall be obliged to get the administration license from the superior civil administrative chief within 3 months.

Validity:

Article 7:

This regulation shall come into force on the date of its publication.

Execution:

Article 8:

The provisions of this regulation shall be executed by the Minister of Culture and Tourism.