Federal Ministry of Communications Decree No. 51 / 1985 Coll.
Decree of the Federal Ministry of Communications of the Radio and Television Regulations
Valid
Effective from 01.01.1986
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DECLARATION
Federal Ministry of Communications
of 11 June 1985
issuing the Radio and Television Regulations
Federal Ministry of Communications in agreement with Czechoslovak Radio and Czechoslovak Television pursuant to § 22 of Act No. 110 / 1964 Coll., on Telecommunications, states:
Radio and television receivers
(1) Radio receiver means telecommunications equipment intended to receive and reproduce radio programmes distributed by radio transmitters. 1) Television means telecommunications equipment designed to receive and reproduce television programmes distributed by television transmitters.
(2) Telecommunications equipment connected to a single unit and intended for the reception and reproduction of radio and television programmes shall be considered as both radio and television receivers.
(3) The equipment referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 shall be considered as radio or television receivers regardless of whether they are powered by electricity from a network or from a battery.
(4) Communicating receivers and other receivers for special purposes are not considered as radio or television receivers, even if they allow reception of radio or television programmes.
Technical and operational conditions
(1) Receivers, their antennas and connection lines of reproductive equipment must be established and used in such a way as not to adversely disturb other telecommunications equipment, with respect to construction and other regulations.
(2) The owner or user of a radio or television receiver (hereinafter referred to as "subscriber") whose radio or television reception is cancelled may, directly or through any mail, request the relevant branch of the Radio Communications Administration in Prague or the Radio Communications Administration in Bratislava, performing radio communications protection, to identify the source of harmful interference and to issue a mandatory order to eliminate the cause of interference.
(3) Communication organisations are not obliged to detect and eliminate defects arising from the fact that the receiving facility of the complaining participant does not comply with the Czechoslovak state standards and other generally binding rules.
(4) The receiver can only be used in such a way that too loud reproduction, especially in nature, in public vehicles and at night, does not disturb the peace of fellow citizens if reproduction is not prohibited at all.
Login and registration of radio and television receivers
(1) A radio and television receiver (hereinafter referred to as "the receiver") is required to register within 15 days of the date on which it was acquired. If the owner has entrusted the receiver for long-term use to another person or organisation ("user '), the user must register it.
(2) The participant shall log the receiver on the prescribed form, which shall be issued to it by mail or when buying or renting the relevant organisation.
(3) The citizen is obliged to submit an application to the delivery post in whose district he is domiciled or, where appropriate, to the delivery service provider. The organisation shall send the application to the district administration of the connections, the district administration of the post offices or the municipal post office (hereinafter referred to as the OKSS) in whose district it is located.
(4) If a citizen applies to register one radio receiver or one television receiver, he or she may use more than one radio or television receiver, either alone or with members of his household (2), both in and outside the apartment.
(5) Organisations are required to register all the receivers they own or have entrusted to use.
(6) The records of subscribers of paying citizens are kept by the relevant collection centre, the records of recipients of organisations and exempt citizens of the relevant OKSS.
(7) Records are not subject to receivers
(a) the organisation of connections, Czechoslovak Radio, Czechoslovak Television and Press and Information Offices used for service purposes and for the control of radio or television broadcasting;
(b) the military authorities, the National Security Corps, the armies and departments of the Ministry of the Interior and the corps of corrective education used for military and security purposes;
(c) manufactured, repaired or sold by an organisation authorised to do so;
(d) representative offices and missions of foreign States in the CSSR and their personnel, unless they are Czechoslovak nationals;
(e) used by aliens if their stay in CSSR does not exceed three months.
Reporting of changes and unlogging of receivers from the register
(1) The participant is required to notify without delay the change of permanent residence or registered office, the change of the organisation's surname or name and other changes related to the registration of its receivers by its delivery post or OKSS.
(2) A participant may withdraw the receiver from the register if:
(a) the receiver is destroyed or irreparable;
(b) the receiver sells, donates or entrusts to another person or organisation in the long term;
(c) the receiver ceases to be used permanently for other serious reasons.
(3) When the receiver is checked out from the register in accordance with paragraph 2 (b). (c) the participant must indicate in writing on the check-out the measures taken to prevent the use of the unregistered receiver.
(4) The receiver shall be checked out from the register on the prescribed form requested at the post office, which the participant shall complete according to the pre-print and submit to his delivery post or OKSS. The mail or OKSS confirms receipt of the check-out.
(5) If the participant fails to comply with the conditions set out in paragraphs 2 and 3, the post office or OKSS shall not withdraw its receiver from the register.
(6) Unsubscribe the receiver from the register or notify the change of participant is required
(a) a legal successor or a mature household member in the event of the death of a citizen;
(b) the statutory authority or the legal successor when the organisation is terminated.
If a lonely citizen dies, the records of his receiver shall be revoked by the authority.
Rates for use of the receiver
(1) For each receiver subject to registration, the participant shall pay the specified rate for use, whether or not it uses the receiver. The rate for a radio receiver is 20 CZK per month, 50 CZK per television receiver per month. The obligation to pay the rate shall begin on the first day of the month following the receipt's registration.
(2) Rates for the use of citizens' receivers are due on the 1st day of the current month and are part of a concentrated collection of payments to the population. Rates for the use of organisations' receivers shall be payable in advance on the first day of the calendar quarter.
(3) A participant who does not submit an application for registration of a receiver within the specified period shall pay the rate referred to in paragraph 1 for the period during which the receiver has not been registered. If it is not possible to identify the duration of unauthorised use of the receiver, the participant shall pay a flat-rate refund of 720 CZK for radio and 1,800 CZK for television.
(4) The debt rates and refunds referred to in paragraph 3 shall be enforced by the service authorities by the implementation of the decision on the basis of the statement of the telecommunications tariffs due.
(5) The obligation to pay the rate for the use of the receiver shall end with the end of the month in which the receiver was unchecked or the record was cancelled. The rates paid in advance shall be returned by post or OKSS to the participant or his authorised representative within three months of the cancellation of the registration.
Exemption from the rate of use
(1) Citizens who apply for registration of a receiver and those who are already participants may be granted an exemption from the rate of use at their request if their annual net income, together with the income of other household members, does not exceed 12 times the amount laid down by the special legislature4) as a threshold of low income which is the only source of income.
(2) The amounts applicable for the granting of the exemption are not included
(a) education or maintenance;
(b) increase in pension (education) for helplessness;
(c) social security contributions;
(d) remuneration for foster care;
(e) State compensation;
(f) the amount by which the pension exceeds the threshold of low income which is the only source of income as a result of its indexation;
(g) the occupational income of a pensioner or his family member from an activity which does not last more than 60 working days in a calendar year, the occupational income of a pensioner or a family member over 70 years of age and the income of a muzzle.
Submission and consideration of requests for exemption
(1) The request for exemption shall be lodged by the citizen at his delivery post on the form to be issued to him. The application shall include details of his or her income and income of members of his or her household certified by the employer or by post paying the pension and, where appropriate, include evidence of other circumstances justifying his or her exemption (medical or national committee confirmation, recommendations of the disability organisation, etc.).
(2) When submitting an application, the citizen must undertake in writing to report to the Post Office all the circumstances that would affect the granting of the exemption and declare that he is aware of the consequences that would arise from the incorrect or false particulars in the application.
(3) Applications shall be decided by the OKSS in the administrative procedure. If a citizen decides to exempt himself from the charges for the use of receivers, he shall issue him an exemption card.
Exemptions
(1) Exemptions
(a) by changing the conditions under which it was granted (Paragraph 6 (2) and (3));
(b) permanent relocation or death of a citizen;
(c) by a final decision of the authority referred to in Article 7 (3), in particular where it becomes apparent subsequently that the exemption was granted on the basis of false or incorrect data.
(2) If the citizen does not declare a change to the conditions applicable to the granting of the exemption, he shall pay the full rate referred to in Article 5 for the period during which he did not fulfil the conditions for the exemption. Paragraph 5 (4) shall apply mutatis mutandis to the recovery of this amount.
Final provisions
(1) Proofs of total and partial exemption from fees issued before the entry into force of this Order shall be deemed to be an exemption under Article 7 (3) of these Regulations and shall remain in force if the conditions laid down in this Order are fulfilled.
(2) The Federal Ministry of Communications Decree No. 13 / 1974 Coll., issuing the Radio and Television Regulations, as amended by Decree No. 178 / 1975 Coll., Decree No. 117 / 1982 Coll. and Decree No. 10 / 1985 Coll., is hereby repealed.
(3) This Decree shall take effect on 1 January 1986.
Minister:
Ing. Chalupa CSc. v. r.
1) The radio receiver is not a participating radio station set up by wire pursuant to Decree No. 50 / 1985 Coll., which is published by the Radio Order.
(a) the spouse, wife, children, grandchildren, parents, siblings, son-in-law, if they live with a member of the household;
4) Act No. 100 / 1988 Coll., on Social Security, as amended by Act No. 110 / 1990 Coll. Decree of the Government of CSFR No. 231 / 1990 Coll., on increasing paid pensions and the boundaries of low pensions, which are the only source of income.
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Regulation Information
| Citation | Decree of the Federal Ministry of Communications No. 51 / 1985 Coll. |
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| Regulation Type | - |
| Author | - |
| Collection | Code of Laws |
| Date of Promulgation | 09.07.1985 |
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| Effective from | 01.01.1986 |
| Effective until | - |
| Status | Valid |
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