YEREVAN, SEPTEMBER 12, NOYAN TAPAN. At the September 12 of the IT Development Assisting Council (DAC), which was conducted by the Council Chairman, Prime Minister Andranik Margarian, a number of proposals were discussed, particularly those for making amendments to the RA Law on Electronic Communication, defining the spheres of licensing in the telecommuniaction sector, compiling the list of types of activities subject to licensing, and reviewing the amount of state duties and other compulsory payments for licensing and provision of radio frequencies. To recap, in accordance with the amendments to the RA Law on Licensing, the annual amount of state duty for a licence of operating an electronic communication network in Yerevan and one or several marzes makes 3 mln drams (about 7.1 thousand USD), or 3,000 basic duties, of operating a network in Yerevan - 2 mln drams, in more than one marz not including Yerevan - 1 mln drams and in a marz - 500 thousand drams. According to the RA Government Information and PR Department, the council's working group on legal regulation examined the legal acts on regulation of electronic communication, provision of radio frequences and on licensing in the IT sector, and the practice of their use. Joint meeting of the IT DAC legal regulation, strategic and telecommunication working groups were held in order to identify problems related to legislative regulation in the IT sector.

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