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AMENDING THE GENERAL LAW ON TELECOMMUNICATIONS IN RESPECT OF NOTIFICATIONS DURING THE PROCESS OF GRANTING CONCESSIONS

Original Language Title: MODIFICA LA LEY GENERAL DE TELECOMUNICACIONES EN LO RELATIVO A LAS NOTIFICACIONES DURANTE LA TRAMITACIÓN DEL OTORGAMIENTO DE CONCESIONES

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LAW NO. 21,035 AMENDS THE GENERAL TELECOMMUNICATIONS LAW AS REGARDS THE NOTIFICATIONS DURING THE PROCESSING OF THE GRANTING OF CONCESSIONS. The motion of the Honorable Senators Manuel Antonio Matta Aragay, Guido Girardi Lavin and Manuel Jose Ossandon Irarrazaval, Draft Law: " Single Article.-Add in Article 16a (b) of Law No. 18.168, General of Telecommunications, the next second paragraph, new, passing the current second and third paragraphs to be Third and fourth, respectively: " Without prejudice to the foregoing, the notifications to be made in the framework of the procedure for granting permits or concessions or their modifications may be made by electronic means. A technical standard issued by the Secretariat shall lay down the requirements and means for the validation of electronic notifications. If the electronic notification is not verified, the postal service shall be notified, in accordance with the time limits and forms referred to in the preceding paragraph. '; Transitional Article.-Legal persons who have been the holders of a modulated frequency and modulated frequency radio broadcast, who have lost the option of renewing their concessions, and those concessionaires of the service of Sound broadcasting of minimum coverage which took place under the new regime established by Law No 20,433 and which could not acquire the status of community radio stations, the product of the non-publication or publication of the respective decree grant or the respective resolution of the assignment of the same, may participate, for the only time, in the four-month contest following the publication of this law, in the renewal or grant of their concession, as appropriate, or to another of similar characteristics, if technically feasible, making use of their preferential right. " And because I have had to approve and sanction it; therefore, promulgate and take effect as the Law of the Republic. Santiago, 5 September 2017.-MICHELLE BACHELET, President of the Republic.-Paola Tapia Salas, Minister of Transport and Telecommunications. What I transcribe to you for your knowledge.-Atently, Rodrigo Ramírez Pino, Deputy Secretary of Telecommunications.