President
Based on the Constitution
and as approved by the People's Assembly at its meeting held in the date of 11-4-1426 A.H., 19-5-2005, my birth,
The following are issued:

Section I
Definitions

Article 1

The expressions in this Law shall mean the meanings set forth by each of them:
• Union: Union of Publishers in the Syrian Arab Republic.
• Ministry of Information
• Minister: Minister of Information
• Publisher: Who is responsible for publishing, distributing, distributing and marketing the book and publications.
• Publishing House: The facility for printing, publishing, distributing, distributing and marketing books and publications.
• General Conference: General Conference of the Union of Publishers.
• Office: Executive Office of the Publishers Union.

Composition and objectives of the Federation

Article 2

In the Syrian Arab Republic, an organization called the Union of Publishers is established in the city of Damascus and enjoys legal personality and financial and administrative independence.
It has the need to establish branches in the provinces in accordance with the provisions of this law, and this union includes all licensed publishers that have assets.

Article 3

The Union of Publishers is a professional organization that believes in the goals of the Arab nation in unity, freedom and socialism and is committed to working to achieve them according to the decisions and directives of the Baath Arab Socialist Party.

Article 4

The Union is working to achieve the following objectives:
1. To promote the advancement and advancement of the publishing profession in order to carry out its message in scientific and national terms.
2. Introduction to and dissemination of books and cultural publications within the Syrian Arab Republic and beyond.
3. To work towards raising the level of the Arab book and activating its dissemination and distribution in cooperation with all official and popular bodies concerned.
4. To assist publishers to carry out their duties, take care of and defend their professional interests and develop their profession for the better.
5. To contribute to the development of the regulations for the activities of the Union of Publishers to ensure their rights and duties and prevent the abuse of the honour and message of the profession and respect for the copyright, translation, maintenance and defence of their rights.
6. Expand the areas of cooperation and joint work that promote the dissemination process and create opportunities and potential that lead to the promotion of the Arab book abroad and the development of cultural awareness at home.

Article 5

In order to achieve its objectives and within the laws and regulations in force, the Union has the following powers:
a. Representation of publishers in Arab and international conferences and establishment of relations with similar bodies concerned with Arab and international book affairs and the holding of agreements to achieve these purposes.
b. Publication of publications and brochures that serve the objectives of the Federation and the establishment of exhibitions on the book and the establishment of libraries in cooperation with the official bodies concerned and in accordance with laws and regulations.
c. Ownership, management and investment of movable and immovable assets in projects and businesses that serve the objectives of the Union.
d. The right to litigation on behalf of the Federation.
e. Establishment of cooperative societies for its members, savings funds and health and social security.

Membership and registration in the Federation

Article 6

A request for registration in the Federation is required to:
1. Arab Syria is at least five years old and 18 years old.
2. Holds of the secondary school certificate or at least its equivalent and the authorized publishing owners shall exclude assets from the Ministry prior to the promulgation of this law from this requirement and practitioners for publication work.
3. Not guilty of a felony or misdemeanor offence.
4. He obtained the fundamentalist license from the Ministry to practise the publishing profession and went on to obtain this license at least one year, and published at least two books.

Article 7

a. Palestinians covered by law 260 of 1956 treat the treatment of Syrian Arabs in all that is provided for by this law.
b. The membership of the Arab country residing in the Syrian Arab Republic may be accepted.

Article 8

a. The application for registration shall be accompanied by documents proving that the conditions for registration are available to the Executive Office, which shall rule on the request within two months of its submission; otherwise it is considered acceptable and in the case of rejection it must be rejected.
b. If the registration is rejected, the registration applicant is entitled to appeal to the Court of Appeal.

Article 9

A membership was married to the publisher in the following cases:
1. Death.
2. Loss of one of the conditions of registration mentioned in article 6 of this Law.
3. Delayed payment of registration fees, contributions and other financial obligations of the Union for a period of one year.
4. To punish him with the penalty of removal from the Federation's tables if he commits an express violation of the objectives of the Union or the honour of the profession.
5. Break out of the profession for a full year without a justifiable reason accepted by the Executive Office and the rules of procedure of the Federation determine where the break is justified.
6. The persons who lost their membership in accordance with the provisions of the preceding paragraphs 3 and 5 may again apply for re-registration following the removal of the reasons for their loss and in this case the fee for the application for registration has been renewed.

Federation bodies and powers

Article 10

The Federation has the following bodies: the General Conference and the Executive Office.

Article 11

The General Conference of the Union is the highest authority and consists of all the publishers registered in the Union tables outstanding for their contributions prior to the Conference.

Article 12

The General Conference shall be competent to:
a. Adoption of the general plan of the Union and control of its implementation.
b. Election of members of the Executive Bureau of the Federation by secret ballot.
c. Discussion of reports submitted by the Executive Office, the results of implementation of the action plans of the Federation, approval of the following year plan and the endorsement of the account for the following year after the report of the Inspector of the Federation and approval of the following year's budget.
d. Withdrawing confidence from the President and members of the Bureau elected or from one of them, with the agreement of two thirds of the members of the Conference.
e. Consideration of all matters relating to the Union and the profession, the achievement of its objectives and the approval of the draft rules of procedure, finance and others.

Article 13

The General Conference shall convene at the invitation of the President of the Union once a year during the month of March to ratify the closing accounts, approve the annual budget, discuss annual reports and approve the action plan and confirm the minutes of the meetings of the Conference in a special register signed by the President of the Union.

And his secret secretary.

Article 14

A special session of the General Conference may be convened on the basis of a decision of the Executive Office or at least one third of the members of the Conference, on the basis of which the present request or resolution is set out in the present request or resolution.

Article 15

The General Conference meeting is invited to inform the members in writing and to announce them at the headquarters of the Union and its branches and in local newspapers a week prior to the conference.

Article 16

The meetings will be chaired by the head of the executive bureau or his deputy in the event of his absence. At the election conference, the conference will be chaired by the oldest member. The youngest members are Rapporteur and their terms of reference expire at the end of the Conference.

Rule 17

a. The meetings of the General Conference shall be legal if it is attended by more than half of the members and if the quorum is not complete, the Conference shall hold its meeting for the second time in fifteen days and the second meeting shall be legal and decisions shall be made by the most votes of those present and at

Equal votes are likely to be made by the Chair of the meeting.
b. The extraordinary meetings of the Conference convened at the request of one third of the members shall be considered legal only in the presence of two thirds of the members of the Conference. If that majority is not available at the meeting, the request for invitation shall be considered null and void.

Rule 18

The General Conference shall elect at its first meeting and by secret ballot six of its members to the Executive Office of the Union for a period of five years. These members shall be from the publishers registered in the federation's tables and those who have obtained the fundamentalist license in this regard.

From the Ministry concerned and exercised the publishing profession for at least two years prior to the date of the conference.

Rule 19

In addition to the elected members referred to in rule 18, the Executive Office shall comprise five members representing the following:
1. Representative of the Ministry.
2. Representative of the Ministry of Culture.
3. Representative of the Ministry of Higher Education.
4. Representative of the Ministry of Education.
5. Representative of the Union of Arab Writers of the Syrian Arab Republic.
b. Stakeholders are called their representatives referred to in paragraph a and the Minister of Information issues a decision to name them.
c. The Minister of Information shall be entitled upon the proposal of the concerned party to alter its representative.

Rule 20

The Executive Office shall elect by secret ballot at its first meeting a President, a Vice-President, a trustee and a trustee of the Fund from among its members, and the rules of procedure of the Federation shall be determined by the rules of procedure of the Federation for the purpose of which he or she shall be constituted for the purpose of the purpose of the Committee.

Rule 21

a. If the membership of one of the elected members of the Executive Board is vacated by the Executive Office, the candidate who has the most votes shall be the following for the votes of the last winner of the election of the Executive Office.
b. The Centre shall be considered vacant in the following cases:
1. Death.
2. Resignation and acceptance.
3. Loss of membership.

Rule 22

The Executive Office exercises the following functions:
1. To implement the resolutions of the General Conference of the Union and to prepare the annual report on its activity and to present it to the General Conference.
2. To manage labour in the Federation and to propose projects of internal and financial regulations and other regulations and issue such regulations to the competent minister.
3. To draft the annual budget of the Union and to present it to the General Conference.
4. Investment of Union funds and management of property in the light of orientations approved by the Conference.
5. Collection of fees, contributions and other financial obligations of the Federation.
6. Organization of the registration tables in the Federation and the nomination of its representatives to the councils, committees and activities that participate in them and to send delegations to participate in conferences and exhibitions relating to book and publishing affairs.
7. The establishment of branches in the governorate centres and the formation of committees to achieve the objectives of the Union in accordance with the rules of procedure and the resolutions of the General Conference. The number of members of the branch shall not be less than twenty publishers.
8. Appointment of employees of the Federation in accordance with Union regulations.

Rule 23

The Chief Executive Office exercises the following powers:
a. Represents the Union before others, presiding over meetings of the Bureau, following up on the implementation of its decisions and signing contracts approved by the Bureau and has the right to lititiv and to hire others in the name of the Union.
b. Decisions of the Conference shall be issued and pursued through the Bureau and its committees.

Rule 24

The Secretary of the Union shall:
a. To assist the President and Vice-President of the Federation in managing the affairs of the Federation and organizing its work and activities.
b. Prepare the agenda for meetings of the Executive Bureau and the General Conference and present it to the President for adoption.
c. The minutes of meetings of the Executive Office and the General Conference will be edited and signed by the President of the Bureau and communicated to the Ministry and its stakeholders.

Rule 25

The Secretary of the Union Fund shall supervise the collection of fees, contributions and other amounts owed to the Union and sign with the President of the General Committee on exchange orders, cheques and other financial transactions related to the activity of the Federation as well as a draft budget.

Annual Union and presents the final annual account to the Executive Office of the Union and submit the annual financial report on the status of the Union for the General Conference.

Rule 26

If the office of the head of office, deputy, secretary or treasurer becomes vacant, the Executive Office at the first meeting of the Bureau will elect the alternate from among its members and, in case of more than one vacancy, call for a general conference.

Rule 27

The rules of procedure of the Federation determine the functions and meetings of the members of the bureau and its committees to serve the purposes and objectives of the Federation.

Rule 28

with the exception of representatives of public bodies in the Executive Office, by decision of the Executive Office, one or some of the members of the bureau may be offloaded for work in the Union, and the full-time paid a monthly fee from the Union budget shall be determined by decision of the Minister upon the proposal of the Bureau.

Executive.
b. Taking into account the provisions in paragraph (a) of this article, the President and members of the Executive Office shall not receive any salary or pay for their duties in the Bureau and may be decided upon by the Minister upon the proposal of the bureau to grant representatives of the entities referred to in article 19 of this

The law is compensation for attendance at the Bureau meetings.
This compensation is payable from the Federation's budget and within the limits set out in article 108 of the Basic Law of the Workers of the State.

Union finances and resources

Rule 29

The Union has an estimated annual budget and a closing account, and the fiscal year begins on the first day of January and ends at the end of December every year. The Executive Office presents this budget and final account at the ordinary meeting within a month.

March of each year.

Rule 30

The financial resources of the Union consist of:
a. Enrolment fees in the Federation are determined by the rules of procedure and financial regulations.
b. Monthly subscription fee established by the rules of procedure and financial regulations.
c. Grants and contributions accepted by the Executive Office and approved by the President of the Council of Ministers.
d. The proceeds, benefits and investments of the Union funds, including its publications and property.

Rule 31

The Union funds are allocated for the maintenance of the Federation's purposes and activities and may be employed in investment projects with the approval of the General Conference.
Executive Office solution

Rule 32

A Cabinet decision may dissolve the Executive Office if it deviends from its duties and objectives set out in this Law and the decision is not subject to any method of review or appeal.

Rule 33

In the event of dissolution of the Executive Office, the Prime Minister shall invite the General Conference within fifteen days of the dissolution decision to elect a new executive office in accordance with the provisions of this Law.

General and transitional provisions

Rule 34

The Minister will issue a decision to form a preparatory committee that includes representatives of the ministries of information, culture and justice at least to the rank of director at least in the union of publishers from publishers and licensed members of the Ministry of Information to practice the publishing profession from which it applies.

They shall have the conditions set forth in article 6 of this Law in addition to the official bodies and the popular organizations that practise the publishing work and shall be considered by this committee to be registered as a member of the Federation of Publishers in accordance with the provisions of this Law.

Rule 35

The Committee, in article 34, shall examine the application of the registration applications and the documents attached to it in accordance with the provisions of this Law and the conditions of registration contained therein, and shall be used by the competent minister to carry out this work within three.

Months of the date of this Act.

Rule 36

The Committee calls upon all publishers who have accepted applications within a maximum of two months of the announcement of the adoption schedules for the meeting of the General Conference of the Union and for the election of the Executive Office of the Union. The mission of the Preparatory Committee will end with the completion of the work of this Conference.

Rule 37

In addition to the fees specified in Act No. 15 of 1993, which included the scrutiny of the tables attached to the Act No. 1 of 1982, which required a permit from the Ministry under article VI, section 4, of this law, a request for authorization from the Ministry is drawn up.

A publishing house license of 5000 Syrian pounds goes to the state treasury.

Rule 38

The Executive Office of the Union is proposing the rules of procedure and the financial system to the General Conference for approval. The rules of procedure will be issued by the Minister of Information and the financial system will be issued by the Minister of Information in agreement with the Minister of Finance.

Rule 39

The Minister of Information shall issue the executive instructions to this Act by decision.

Rule 40

This law is published in the Official Journal.
Damascus in 18-4-1426 A.H., 26-2005-2005

President

Bashar al-Assad

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