Article 59 (cessation of validity of a decision allocating radio frequencies) (1) A decision allocating radio frequencies shall cease to be valid under the Act itself: 1. upon expiry of the period for which it was issued; 2. if its beneficiary ceases to exist; 3. upon revocation of the licence to perform radio and television activities issued under a procedure and under conditions laid down in the act governing the media. (2) In the cases referred to in points 2 and 3 of the preceding paragraph, the Agency shall issue a declaratory decision. Article 60 (fee for the use of radio frequencies) (1) Beneficiaries of a decision allocating radio frequencies shall be liable to pay an annual fee to the Agency for the use of the radio frequencies allocated to them. This fee shall cover the costs incurred by the Agency in the management and supervision of the radio frequency spectrum. (2) The Agency shall prescribe the method of calculating the fees due to it under this Article by means of a general act. The amount of the fee shall be dependent on coverage, the density of the population in the area of coverage, the radio frequency, the width of the radio frequency band, the type of radio communications involved, or a combination of the above, and may not restrict competition or create barriers to market entry. (3) The amount of the fees referred to in the first and second paragraphs of this Article shall be set by the Agency using a tariff, with due regard to the necessity to cover the costs referred to in the first paragraph of this Article and with mutatis mutandis application of the fifth, sixth and seventh paragraphs of Article 6 of this Act. (4) Article 7 shall be applied to the charging and payment of fees for the use of radio frequencies. (5) Without prejudice to the provision of the second paragraph of Article 7 of this Act, a oneoff fee shall be charged for the use of radio frequencies for the purposes referred to in the second and third paragraphs of Article 53 of this Act that corresponds to one-twelfth of the annual fee multiplied by the number of months for which the decision allocating radio frequencies is valid, but not less than one-twelfth of the annual fee. (6) Without prejudice to the provision of the fourth paragraph of Article 7 of this Act, the beneficiary whose right to use radio frequencies has ceased as a result of the expiry of the period for which it was allocated or through no fault of its own shall pay the fee on the basis of the number of months for which the right was valid, but not less than one-twelfth of the annual fee (7) Without prejudice to the provision of the first paragraph of this Article, state bodies that are beneficiaries of a decision allocating radio frequencies for the purposes referred to in the second paragraph of Article 53 of this Act shall not be liable to pay the annual fee referred to in the first paragraph of this Article. (8) Without prejudice to the provision of Article 23 of the Digital Broadcasting Act (OGRS, 102/07, 85/10), a fee shall also be paid for the efficient use of a limited natural resource for all radio frequencies allocated on the basis of a public invitation to tender, but not radio frequencies for analogue broadcasting services, in order to ensure the optimal use of the allocated radio frequencies. This shall be a revenue of the state budget. The minimum amount of this fee and the method of its payment shall be determined in the decision on the initiation of a public invitation to tender procedure. In setting the amount or minimum amount of this

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