1 regulations issued by the Authority in accordance with this Law. 2 a certificate issued by the Authority (or any Person or entity approved to undertake this purpose by virtue of a resolution issued by the Authority, including, the manufacturer of the equipment) in respect of any type of Telecommunications Equipment based on the application of the Licensee or the manufacturer or supplier of the equipment. (b) The Regulation or certificate shall indicate compliance with the technical standards issued by international standard-setting bodies designated from time to time by the Authority. (c) Any Person applying for approval under paragraph (a) of this Article may be required by the Authority to comply with such requirements as the Authority may consider appropriate having regard to the duties provided for in Article 3 of this Law and to pay such fee as is prescribed by a resolution issued by the Authority. (d) An approval of Telecommunications Equipment under this Article may apply either to particular equipment or to any equipment of a certain specification indicated in the Regulations issued by the Authority or in the certificate issued in this respect, and such approval shall also apply either for the purposes of a particular Telecommunications Network or for any Telecommunications Network of a certain specification. (e) The approval provided for in this Article may specify the technical and functional specifications, standards or any other technical specifications to which the Telecommunications Equipment must conform. The approval may specify terms and conditions with which Licensees, manufacturers or suppliers must comply, for the approval to be valid. (f) The Authority shall have the power, where warranted, to vary or withdraw an approval given under this Article provided that prior notice of such variation or withdrawal shall be given to the Licensee. CHAPTER 8 TIMETABLE FOR INTRODUCING COMPETITION ARTICLE 39 TIMETABLE FOR ISSUING LICENCES FOR INTRODUCING COMPETITION (a) As an exception to any provision in this Law, provision of the services provided for in paragraph (b) of this Article shall be licensed by the Authority in accordance with the time table contained in the same paragraph; provided that where no compliant applications are received or no acceptable tenders or bids exist (as the case may be) for the Licence referred to in subparagraph (1) of -30Translation dated 12 April 2009 This is an unofficial translation of the Law. It is provided for information purposes only. Reliance may only be placed upon the official Arabic version of the Law published in the Official Gazette of the Kingdom of Bahrain. Any comments on this translation will be gratefully received by the Authority. Please email any comments to: contact@tra.org.bh