Panama: New Rules of Outdoor Advertising

Between 90 and 365 days are the timeframes allocated by the mayor of Panama for removing billboards that do not comply with the new provisions.

Friday, January 8, 2016

From the agreement published by the City of Panama in La Gaceta:

FIRST ARTICLE: the outdoor advertising regulations will be adopted, which contain detailed technical specifications of the elements and types of outdoor advertising in private spaces, as an annex to Municipal Agreement No. 138, of September 22, 2015, in accordance with the provisions of Article 76 which is attached to this Decree.

SECOND ARTICLE: POP advertisements, which are referred to in Article 24 of Agreement No.138 of 22 September 2015 , must carry a sticker indicating the unique permit number issued by the City of Panama to activate the piece of advertising concerned.

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