E/CN.4/1995/91/Add.1 page 67 Similarly, the draft states that ’any public use which may be made of names, outward signs or emblems commonly associated with a church or denomination, other than that for which it is intended, is also not protected, except where the party concerned gives its express consent’. The law thus excludes from its scope any misuse of signs, giving another legal argument to anyone who institutes proceedings to enforce such a right. Chapter II of the draft law deals with relations between the State and the Apostolic Roman Catholic Church, calling for them to be governed, as is currently the case, by the principles of autonomy and cooperation set forth in the agreement signed between the Holy See and the Argentine Republic on 10 October 1966 and confirmed by Act No. 17032. The registry of churches and denominations is the subject of Chapter III, in which substantive reforms are proposed to current legislation, which was basically limited to reproducing the provisions of Decrees Nos. 1127/59, 3446/62 and 7110/63. Article 7, which states that ’Churches, religious communities and denominations have legal personality in their own right, once they are listed in the registry maintained by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Worship’, is important because of its innovative nature. It also stipulates that ’being listed in the registry is optional’ and that ’not being listed does not prevent the entity in question from enjoying freedom of association, its members from exercising the rights to which they are entitled by this law or the State from exercising its policing power’. The draft law completely modifies the existing regime, which, under the provisions of Act No. 21745 and Regulatory Decree No. 2037/79, requires all religious organizations active in the country to be listed. Being listed in the registry must not only precede any activity, but is a requirement for recognition by the State and a condition for the granting of legal personality or the founding and existence of the association as a subject at law, thus immediately leading to the conclusion that recognition by the State is tantamount to founding and that only those groups which are recognized and listed in the registry are authorized in the national territory. In the draft law, by contrast, being listed in the registry goes hand in hand with the granting of legal personality within the meaning of article 33, paragraph 3, of the Civil Code. The optional nature of the listing process, and the right not to be listed, which derives from it, do not mean that worship is prohibited, but simply that congregations and ministers are regarded as groups of persons exercising their right to religious freedom - and this does not exempt them from the exercise by the State of its policing power. Article 8 sets forth guidelines to be followed by the Executive in drafting regulations on the registry. In material terms, the church or religious community asking to be listed must meet at least one of the following requirements: (a) demonstrate that it is present in at least

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