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A New Policy on Basic Services
The Consumers’ Association recently discussed the subject
of Basic Services and adopted a new policy.
It should be remembered that one of the Consumers’ rights
deals with basic services – Every consumer has a right to
basic services. Basic services are an essential ingredient
of our daily life. They provide us with an infrastructure
without which we either cannot live or else our life would
be miserable and we would find ourselves emarginated even
from society.
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COMMENTARY |
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Denied Boarding Rights
Malta
adopted the provisions of the Denied Boarding
Directive as part of the acquis
communautaire.
These regulations establish rules applicable where
passengers are denied access to an overbooked
scheduled
flight
for which they have a valid ticket and
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Malta
Communications Authority
The MCA is proposing
phone number portability through a consultation paper
issued recently. We agree that this will have several
benefits amongst them those elicited by the MCA
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The Pharmacies Issue
For a number of consumers, this issue,
which involves control of the number of licences
issued to those who want to open up a pharmacy, might
not be that important. The reason is that we got used
to the idea of accepting any service. We tend to protest
only when the service provided is obnoxious
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