Cap. 254 Art. 21Tariff principles and transparency of accounts.

The tariffs for each of the services provided by a universal service provider which form part of its universal service shall comply with the following principles:

(a) prices must be affordable and must be such that all users have access to the services provided;

(b) prices must be cost-oriented and give incentives for an efficient universal service provision;

(c) with the consent of the Minister, the Authority may decide that an uniform tariff shall be applied throughout Malta to services provided at single piece tariff and to other postal articles;

(d) the application of a uniform tariff shall not exclude the right of the universal service provider to conclude individual agreements on prices with customers;

(e) tariffs must be transparent and non-discriminatory;

(f) whenever universal service providers apply special tariffs, for example for services for businesses, bulk mailers or consolidators of mail from different users, they shall apply the principles of transparency and non-discrimination with regard both to the tariffs and to the associated conditions: Provided that the tariffs together with the associated conditions, shall apply equally both as between different third parties and as between third parties and the universal service provider supplying equivalent services: Provided further that any such tariffs shall also be available to users, in particular individual users, small and medium sized enterprises who post under similar conditions.