BAHRAIN: BILL FOCUSES ON FAIR TRADE PRACTICES, PUBLIC HEALTH, CONSUMER ISSUES. From: IPR Strategic Business Information Database | Date: March 13, 2006 | COPYRIGHT 2006 Info-Prod (Middle East) Ltd. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

According to "Bahrain Tribune", lawmakers are establishing a law on consumers' rights, on the safety of food and other products and on the protection of people's health. New regulations are needed in view of the great many consumer complaints about varied ways of evading responsibilities. Also because Bahrain does not have regulations to ensure healthy buyer-seller relations. So, the consumer protection draft law is the first parliamentary proposal in the region and has been turned...

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