QATAR: CREATION OF A CONSUMERS PROTECTION UNION.(Brief Article)

From: IPR Strategic Business Information Database | Date: February 13, 2002 | Copyright information

A-Dustour newspaper reported on the establishment in Qatar of a Consumers Rights Protection Union. The paper noted that in December 2001 a Union creation team was appointed which will tender its recommendations on the subject to the Ministry for matters of local government. This Union is a local organization whose job is to aid ...

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