S.L. 399.48 чл. 47Rights and obligations of undertakings.

(1) Operators of public electronic communications networks shall have a right and, when requested by other undertakings authorised in accordance with regulation 11, an obligation, to negotiate with each other interconnection for the purpose of providing publicly AND SERVICES (GENERAL)

available electronic communications services, in order to ensure provision and interoperability of services in Malta and throughout the European Union:

Provided that operators shall offer access and interconnection to other undertakings on terms and conditions consistent with obligations imposed by the Authority pursuant to regulations 48, 50 and 55.

(2) Without prejudice to regulation 16, an undertaking that acquires information from another undertaking before, during or after the process of negotiating access or interconnection arrangements, shall use that information solely for the purpose for which it was supplied and respect at all times the confidentiality of information transmitted or stored. Such an undertaking shall not pass on the received information to any other party, in particular to other departments, subsidiaries or partners, however so described, for whom such information could provide a competitive advantage.

(3) The Authority may provide that negotiations be conducted through neutral intermediaries if it considers that conditions of competition so require.