
Following a meeting during which GRTU's President Paul Abela
had the opportunity to discuss with Mme Le Bail, previous Commission SME Envoy
and European Commission DG Justice, the issue of Authorities charging
businesses.
Mme Le Bail immediately confirmed to Mr Abela that Authorities
should have the funds to operate independently and should not charge businesses
for the services they should give. Mr Abela raised the issue because the Data
Protection Commission was charging businesses a notification fee for data
protection. Following this Mr Joe Ebejer, Data Protection Commissioner,
confirmed that from now onwards the notification fee will be waived.