A member of the ARMS Class Action Group has said today that “following the registration of a Judicial Protest in December, ARMS Ltd. has requested a meeting with the ARMS Class Action Group lawyer, with a view to reaching an out-of-court settlement in order to avoid further litigation.”

A Judicial Protest was filed in early December by the ARMS Class Action Group supported by EUCAD.

The group had been preparing to submit a case in the Maltese Courts “on behalf of a number of EU residents in Malta” who, the group said “have been charged significantly more for their electricity and water because their Maltese residency is not accepted by ARMS on the basis of their Identity Cards and often, other supporting documentation.”

Some of the details of the Judicial Protest that was submittted included among others that “the protestors are non-Maltese European Union citizens and that the protestors are being subjected to non-transparent, equivocal and lengthy administrative practices when applying for the provision of non-commercial electricity and water services. In certain instances, information requested by the defendant company violates the protestors’ right to data protection. These practices, when broadly compared to the treatment afforded to Maltese European Union citizens by the defendant company, are also discriminatory.”

Also “that the applicants are facing or actually being charged electricity and water tariffs at financially disadvantageously and discriminatory rates by the defendant company when compared generally to Maltese European citizens. Additionally, the protestors are not enjoying equal benefits such as the eco-reduction scheme

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