Ministry Sets Minimum 5-Yr Warranty for AC Compressor
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The replaced parts his country’s candidate Audrey sale, maintenance of air should be under warranty for at least Azoulay’s winning the post of six months for durable items and not Director-General the United Nations conditioners in Qatar less than three months for disposable Educational, Scientific and Cultural HE the Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohamed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani met yesterday with the Associate Administrator of the ones from the date of installation. Organisation (Unesco), wishing her United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), Tegegnework Gettu. The meeting reviewed ways to support the UNDP n a move aimed at protecting the Regarding the AC’s compressor, success and the people of France programmes, especially in energy, infrastructure and reconstruction. interests of owners and users of air the circular states that the warranty further progress and prosperity. Iconditioners (ACs), the Ministry of period should be a minimum of fi ve HE the Foreign Minister Sheikh Economy and Commerce (MEC) has years, covering repair costs, labour Mohamed bin Abdulrahman al-Thani issued a circular that lays down clear charges, spare parts and gas refi lling. If also held a telephone conversation norms for their display, sale, warranty, the compressor has to be replaced, the with his French counterpart Jean- repair and replacement. new one should be under warranty for Yves Le Drian, congratulating Distributors and dealers of air condi- six months or until the original com- him Azoulay’s victory, reaff irming Unesco vote proved Qatar’s tioners have to implement the circular, pressor’s warranty expires, whichever the important role of Unesco in which is in line with Law No 8 of 2008 comes later. education, culture and science and on Consumer Protection, within a Due maintenance should be pro- wishing to work together with France three-month period starting from Oc- vided by the distributor within a in support of the organisation and its international standing tober 15, the MEC said in a statement maximum of 48 hours of a customer honourable mission. The ministers yesterday. requesting for it on working days. The also reviewed bilateral relations QNA tions in a dig- derscored Qatar’s international standing The ministry has specifi ed the obli- customer should also be provided with between Qatar and France and Paris nifi ed manner, and the suitability of its candidate. gations of the supplier to the consumer, a detailed price list of the services re- means of enhancing them, besides where the dif- In the fi rst round, Dr al-Kuwari the main information that should be quired and these should be explained issues of mutual interest. ference in the obtained 19 votes, six more than his provided in the warranty conditions to him/her before undertaking any re- he fi nal round of elections held fi nal round be- nearest rival, the French candidate. He and details of the retailer’s return and pairs. Accordingly, the approval of the QATAR | Education on Friday by the Executive tween him and continued his leading position in the exchange policy. The circular envis- customer should be obtained prior to TCouncil of the United Nations the French can- second round with 20 votes to increase ages a wide range of benefi ts for the conducting any repairs, the circular Honorary doctorate Educational, Scientifi c and Cultural didate was only the diff erence to seven votes from the consumer, including those related to points out. for prime minister Organisation (Unesco) for the post of two votes. Since French candidate. warranty. In addition, a consumer has the Seattle Pacific University (SPU) of Director-General of the world body the start of the Dr al-Kuwari got 22 votes in the For instance, the warranty of an air right to choose whether to replace a the United States has awarded HE ended with the victory of the French fi rst round, Dr fourth round ahead of French and conditioner starts from the actual op- defective AC or take back the price the Prime Minister and Interior candidate Audrey Azoulay over Qatar’s al-Kuwari had HE Dr Hamad bin Egyptian candidates, who received 18 eration of the device or as stated in the paid in case of the same problem oc- Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Nasser candidate HE Dr Hamad bin Abdulaziz received wide Abdulaziz al-Kuwari votes each. agreement between the buyer and sell- curring for the third time and despite bin Khalifa al-Thani an honorary al-Kuwari. support from His programme, launched two years er. It should be written on a document repairs carried out twice before during doctorate in law. The prime Held at the headquarters of the or- the board members as well as Unesco ago, included a new vision to restore separate from the purchase invoice the warranty period. This will depend minister received the certificate ganisation in Paris, the election to pick member states. He has been leading the cultural renaissance of the organi- with the warranty conditions and time on the type of failure and the duration in Doha. SPU president Daniel J the 11th director of the UN body was the race during all the initial rounds sation under the slogan “Towards a stipulated clearly. for which the customer has used the Martin said the prime minister was keenly fought by the candidates. and was securely placed to win the New Beginning for Unesco.” The warranty card has to be linked to machine. awarded the honorary doctorate The French candidate, in the last election but lost to the French can- Local newspapers Al-Sharq and Ar- the purchase invoice through the serial The circular further details the terms for “his leadership of Qatar” and round, received 30 votes, compared didate to such a slender margin. The rayah said Qatar’s candidate leading number. and conditions of replacing a device “commitment to education”. The with 28 votes for Dr al-Kuwari. Azou- third candidate to reach the fi nal round in the vote until the last round was The supplier, according to the circu- and getting back the paid sum, which prime minister, who enrolled at lay is to succeed Bulgarian Irina Bok- was Moushira Khattab of Egypt. a victory for the State of Qatar and a lar, has to provide comprehensive war- include defects that aff ect the safety SPU during his educational career, ova, whose term expires in November During the fi ve rounds of the elec- great loss for the siege countries which ranty for the fi rst year after a purchase, and health of the consumer, or if the was entrusted with numerous civil after two consecutive terms. tions, Dr al-Kuwari was able to win the spared no eff ort to topple the Qatari covering labour charges, spare parts, machine is not compliant with the ap- service roles ranging from law Dr al-Kuwari conducted the elec- confi dence of many countries which un- candidate. repairs and all other relevant aspects proved standards. To Page 24 enforcement to leading security initiatives. Founded in 1891, SPU aims to equip people with knowledge to engage the culture and change the world. SPORT | Football Growing interest in agriculture as farming season begins TV deal ‘advantageous’ By Joseph Varghese than in previous years. Offi cials at various nurseries said the varieties of vegetables such as tomato, An offi cial from Florenza Nursery, for FIFA, says beIN Staff Reporter Some of the vendors feel that the in- demand for vegetable seeds was greater eggplant, broccoli, leafy vegetables, another leading agricultural nursery in The TV broadcasting rights deal creased interest in farming can be due among nationals compared to expatri- chilli and others. There is also great de- the country, said the season has started agreed for the 2026 and 2030 to the recent political situation. Earlier, ates. Ratheesh Nair of Greenland Nurs- mand for seasonal fl owers. 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