ARTICLE 63 NATURAL OBSTRUCTIONS (a) If a tree or other natural object obstructs the construction, development or maintenance of a Public Telecommunications Network and a fair agreement between the owner and the operator of the network for the removal thereof cannot be reached within a reasonable period of time, the operator of the network may refer the matter to the Authority, and the Authority may, after ascertaining that no other reasonable technical and economical solution exists, issue a decision to remove such object at the expense of the Licensee, in return for paying the owner fair compensation to be assessed by the Authority, and for such purpose, the Authority may seek the assistance of one or more experts. The operator shall bear the expenses of the Authority and the fees of the experts delegated by the Authority to assess the compensation. (b) The owner or the Person with a right over the property shall have the right to appeal against the decision issued by the Authority in accordance with the provisions of this Article before the High Civil Court within thirty days from the date of notifying it/him of the decision. CHAPTER 14 UNIVERSAL SERVICE ARTICLE 64 UNIVERSAL SERVICE OBLIGATIONS (a) A Public Telecommunications Operator with Significant Market Power shall be subject to the Universal Service obligations set forth in this Law. (b) The operator referred to in the preceding paragraph shall provide at its prevailing standard rates basic public telephone service to any Person requesting such service. (c) In the implementation of the provisions of this Article, “basic public telephone service” shall mean the following: 1 (d) the services that comprise technical features which are the minimum necessary to allow the establishing of a telephony channel capable of sending and receiving local and international calls supporting speech, facsimile and data.2 any other reasonable services as the Authority may determine from time to time as per the regulations it issues or such regulations as provided for in the Licence conditions. The Authority may issue regulations in connection with Universal Service, including, regulations to establish a fund to promote Universal Service. -45Translation dated 12 April 2009 This is an unofficial translation of the Law. It is provided for information purposes only. Reliance may only be placed upon the official Arabic version of the Law published in the Official Gazette of the Kingdom of Bahrain. Any comments on this translation will be gratefully received by the Authority. Please email any comments to: contact@tra.org.bh