The government's energy-saving bulbs distribution scheme has been continued after importers agreed to lift court action they had been taking against each other, the Malta Resources Authority (MRA) said this afternoon.

A court last week provisionally upheld a request for a prohibitory injunction to stop the scheme. The request was made by ESS Ltd after it was stopped from distributing Megaman bulbs under the scheme following similar court action by its competitors. They had complained that the company did not submit samples of its bulbs to the Malta Resources Authority for testing as required but was still included in the scheme.

The MRA said that after its mediation, the importers had now agreed to stop all court actions. Those holding vouchers could, therefore exchange them for bulbs by the end of this month.

The Authority said it is in the process of sending vouchers to those who had not received them and to those who were eligible for more bulbs that originally indicated in their vouchers.

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