fair, reasonable and biased terms – this encompasses all that is related to charges. The authority may determine these charges and terms it sees fit to ensure equality. Article (41) Bahrain Internet Exchange a) The Ministry shall carry out the procedures required to establish a notfor-profit entity to be known as the “Bahrain Internet Exchange”, provided that the Bahrain Internet Exchange shall submit to the Authority an application for an exchange license within four months of the effective date of this Law. b) The object of the Bahrain Internet Exchange shall be to provide the holders of internet service Licenses with a connection mechanism in which internet communications are aggregated, transmitted and distributed to licensed internet services providers. c) The first internet exchange License issued by the Authority shall be issued to the Bahrain Internet Exchange within sixty days of the date of the submission of the application for the License in accordance with the provisions of paragraph (a) of this Article. Such License shall be granted at no charge. d) The Charter of the Bahrain Internet Exchange shall incorporate the internal rules regulating its work, which rules are subject to the approval of the Authority, provided that the contents of such rules shall ensure quality between licensed internet service providers regarding Access to the Exchange. e) The government shall provide the initial funding or credit support required for the Bahrain Internet Exchange, provided that the Exchange shall aim to become self-funding as soon as is practicable. Licensed internet service providers and other users of the exchange shall bear its operating costs in an equitable usage-based manner, as set forth in the Articles of Association of the Exchange.