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In an interview conducted by Business Now, the Malta Digital Innovation Authority’s (MDIA) Chief Operations Officer Francois Piccione explains how his role primarily involves reinforcing internal structures and discovering new...

DORA: operational resilience in a time of an evolving risk landscape  The European Commission’s proposal for draft regulation on digital operational resilience for the EU financial services sector (hereinafter ‘DORA’)...

 A number of amendment with regards to the principal regulations, the Prevention of Money Laundering and Funding of Terrorism Regulations, were issued by virtue of LN 199 of 2021 on...

Issuers must publicly reveal inside knowledge that directly affects them promptly, according to Article 17 of the Market Abuse Regulation (MAR). Issuers may withhold the publication of confidential information under...

 With a few weeks to go to the official entry into force of Regulation (EU) 2020/1503 also known as the EU Crowdfunding Regulation (hereinafter the Regulation), this article comes as a timely introduction...

 The production and distribution of single-use plastic has been prohibited within Malta as of January 2021, in collaboration with the long environmental and sustainability development targets established within Malta's budget for...

Bill No. 233 of 2021 proposed several amendments to the Companies Act (Chapter 386 of the Laws of Malta). The amendments were focused on: implementing additional requirements for a person...

Whilst consumers have been at the heart of EU legislation since the early inception of the European Union, Directive (EU) 2020/1828 of 25 November 2020 on representative actions for the protection of...

Following the revised guidelines effect of 14th September 2021, new standards for safer organised controlled events, taking place within an enclosed area, have been issued. Such standards are merely applicable for small organised controlled...

In virtue of Act XXXII of 2021, which came into force on 18th June 2021, a number of amendments dealing with the rules regulating appeals came into place. Nevertheless, it...