The Malta Business Registry (MBR) hereby informs the public that certain amending provisions of the Companies (Amendment) Act, 2025 have entered in force on 7th August 2025 by virtue of Legal Notice 174 of 2025 (the “Legal Notice”). The amending provisions stipulated in the Legal Notice are the following: 7, 9 to 13, 14(b), 15…
Reference to the Malta Financial Services Authority’s (MFSA) Circular, of the 12 February 2025, launching a framework for Collective Investment Schemes structured as Limited Partnerships without separate legal personality – Special Limited Partnership Funds (SLPFs). As outlined in Section 6 of the said Circular, the SLPF framework is fully administered by the MFSA, which is…
Following a workshop held back in February 2024 with all stakeholders, including Corporate Service Providers (CSPs), the Malta Business Registry (MBR) is set to offer new Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) aimed at enhancing collaboration and digital services for Subject Persons. This initiative emerged from discussions during the workshop, where all stakeholders provided valuable feedback on…
English Version :- As communicated through a Notice published on 28 January 2022 - https://mbr.mt/2022/01/28/legislative-amendments-introduced-by-act-lx-of-2021/ - Act LX of 2021 introduces the requirement for companies to indicate their electronic mail address in the memorandum, in terms of article 69(1)(d) of the Companies Act. The scope behind this amendment is two-fold. Firstly, electronic communication serves to…
Malta was voted off the Financial Action Task Force grey list on Friday. Much-awaited news that restores trust in the Maltese jurisdiction. A lot has been achieved in a short span of time particularly in relation to the FATF Action Plan which introduced new means of doing things that provide businesses with peace of mind…
Malta, through the Malta Business Registry (MBR), has become amongst the very first EU Member States, together with only two other jurisdictions (as at 08 June 2022), that have connected successfully to the BORIS. The latter is a decentralised system interconnecting the central national BO registers and the European e-Justice Portal through the European Central…
In terms of the applicable regulation on the European Single Electronic Format (“ESEF”)[1] issuers must prepare Annual Financial Reports (“AFRs”) containing financial statements for financial years beginning on or after 01 January 2021 in a single electronic reporting format. This Notice being issued by the Malta Business Registry (“MBR”) should be read in conjunction with…
Today, The Malta Business Registry in collaboration with The Malta Chamber held a conference as part of SME Week 2021 under the auspices of the Ministry of the Economy and Industry entitled ‘Meeting Compliance Requirements’. The CEO and Registrar, Dr Geraldine Spiteri Lucas, said that the MBR’s mission is to provide businesses with peace of…
The Malta Business Registry has published its Annual Report and Financial Statement for the financial year ending 31st December 2020. During 2020, the Malta Business Registry focused on the enhancement of due diligence processes and legislative frameworks that safeguard the Maltese jurisdiction whilst ensuring an accurate Registry. Moreover, the Malta Business Registry implemented all MONEYVAL…
The Registrar of Companies would like to bring to the attention of the Company Service Providers and the general public the recent amendments that took place in the Company Service Providers Act and how this will impact on the operations of the Malta Business Registry (MBR). Kindly note the below: Processing by the MBR Persons…
