The Malta Business Registry (“MBR”) hereby informs the general public that the following Companies Act (Agricultural Companies) Regulations, 2025 has entered into force on the 26th December 2025 by virtue of Legal Notice 307 of 2025. In order to better understand each provision in terms of Legal Notice 307 of 2025, one is encouraged to…
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Public Notice – BO Regulations Amendments
Informative Note – Publication of Legislation The Malta Business Registry (MBR) hereby informs the public that from 10th July 2025 changes took place in the Companies Act (Register of Beneficial Owners) Regulations (the “Regulations”) by virtue of LN 127 of 2025. The main aim of these changes took place to reflect the first transposition phase…
Declaration on Beneficial Owners
Companies and other commercial partnerships registered in Malta prior to 1st January 2018 are required, in terms of regulation 8 of the Companies Act (Register of Beneficial Owners) Regulations, 2017, to set up their own register of beneficial owners by the end of June 2018. These companies are furthermore required to submit to the Registrar…
The Companies Act (Register of Beneficial Owners) Regulations, 2017 – Registration of new companies as from 1st January 2018
As from 1st January 2018 the documents to be delivered to the Registry of Companies for the registration of a new company are to include a declaration, in the form prescribed (Form BO1), containing information on the beneficial owners of the company. This declaration is to be signed by two of the proposed directors of…
