Latest Updates

• Mar

  18

  2016

  Malta Residence and Visa Programme Regulations 2015

    In accordance with Malta’s Immigration Act[1], the Minister for Home Affairs and National Security has issued Legal Notice 288 of 2015 entitled ‘The Malta Residence and Visa Programme Regulations, 2015’. The Malta Residence and Visa Programme Regulations offer...

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• Mar

  18

  2016

  Malta Residence Programme Rules 2014

  Primary Advantages   EU, EEA or Swiss nationals that are neither permanent Maltese nationals, nor third country nationals, are eligible to apply for residence in malta on the basis of this financial scheme. Once approved the applicant and his dependants will be...

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• Mar

  18

  2016

  Malta Global Residence Programme

  The Malta Global Residence Programme (“GRP”)  is a residence programme which is mainly tax driven and designed to attract investment from third country nationals (“TCNs”). The programme was introduced by the Maltese Goverment in 2013 through...

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• Mar

  18

  2016

  Citizenship by Investment / Malta Individual Investor Programme / MIIP

  The Malta Individual Investor Programme ( “MIIP”) is a citizenship by investment programme that was introduced by Legal Notice 47 of 2014. The programme offers applicants and their family members the opportunity to acquire Maltese citizenship within a very...

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• Sep

  28

  2015

  ESMA publishes final Technical Standards on MiFID II, MAR and CSDR

  The European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) has published the  final technical standards (TS) relating to MiFID II / MiFIR, as well as the Market Abuse Regulation (MAR) and the Central Securities Depository Regulation (CSDR), which are collectively considered...

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• Jun

  8

  2015

  European Cookie Law Implementation Survey

  For the second time, GVTH Advocates has participated in a study that has looked into the way in which Directive 2002/58/EC (the ‘Cookie Directive’), as amended in 2009 has been implemented across Europe.  The latest version of the Directive requires that internet...

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• Nov

  28

  2014

  Malta Awarded “Most Favoured Fund Domicile in Europe”

  Malta’s success as a fund domicile has been reaffirmed at the ’13th European Fund of Hedge Funds Awards’ hosted by Hedge Fund Review. The award of the “Most Favoured Fund Domicile in Europe” is based upon a methodology that employs both...

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• Nov

  18

  2014

  Overview of the Malta Budget 2015

  The Maltese Goverment has published the budget for 2015.  Below is a quick snapshot of what has been announced for the coming year: One off €35 bonus shall be given to those individuals who did not benefit from the income tax cut for high earners The income tax for...

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• Oct

  1

  2014

  Citizenship In Malta

  Maltese Citizenship is regulated by the Maltese Citizenship Act Cap 188 of the Laws of Malta.   BENEFITS OF MALTESE CITIZENSHIP Malta is a member state of the European Union and is considered to have one of the lowest tax rates in Europe. Any individual that has...

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• Sep

  29

  2014

  Aircraft Registration Malta

  AVIATION LAW Malta is a signatory to the 2001 Convention on international interests in mobile equipment, the “Cape Town Convention”. In order to fulfil its obligations, under the aforementioned international convention, Malta recently introduced the 2010...

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