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ACT No. XXV of 2017 AN ACT to amend the Competition Act, Cap. 379.
Table of Provisions (35)
Statutory Text (35 Articles)
I assent.
(L.S.)
MARIE-LOUISE
COLEIRO PRECA
President
22nd December, 2017
ACT No. XXV of 2017
AN ACT to amend the Competition Act, Cap. 379.
BE IT ENACTED by ACT
the President,
by 2017
and with the advice and
No. XXIX of
consent of the House of Representatives, in this present Parliament
assembled, and by the authority of the same as follows:-
AN ACT to appropriate a sum not exceeding three billion, fifty-eight
The short title of this Act is the Competition (Amendment)
million, four hundred and fifty-two thousand, sixty-six euro for the
Act 2017, and this Act shall be read and construed as one with the
service of the financial year 2018.
Competition
Act, hereinafter referred to as "the principal Act".
I. Recurrent Expenditure
Title
Amount
€
Office of the President …………………………………………………………….
1. 5,002,496
Office of the Prime Minister ………………………………….……………………………….
5. 41,324,000 Information …………………………………………………………….……………………………….
Article 27A of the principal Act shall be substituted by the
following
BE IT ENACTED by the President, by and with the advice and consent
of the House of Representatives, in this present Parliament assembled, and
of 27A.
(1) as
The
action for damages in respect of
"Actions for
by the in authority
the same,
follows:-
damages
respect
of infringements of infringements of competition law committed on or after
competition law.
the 27th December 2014 shall, notwithstanding the
1. This Act may be cited as the Appropriation (2018) Act, 2017.
provisions of any other law but subject to the provisions
of this article, be regulated in accordance with the
2. A sum provisions
not exceeding
three Schedule.
billion, fifty-eight million, four hundred
of the
and fifty-two thousand, sixty-six euro shall be and the same is hereby
charged upon the Consolidated Fund to meet expenditure during the
financial year 2018 under the Votes specified in the Schedule to this Act.
1,284,000
Government Printing Press ………………………...……………………………………………………
1,412,000
Electoral Office …………………………………………………..…………………………………….
3,247,000
Public Service Commission ……………………………………..………………………………………
9. 583,000
Ministry for Health........................................................................................
575,480,000
Ministry for the Economy, Investment and Small Businesses.....................................................
19,028,000
Commerce.............................................................................................................
1,923,000
Ministry for Education and Employment……………………………………………………….
13. 284,525,000 Education …………………………………………………………………………..……………………
237,285,000
Ministry for Energy and Water Management……………………………………………………….
15. 77,536,000
Ministry for European Affairs and Equality..............................................................................................
19,642,000
Industrial and Employment Relations ………………………………………….…………………………
1,568,000
Ministry for Finance …………………………………………………………….
151,942,000
Economic Policy ………………………………………………………..…………………………………
19. 1,457,000 Treasury …………………………………………………………………….………………………….
13,583,000
Inland Revenue ……………………………………………………………………………….…………
22. 8,604,000 V.A.T. ………………………………………………………………………………….…………………
23. 5,325,000 Customs ……………………………………………………………………...……………………………
24. 11,990,000 Contracts ……………………………………………………………………...…………………………
25. 1,591,000
Ministry for Tourism...................................................................................................
94,596,000
Ministry for Home Affairs and National Security…………………………………………………………
13,716,000
Armed Forces of Malta ………………………………………...………………………………….
28. 51,628,000 Police …………………………………………………………………………………………….………
il-Voti
(1) speċifikati
L-azzjoni fl-Iskeda
għad-danni
dwar
ksur tal-liġi
finanzjarja
għad- 2018 taħt
ma' dan
l-Att.
"Azzjoni
danni dwar ksur
tal-kompetizzjoni li jkun twettaq fi jew wara s-27 ta’ Approprjazzjoni.
tal-liġi tal-
kompetizzjoni.
2. Somma Diċembru
għandha,
minkejja
d-dispożizzjonijiet
ta' mhux iżjed
u ħamsin miljun,
minn
tliet biljuni,
tmienja
ta’ kull
liġi oħra
iżda u soġġett
għad-dispożizzjonijiet
ta’
u ħamsin
għandha u qiegħda b'dan
erba' mija u tnejn
elf, sitta
sittin euro
dan
l-artikolu,
tkun
regolata
skont
id-dispożizzjonijiet
tittieħed mill-Fond Konsolidat sabiex jitħallsu l-ispejjeż matul is-sena
tal-Iskeda.
finanzjarja 2018
taħt il-Voti speċifikati fl-Iskeda ma' dan l-Att.
Forzi Armati ta' Malta ...................................................................................................
51,628,000
29. Pulizija ................................................................................................................ 61,375,000
61,375,000
Correctional Services …………………………………………….……………………………….………
12,387,000
Probation and Parole ………………………..……………………………………….
1,165,000
Civil Protection ………………………………………………………..…………………………………
32. 6,186,000
6,186,000
Ministeru għall-Ġustizzja, Kultura u Gvern Lokali...................................................................................
Ministry for Justice, Culture and Local Government................................................................................
64,375,834
Judicial................................................................................................... 12,083,764
Local Government .....................................................................…………………………………………
35. 43,769,000
Gvern Lokali ...........................................................................................................
43,769,000
Ministeru għall-Ambjent, Żvilupp Sostenibbli u Tibdil
Ministry for the Environment, Sustainable Development and
Climate Change........................................................................................................
96,651,000
Title
Amount
€
Ministry for Foreign Affairs and Trade Promotion …………………………………………………...…
33,573,000
Ministry for Transport, Infrastructure and Capital Projects....................................................
……………
85,611,000
Ministry for Gozo ……………………………………………………….…………………………….
39. 33,140,972
33,140,972
Ministeru għall-Familja, Drittijiet tat-Tfal u Solidarjetà Soċjali...........................................
Ministry for the Family, Children's Rights and Social Solidarity.............................................................
80,151,000
Social Policy.............................................................................................................
314,905,000
Pensions ………………………………………………………………………………...…………………
2,885,000
Social Welfare Standards ……………………………………………………………………………….
1,202,000
Elderly and Community Care ……………………………………..………………………………………
110,119,000
Total Recurrent Expenditure ...................................... 2,583,851,066
II. Capital Programme Expenditure
Title
Amount
II. Capital Programme Expenditure
€
Title
Amount
Office of the President...............................................................................................
459,000
€
Office of the Prime Minister ………………………………………………………….
39,254,000
Ministry for Health........................................................................................
35,278,000
Office
of
the
President...............................................................................................
459,000
Ministry for the Economy, Investment and Small Businesses.....................................................
28,925,000
Office
of
the
Prime
Minister
………………………………………………………….
39,254,000
Ministry for Education and Employment……………………………………………………….
58,220,000
Ministry
for
Health........................................................................................
35,278,000
Ministry for Energy and Water Management……………………………………………………….
8,416,000
Ministry for
for European
the Economy,
Investment
and Small Businesses.....................................................
28,925,000
Ministry
Affairs
and Equality………………………………………………………….
41,692,000
Ministry
Ministry for
for Education
and Employment……………………………………………………….
58,220,000
Finance …………………………………………………………….
34,998,000
Ministry
for
Energy
and
Water
Management……………………………………………………….
8,416,000
Ministry for Tourism...................................................................................................
17,089,000
Ministry for
for Home
European
Affairs
and and
Equality………………………………………………………….
41,692,000
Ministry
Affairs
National
Security…………………………………………………………
20,448,000
Ministry
for
Finance
…………………………………………………………….
34,998,000
Ministry for Justice, Culture and Local Government ……………………………………………………
18,984,000
Ministry
for
Tourism...................................................................................................
17,089,000
Ministry for the Environment, Sustainable Development and
Ministry
for Change........................................................................................................
Home Affairs and National Security…………………………………………………………
20,448,000
Climate
50,887,000
(3)
When
determining
the
amount
of
contribution
Ministry
for
Justice,
Culture
and
Local
Government
……………………………………………………
18,984,000
Ministry for Foreign Affairs and Trade Promotion…………………………………………………...…
2,209,000
that
a co-infringer
may
recover
from
and any other 89,609,000
co-
Ministry
Ministry for
for the
Environment,
Sustainable
Development
Transport,
Infrastructure
and Capital
Projects....................................................
infringer
in
accordance
with
their
relative
responsibility
Climate
Change........................................................................................................
50,887,000
Ministry for Gozo ……………………………………………………….…………………………….
11,176,000
for
the
harm
caused
by
the
infringement
of
competition
Ministry
for
Foreign
Affairs
and
Trade
Promotion…………………………………………………...…
2,209,000
Ministry for the Family, Children's Rights and Social Solidarity.............................................................
16,957,000
law,
the
court
shall
take
due
account
of
any
damages
Ministry for Transport, Infrastructure and Capital Projects....................................................
89,609,000
paid
pursuant to a prior consensual settlement involving
Ministry for Gozo
……………………………………………………….…………………………….
11,176,000
Ministry for the the
relevant
co-infringer.".
Family,
Children's
Rights and Social Solidarity.............................................................
16,957,000
Total Capital Programme Expenditure .................
474,601,000
5. The Competition Law Infringements (Action for Damages)
Regulations, implemented
by ...............................................…
Legal Notice 117 of 2017, are 3,058,452,066
hereby
Total Schedule
repealed. Total Capital Programme Expenditure .................
474,601,000
Total Schedule ...............................................… 3,058,452,066
Passed by the House of Representatives at Sitting No. 66 of the
18th December, 2017.
ANĠLU FARRUGIA
Speaker
RAYMOND SCICLUNA
Clerk of the House of Representatives
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