Electronic Trust Services Notification and Fees Regulations, 2016

L.N. 248 of 2016

ELECTRONIC COMMERCE ACT

(CAP. 426)

Electronic Trust Services Notification and Fees Regulations, 2016

IN exercise of the powers conferred by article 25 of the

Electronic Commerce Act, the Minister for Competitiveness and

Digital, Maritime and Services Economy, after consultation with the

Minister for Finance, has made the following regulations:-

The title of these regulations is the Electronic Trust Citation.

Services Notification and Fees Regulations, 2016.

(1)

Unless provided otherwise in these regulations, the Interpretation.

definitions provided for in the Electronic Commerce Act and in Cap. 426.

Regulation Number 910/2014 of the European Parliament and of the

Council of 23 July 2014 on electronic identification and trust services

for electronic transactions in the internal market and repealing

Directive 1999/93/EC, shall apply.

(2) In these regulations unless the context otherwise requires

"Act" means the Electronic Commerce Act;

"Authority" means the Malta Communications Authority; and

"Regulation" means Regulation number 910/2014 of the

European Parliament and of the Council of 23 July 2014 on electronic

identification and trust services for electronic transactions in the

internal market and repealing Directive 1999/93/EC.

In accordance with the provisions of the Regulation, a Notification.

person established in Malta who intends to provide qualified trust

services shall, before providing such services, submit a notification to

the Authority in accordance with the provisions of Article 21 of the

Regulation and with any notification form and process that the

Authority may from time to time establish.

A person who has submitted a notification to the Authority Fees payable.

in accordance with regulation 3 shall pay to the Authority the

following fees

(a)

upon the submission of the notification an one-off

fee of two thousand and eight hundred euro (€2,800) payable to

the Authority; and

B

(b)

an annual fee of two thousand euro (€2,000)

payable on the anniversary of the notification under paragraph

(a).

€0.18