Regulations, 2025

Suppliment tal-Gazzetta tal-Gvern ta’ Malta Nru. 21,439, 16 ta’ Mejju, 2025 B 931

L.N. 89 of 2025

COMPANY SERVICE PROVIDERS ACT

(CAP. 529)

Company Service Providers Act (Fees) (Amendment)

Regulations, 2025

IN EXERCISE of the powers conferred by article 14 of the

Company Service Providers Act, the Minister responsible for the

regulation of financial services, on the advice of the Malta Financial

Services Authority, has made the following regulations:-

(1) The title of these regulations is the Company Service Citation and

Providers Act (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations, 2025 and these applicability.

regulations shall be read and construed as one with the Company S.L. 529.01.

Service Providers Act (Fees) Regulations, hereinafter referred to as the

"principal regulations".

(2) These regulations shall apply to fees falling due on, or after

the coming into force of these regulations.

(regulations 4 and 7)

Annual Supervisory Fees

Fees

Fees

Fees

Fees

Fees

falling due falling due falling due falling due falling due

in 2025

in 2026

in 2027

in 2028 in 2029 and

thereafter

(€)

(€)

(€)

(€)

(€)

Authorised persons

Over-threshold Class A

1,200

1,400

1,600

1,800

2,000

CSP

Under-threshold Class A

1,000

1,200

1,400

1,600

1,800

CSP

Over-threshold Class B

CSP

1,500

2,500

3,500

4,500

5,000

Under-threshold Class B

1,200

1,400

1,600

1,800

2,000

CSP

Class C CSP

2,000

3,000

4,000

5,000

6,000

Registered persons

1,000

".

In the title of the principal regulations immediately after the Amends the title

of the principal

words "Service Providers" there shall be added the word "Act".

regulations.

Regulation 3 of the principal regulations shall be Substitutes

regulation 3 of

substituted by the following new regulation

the principal

regulations.

3. (1) Any person intending to act as a

company service provider, or hold himself out to act as

such, in or from Malta shall, upon submission of an

application to the Authority for authorisation in

accordance with article 3A(1) of the Act, pay to the

Authority an application fee as established in the First

Schedule

Provided that such application fee shall vary

depending under which of the classes set out in the

Schedule to the Act and, where applicable, under which

of the thresholds set out in the rules such person would

fall once authorised.

(2)

Any person intending to act as a

limited company service provider, or hold himself out

to act as such, in or from Malta shall, upon submission

of an application to the Authority in accordance with

article 3A(2) of the Act, pay to the Authority an

application fee as established in the First Schedule.

(3) Any person, being licensed, registered or

otherwise authorised to act as a company service

provider or a limited company service provider by the

relevant authority of an approved jurisdiction, that

intends to provide or hold himself out as providing

company services by way of business in or from Malta

shall, upon submission of a notification to the Authority

in accordance with article 3(5)(a) of the Act, pay to the

Authority a notification fee as established in the First

Schedule.

(4) Any person as referred to in sub-regulation

(3) in receipt of a written confirmation from the

Authority in accordance with article 3(5)(a) of the Act

that intends to make changes with respect to the

company services that it provides and, or its

involvements that would warrant a redetermination as to

whether such person is to be considered an authorised

person or a registered person for the purposes of this Act

and any regulations made, and rules issued thereunder

and, or under which of the classes set out in the First

Schedule and, or the thresholds set out in the rules such

person should fall, as applicable, shall, upon submission

of a notification to the Authority in accordance with

article 3(5)(ba) of the Act, pay to the Authority a

notification fee as established in the First Schedule.

(5) Any persons acting as a restricted company

service provider in or from Malta shall, upon

submission of a notification to the Authority in

accordance with article 3B of the Act, pay to the

Authority a notification fee as established in the First

Schedule

Provided that the provisions of this sub-

regulation shall also apply to any such persons that are

required to submit such a notification in accordance

with article 20 of the Act.".

Regulation 4 of the principal regulations shall be

substituted by the following new regulation

4. (1) An authorised or registered person

shall, subject to the provisions of sub-regulation (2),

pay to the Authority an annual supervisory fee as

established in the Second Schedule, as applicable

Provided that such annual supervisory fee

due by authorised persons shall vary depending under

which of the classes set out in the Schedule to the Act

and, where applicable, under which of the thresholds

set out in the rules such person falls in terms of the

determination made by the Authority in accordance

with article 5(2A) of the Act

Provided further that the first annual

supervisory fee due in accordance with this sub-

regulation shall be prorated according to the period

remaining between the date when a person is authorised

or registered, as applicable, under article 5 of the Act

and the date when the next annual supervisory fee is

due in accordance with sub-regulation (2).

(2) The first annual supervisory fee due in

accordance with sub-regulation (1) shall be paid to the

Authority on the date when a person is authorised or

registered, as applicable, under article 5 of the Act, and

every annual supervisory fee following the first

supervisory fee which is due in accordance with the

said sub-regulation shall be paid to the Authority on the

31st January of each calendar year.

(3) Any person, being licensed, registered or

otherwise authorised to act as a company service

provider or a limited company service provider by the

relevant authority of an approved jurisdiction, that has

received a written confirmation from the Authority in

accordance with article 3(5) of the Act shall, subject to

the provisions of sub-regulation (4), pay to the

Authority an annual supervisory fee as established in

the Second Schedule, as applicable

Provided that such annual supervisory fee

shall vary depending on the determination made by the

Authority as to whether such person is to be considered

an authorised person or a registered person for the

purposes of the Act and any regulations made, and rules

issued thereunder and, in the former case, under which

of the classes set out in the First Schedule and, where

applicable, the thresholds set out in the rules such

person falls in terms of the Authority’s determination

made in accordance with article 3(5)(a) of the Act

Provided further that the first annual

supervisory fee due in accordance with this sub-

regulation shall be prorated according to the period

remaining between the date when a person as referred

to in the said sub-regulation receives a written

confirmation from the Authority in accordance with

article 3(5) of the Act and the date when the next annual

supervisory fee is due in accordance with sub-

regulation (4).

(4) The first annual supervisory fee due in

accordance with sub-regulation (3) shall be paid to the

Authority on the date when a person as referred to in

the said sub-regulation receives a written confirmation

from the Authority in accordance with article 3(5) of

the Act, and every annual supervisory fee following the

first supervisory fee which is due in accordance with

the said sub-regulation shall be paid to the Authority on

the 31st January of each calendar year.

(5) Where the Authority modifies a previous

determination relating to a person as referred to in sub-

regulation (3) in accordance with the second proviso of

article 3(5)(ba) of the Act, or to the class and, or

threshold under which an authorised person falls in

accordance with the rules, such person shall pay to the

Authority an annual supervisory fee as established in

the Second Schedule, as applicable

Provided that such annual supervisory fee

shall vary depending on the Authority’s determination,

as modified, as to whether such person is to be

considered an authorised person or a registered person

for the purposes of the Act and any regulations made,

and rules issued thereunder and which of the classes set

out in the Schedule of the Act, and the thresholds set

out in the rules, such person falls, as applicable

Provided further that the first annual

supervisory fee due in accordance with this sub-

regulation shall be prorated according to the period

remaining between the date when such previous

determination was modified and the date when the next

annual supervisory fee is due in accordance with sub-

regulation (6).

(6) The first annual supervisory fee due in

accordance with sub-regulation (5) shall be paid to the

Authority on the date when a determination as referred

to in the said sub-regulation is modified, and every

annual supervisory fee following the first supervisory

fee which is due in accordance with the said sub-

regulation shall be paid to the Authority on the 31st

January of each calendar year.".

Regulation 5 of the principal regulations shall be Substitutes

regulation 5 of

substituted by the following new regulation

the principal

regulations.

5. (1) Notwithstanding the provisions of

regulation 3, where an authorised person subsequently

applies to the Authority for registration to act, or hold

himself out to act, as a limited company service

provider under the Act, the application fee due by such

person in accordance with regulation 3 shall be

reduced by twenty five per cent (25%).

(2) Notwithstanding

the

provisions

of

regulation 3, where a registered person subsequently

applies to the Authority for authorisation to act, or

hold himself out to act, as a company service provider

under the Act, the application fee due by such person

in accordance with regulation 3 shall be reduced by

twenty five per cent (25%).

(3) Where an authorised person intends to

make changes with respect to the company services

that it provides and, or its involvements that would

warrant a redetermination by the Authority as to which

of the classes set out in the First Schedule and, or the

thresholds set out in the rules such person should fall,

as applicable, such authorised person shall, upon the

submission of a request to the Authority for such

redetermination and the modification of its

authorisation accordingly, pay to the Authority a

modification fee of two hundred euro (€200).".

Regulation 6 of the principal regulations shall be

substituted by the following new regulation

6. (1) The fees established and due in terms

of these regulations shall not be refundable.

(2) Without prejudice to regulation 4(1), (3)

and (5), the fees established and due in terms of these

regulations shall not be prorated.".

Immediately after regulation 6 of the principal regulations,

there shall be added the following new regulation

7. (1) Notwithstanding the provisions of

regulation 4(2), where a person who was authorised

under the Act prior to the coming into force of the

Company Service Providers Act (Fees) (Amendment)

Regulations, 2025 becomes a registered person prior to

1 January 2026, the first annual supervisory fee due by

such person in accordance with regulation 4(1) shall

be paid to the Authority on 31 January 2026

Provided

that

notwithstanding

the

provisions of regulation 4(1), the annual supervisory

fee referred to in this sub-regulation shall not be

prorated.

(2) Notwithstanding

the

provisions

of

regulation 4(4), where the Authority determines, prior

to 1 January 2026, that a person who was in receipt of

a written confirmation from it in accordance with

article 3(5) of the Act prior to the coming into force of

the Company Service Providers Act (Fees)

(Amendment) Regulations, 2025 shall be considered a

registered person for the purposes of the Act and any

regulations made, and rules issued thereunder, the first

annual supervisory fee due by such person in

accordance with sub-regulation (3) shall be paid to the

Authority on 31 January 2026

Provided

that,

notwithstanding

the

provisions of sub-regulation (3), the annual

supervisory fee referred to in this sub-regulation shall

not be prorated.".

Immediately after regulation 7 of the principal regulations,

as added, there shall be added the following new Schedules

"FIRST SCHEDULE

(regulation 3)

Application and Notification Fees

Fees falling due in 2025

and thereafter

(€)

Application for authorisation in accordance with

article 3A(1) of the Act

Over-threshold Class A CSP

Under-threshold Class A CSP

Over-threshold Class B CSP

Under-threshold Class B CSP

Class C CSP

Application for registration in accordance with

article 3A(2) of the Act

Notification in accordance with article 3(5)(a) of

the Act

Notification in accordance with article 3(5)(ba) of

the Act

Notification in accordance with article 3B of the

Act

These regulations shall not be deemed to affect the liability

Transitory

provision.

in respect of any fees due under the principal regulations, prior to the

coming into force of these regulations.

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