QUALIFYING COMPANIES (SUPPORT SERVICES) REGULATIONS

QUALIFYING COMPANIES (SUPPORT SERVICES)

SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION 325.02

QUALIFYING COMPANIES (SUPPORT SERVICES)

REGULATIONS

3rd October, 1995

LEGAL NOTICE 138 of 1995, as amended by Legal Notice 44 of 1999.

The title of these regulations is the Qualifying Companies

(Support Services) Regulations.

In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires -

"the Act" means the Industrial Development Act;

"the Corporation" means the Malta Development Corporation;

"Minister" means the Minister responsible for industry;

"qualifying support service" means a service carried on or

carried out by a qualifying company whose sole trade or business

consists in an activity specified in regulation 3.

Without prejudice to the provisions of regulation 5, the

following activity is hereby designated as a qualifying support

service for the purposes of article 3(1)(f) of the Act

(a) the provision of services directly required in the

development, production and distribution of feature

films, commercials and television programmes

including the provision of studio facilities, film sets,

filming equipment, management, personnel, marketing

and other executive services;

(b) the provision from an establishment in Malta of

services related to video and digital content provision

for world wide distribution over the Internet.

Any project proposed by a company carrying out an

activity mentioned in regulation 3 shall not obtain any benefit or

incentive under the Act unless it is approved by the Corporation in

advance, and shall therefore only qualify for such benefit or

incentive so long as it complies with all the conditions and

obligations of such approval.

In these regulations, any reference to any authorisation,

approval, exemption or other permission by or from the

Corporation shall only be valid if given in writing by the

Corporation.