ELECTRONIC TRUST SERVICES NOTIFICATION AND FEES REGULATIONS

ELECTRONIC TRUST SERVICES NOTIFICATION

AND FEES

SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION 426.03

ELECTRONIC TRUST SERVICES

NOTIFICATION AND FEES REGULATIONS

5th July, 2016

LEGAL NOTICE 248 of 2016.

The title of these regulations is the Electronic Trust

Services Notification and Fees Regulations.

(1) Unless provided otherwise in these regulations, the

definitions provided for in the Electronic Commerce Act and in

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

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

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

on the anniversary of the notification under paragraph

(a).