COMPANY SERVICE PROVIDERS ACT (FEES) REGULATIONS

SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION 529.01

COMPANY SERVICE

PROVIDERS ACT (FEES) REGULATIONS

23rd January, 2015

LEGAL NOTICE 27 of 2015, as amended by Legal Notices 117 of 2021

and 89 of 2025.

The title of these regulations is the Company Service

Providers Act (Fees) Regulations.

Added by

(regulation 3)

L.N. 89 of 2025.

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

*Vide article 9 of Legal Notice 89 of 2025.

COMPANY SERVICE PROVIDERS ACT (FEES)

(1) In these regulations, unless the context otherwise

requires

"Act" means the Company Service Providers Act;

"the Authority" means the Malta Financial Services Authority

established in terms of the Malta Financial Services Authority Act.

(2) Words and expressions used in these regulations which are

also used in the Act but which are not defined herein shall have the

same meaning as in the Act.

Added by

(regulations 4 and 7)

L.N. 89 of 2025.

Annual Supervisory Fees *

Fees

Fees

Fees

Fees

Fees

falling due falling due falling due falling due falling due in

in 2025

in 2026

in 2027

in 2028

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

*Vide article 9 of Legal Notice 89 of 2025.

* (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

jurisdictio n, that inten ds to p rov ide or ho ld h imself 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

*Vide article 9 of Legal Notice 89 of 2025.

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.

* (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

*Vide article 9 of Legal Notice 89 of 2025.

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.

* (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).

† (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.

‡ (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 cominginto force of the

Company Service Providers Act (Fees) (Amendment) Regulations,

2025 shall be considered a registered person for the purposes of the

*Vide article 9 of Legal Notice 89 of 2025.

†Vide article 9 of Legal Notice 89 of 2025.

‡Vide article 9 of Legal Notice 89 of 2025.

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.