Earlier this year, the EU Commission tabled a Proposal of the European Parliament and Council on the Artificial Intelligence Act (“Proposal” or the “Act”) a brief summary of which can be accessed through our website. The Proposal was recently scrutinised by the...
The Maltese Shipping Registry, has qualified into the 14th place in the prestigious Paris Memorandum of Understanding on Port State Control ( Paris MoU ), whilst also retaining its place as Europe’s top registry and the sixth best registry in the world. The Paris MoU...
The Office of the Information and Data Protection Commissioner (the “IDPC”) has recently issued a guidance document (“Guidance Document”) addressed to employers based in Malta, acting as data Controllers 1In accordance with the GDPR, the Data Controller is a natural...
Following various policy papers and guidelines published by high-level working groups on Artificial Intelligence (“AI”), on the 21st of April 2021 the European Commission issued a set of proposals for the introduction of harmonised rules on artificial intelligence...
The Malta Merchant Shipping Directorate has announced the entry into force of the Passenger Yacht Code (PYC), with effect from the 25th of May 2021. It is widely recognised that when considering the operational pattern and risk profile of commercial yachts, the...
The unpredictability of COVID-19 has put many business owners and employees on edge. Notwithstanding the financial aid which has been made available to employers and employees in hopes of easing their financial burdens, the looming thought that employers might not be...
An interesting hallmark of the Maltese trust system is the flexibility afforded to trustees and other interested parties in handling situations which are best not left entirely to the discretion of the trustee. In this article, DR TONIO FENECH, Partner at Fenech...
Following the judgment Galea Waldemar David vs University of Malta (Appeal no. 35/2018), delivered by the Court of Appeal on the 25th of January 2019, the jurisdiction of the Industrial Tribunal (the “Tribunal”) was put under scrutiny. In brief, the University...
The European small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are considered to be crucial to the European economy. They represent over 99% of all European enterprises and provide 67% of total employment in Europe. Innovation plays a key role in the EU SMEs’...
With the plethora of mitigating measures implemented and recommended by the health authorities to curb the spread of COVID-19, many businesses were compelled to shift their workforce to operate remotely from the safety of their own homes. With this transition in mind,...
The Merchant Shipping Directorate within the Authority for Transport in Malta (the ‘Directorate’), has recently issued the revised Commercial Yacht Code 2020 (the ‘CYC 2020’) which succeeds the former Commercial Yacht Code 2015 (the ‘CYC 2015’). The feedback received...
It has definitely been a challenging year for many industries around the world, however Malta’s maritime industry is experiencing exciting times both from a results perspective as well as in the light of a number of regulatory changes which will better serve the needs...
