The Implementation of the Services Directive in Malta

Abstract

The EU Services Directive (SD) is a centrepiece for the realisation of the Internal Market in the services sector aiming at considerably lowering the barriers for service provision in the EU. This chapter therefore analyses the transposition and implementation of the requirements of the SD into the national (administrative) law system of Malta. This chapter treats all relevant requirements of the SD, such as the Point of Single Contact (POSC), the screening of national law according to the requirements of the SD, the adaption of authorisation schemes for service provision, the requirement of ‘tacit authorisation’, and the need for new rules on administrative cooperation. Finally an assessment of the impact of the SD on the national (administrative) law system is provided.

Prof. Dr. Peter G. Xuereb. Professor of European and Comparative Law, Jean Monnet Professor, and Head of the Department of European and Comparative Law in the Faculty of Law, and also Chairman of the European Documentation and Research Centre (Jean Monnet European Centre of Excellence) at the University of Malta. Latest update of the report July 2010.