On April 3, 2020 Transport Malta in its Merchant Shipping Notice 160 announced that the Merchant Shipping Directorate decided to defer the due payment date of the relevant Registration Fees and the Annual Tonnage Tax of merchant ships in cases when the anniversary date falls on or after 1 April 2020. The deferral period is...
The European Commission issued guidelines on 25 March to ensure a strong EU-wide approach to foreign investment screening in a time of public health crisis and related economic vulnerability. The aim is to preserve EU companies and critical assets, notably in areas such as health, medical research, biotechnology and infrastructures that are essential for European...
The European Commission has decided to create a strategic rescEU stockpile of medical equipment such as ventilators and protective masks to help EU countries in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. The stockpile will include intensive care medical equipment such as ventilators, personal protective equipment such as reusable masks, vaccines and therapeutics, and laboratory supplies....
EMCS can help you access this assistance, please contact: Alison Mizzi or Silvan Mifsud on this email eu-funding@emcs.com.mt The measure announced are the following: SAFEGUARDING EMPLOYMENT (critical sectors) The government will now be giving the employer €800 per month for every worker who works in one of the industries that have been hardest hit...
On March 17, the Merchant shipping Directorate of Transport Malta announced three extraordinary measures in view of the current COVID-19 pandemic. In particular, the MS Notice 158 introduces the following: Shipowners, Managers and Operators encountering difficulties in repatriating seafarers following the expiration of the Seafarer’s Employment Agreement may, on a case-by-case basis request to extend...