A License issued for the organization of a Car Boot Sale shall only be
issued by the Trade Licences Unit, within the Commerce Department, to
non-profit making organizations. As such, the applicant must submit proof
and describe the scope for such a fund-raising activity. The applicant must provide the following information, as required in the
Application Form (Form G):
- Title,
Name and Surname;
- Nationality;
- ID
Card No/Passport No;
- Address
of residence in Malta;
- Telephone,
Mobile and email address; and
- The
venue and date where the Car Boot Sale will be held.
The applicant would also have to provide the following information by
not later than 48 hours after the activity:
- The
ID Card No of each seller or any other means of identification;
- Each
seller’s vehicle Registration Number; and
- A general
description of the products sold.
The organisers
shall allocate equal sites to each seller and each site must not be larger than
the space taken by a passenger car. If it is carried out in any street,
the organisers shall also require the consent of the Local Council and the
Police. Sites shall only be allocated to passenger cars and no sales can
be made from vans or any other commercial vehicles.
Street and Market
Hawkers and their substitutes are not allowed to participate in Car Boot Sales
and no vehicles, licensed as Street or Market Hawkers are allowed to be parked
in the area where the activity is being held.
Persons who sell
products from any commercial premises are not allowed to sell the same type of
products in Car Boot Sales.
Each seller shall
issue a receipt to buyers.
APPEAL:
Where an applicant feels
aggrieved by the decision of the Trade Licensing Unit or from any Local Council
in respect of a refusal of issuing of a licence, he may file an appeal in
writing to the Licensing Appeals
Board within ten (10) working days from the date
when the applicant or any other person has been notified by the Trade Licensing
Unit, in accordance with the provisions of Part VI of
Subsidiary Legislation 441.07 - Trading Licences Regulations. The appeal can be
sent to tradelicenceapplications@gov.mt or to Commerce Department, Lascaris Bastions, Daħlet Ġnien is-Sultan, Valletta, VLT1933, Malta.
LICENCE FEE:
€40 per event
The application form can be downloaded from here:
https://eforms.gov.mt/pdfforms.aspx?fid=ebt048e
Link to important legislation:
Subsidiary Legislation 441.07 - Trading Licences Regulations
Enquiries can be directed to tradelicenceapplications@gov.mt or by telephone
on 25690313, 25690289, 25690310, 25690312 and 25690315 during the
normal working hours.
Link to
Commerce Department’s responsive website – https://tradelicences.gov.mt/#/en/home
Date of last update – 09/07/2020
