A licence to hold a Commercial Fair and/or Exhibition shall be
valid for seven (7) consecutive days including Sundays and Public Holidays,
except Good Friday.
An application for a Licence to hold a commercial fair and/or
exhibition (Form J), shall only be issued by the Trade Licences Unit, within
the Commerce Department, and shall be made by the Organiser and shall contain
the following information:
(a) the
name, address and ID Card No, or any means of identification, of the person
organising the Fair and/or Exhibition;
(b) the
name and address of the premises where the Fair and/or Exhibition will be held;
(c) the
name of each person participating in the Fair and/or Exhibition and the type of
products to be sold;
(d) the
VAT No of each participant;
(e) the
date or dates when the Fair and/or Exhibition will be
held.
(f) Applicants
are to attach a copy of the permit issued by the authority responsible for
planning, building and development which allows the sale by retail or the
hosting of fairs or exhibitions at the premises.
EXTENSION OF PERIOD
A Commercial Fair and/or Exhibition organised for more than seven
(7) consecutive days shall require a separate Licence. These cannot,
however, in total exceed thirty (30) days.
PUBLICITY
All
advertising or promotional material promoting the Commercial Fair and/or
Exhibition must bear the respective Licence No.
The Trading Licence Unit
may refuse to issue an authorisation for reasons of public policy, public
safety, public security, public health, the protection of the environment,
safeguarding national heritage, town and country planning and safeguarding
national or local projects.
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:
No fee
The application
form can be downloaded from here: https://eforms.gov.mt/pdfforms.aspx?fid=ebt066e
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
