Regulatory Services Directorate
About us
The Directorate is responsible for the following:
- Supporting the Registrar of Crafts, Craftspersons and Crafts Entrepreneurs and maintaining the relevant register
- Operating the SOLVIT centre for Malta
- Acting as Malta’s National IMI Coordinator
- Copyright Policy
- The organisation of the National Supporting Business Awards
Functions
1. Crafts
As the Office of the Registrar of Crafts, Craftspersons and Crafts Entrepreneurs, the Directorate is responsible for maintaining the Crafts Register, for processing applications for the registration of craftspersons and crafts entrepreneurs, for encouraging potential applicants to submit an application for registration in the Crafts Register, for providing certificate tags which craftspersons can attach to their products and certificates which craftspersons can affix in their retail outlets. Interested craftspersons can register with this office on a voluntary basis, and registration is free of charge. An application can be submitted online at: https://craftsregister.gov.mt/register/. Should the applicant require assistance, the unit can guide the applicant in filling in and submitting the form.
2. SOLVIT
This Directorate acts as the Malta SOLVIT Centre. SOLVIT is a network that aims to resolve problems that citizens and businesses encounter when exercising their Internal Market rights.
Some areas in which SOLVIT can help an EU citizen or business when facing problems with an entity in the public administration of another EU country are:
- Getting your professional qualifications recognised
- Visa and residence rights
- Trade and services for businesses
- Vehicles and driving licences
- Family benefits
- Pension rights
- Working abroad
- Unemployment benefits
- Health insurance
- Access to education
- Cross-border movement of capital or payments
- VAT refunds
SOLVIT cannot help:
- If your company is having problems with another company
- If you have a consumer-related problem
- If you are seeking compensation for damages
- If you take your case to court, as due to its informal nature, SOLVIT cannot run in parallel with formal or legal proceedings
More information can be found at: http://ec.europa.eu/solvit/
A case can be submitted to SOLVIT through the following link:
http://ec.europa.eu/eu-rights/enquiry-complaint-form/home?languageCode=en&origin=solvit-web
3. Internal Market Information (IMI) System
The Directorate is Malta’s National IMI Coordinator (NIMIC). IMI is an online platform which helps Competent Authorities communicate with their counterparts in other EU Member States.
Apart from being easily adaptable for different legal modules, the system is also multilingual. Currently, IMI has 102 administrative cooperation procedures in 21 different policy areas.
For more information, visit: http://ec.europa.eu/internal_market/imi-net/index_en.htm
4. Copyright
This Unit follows discussions and developments on copyright at an EU level. It also undertakes any updates to national legislation resulting either from national requirements or from EU directives in the area of copyright.
Enforcement of copyright does not fall within the remit of the Commerce Department.
5. National Supporting Business Awards
This Directorate, in collaboration with the Policy Development and Programme Implementation Directorate within the Ministry for the Economy and Industry, organises this competition with the aim of increasing awareness of the importance of entrepreneurship both on a local and national level.
The competition consists of two sections. Section A is open to Government entities such as ministries, departments, local councils, public authorities and entities, and public-private partnerships. Section B is open to NGOs, trade unions, professional associations, public schools and church schools, public educational institutions, the University of Malta, associations representing sectors in business and industry, and SMEs, which can only participate in Category 6.
A maximum of two initiatives submitted for the NSBA competition are nominated to represent Malta in the European Enterprise Promotion Awards. These nominees, together with nominees from other EU Member States, the 27 Member States of the European Union, and associate countries of the SME pillar of the Single Market Programme Support to SMEs, compete in this prestigious competition, which offers extensive exposure and media coverage to the nominated projects. The EEPA is held as part of the SME Assembly, which is organised every year in October or November in the Member State hosting the Council of Ministers of the EU.
Contact Details
Regulatory Services Directorate
Commerce Department
Lascaris Bastions
Daħlet Ġnien is-Sultan
Valletta VLT 1933
Emails
Crafts
[email protected]
SOLVIT
[email protected]
NSBA
[email protected]
Copyright
[email protected]