On 6 February 2026, the Office for Competition within the Malta
Competition and Consumer Affairs Authority (Malta
NCA) published Guidelines on the Methodology for
Determining the Penalty Amount (Guidelines)
The Guidelines set out the principles and methodology which will
be applied by the Malta NCA when proposing financial penalties for
infringements of competition law.
Under Maltese law, competition law infringements, whether
coordinated conduct / cartels or abuse of dominance, may carry a
penalty of up to 10% of that undertaking's worldwide
turnover.
The Malta NCA cannot impose such penalties directly. In
Malta's public enforcement model only the Civil Court
(Commercial Section) (Court) may do so after a
lawsuit is filed by the Malta NCA seeking a finding of a
competition law infringement and the imposition of a penalty.
