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ARTICLE · 08 OCTOBER 2024

Update On The Case-181/23 Commission v Malta (Citizenship By Investment)

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In Commission v Malta (filed on the 22 March 2023), the European Commission challenged Malta's Citizenship by Investment framework. The Malta citizenship by Naturalisation for Exceptional Services...

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Anthony Cremona
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In Commission v Malta (filed on the 22 March 2023), the European Commission challenged Malta's Citizenship by Investment framework. The Malta citizenship by Naturalisation for Exceptional Services by Direct Investment framework grants citizenship to an exclusive number of applicants (with an annual cap of 400 main applicants and limited to a maximum of 1500) who contribute in a significant way to Malta's economic development. Essentially through Malta's CBI framework a further pillar was added to the grounds on which citizenship by naturalisation may be obtained at law (i.e., descent, registration in certain scenarios or after marriage, birth and naturalisation on the basis of residence), namely, through the new concept of "exceptional services", which consist of:

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