ACT No. XX of 2013, published in Malta on the
24th of December 2013 was purposely enacted to make
provision with respect to Company Service Providers, to provide for
matters ancillary or incidental thereto, and to amend various Financial Services Laws. This Act is commonly
referred to as 'The Company Service Providers Act,
2013' and amongst others, its purpose was to implement
Article 36 of Directive 2005/60/EC of the European Parliament and
of the Council of 29th October, 2005 on the prevention
of the use of the financial system for the purpose of Money
Laundering and Terrorist Financing, in so far as the said article
applies to Company Service Providers.
Licenced Entities
To date, as quoted on the Malta Financial Services
Authority's website, the Regulator has issued 190 licences to
Companies registered to act as Company Service Providers in terms
of the Company Service Providers Act, 2013; 2 licences to a Company
Service Provider registered in terms of Article
