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Freedom of Information Act

Description

Malta Enterprise is the country’s economic development agency, tasked with attracting new foreign direct investment as well as facilitating the growth of existing operations. More details about the Corporation may be found here

The corporation operates under a Chairman and a Board of Directors appointed by the Minister for the Economy, Investment and Small Business. Additional details about the organisation structure can be found here.

Documents and Manuals

A list of the categories of documents and manuals held at Malta Enterprise may be viewed here.

FOI Office

The FOI officer/s of Malta Enterprise may be contacted by e-mail on [email protected] or by telephone on +356 2542 0000.

FOI Requests may be submitted by e-mail to [email protected] through the FOI Portal www.foi.gov.mt via the e-ID or through the online form.

Internal Complaints

An applicant whose request for information is refused, or who is otherwise not satisfied with the information provided, its format or the extension of the deadline for the submission of the notification indicating whether a request would be met or not, may address a complaint to the PA.

Complaints may be submitted by e-mail to [email protected], through the FOI portal www.foi.gov.mt via the e-ID or through the online form.

The complaint should be addressed to the Public Authority’s FOI Officer, who shall bring the complaint to the attention of the officer responsible. The officer responsible shall reply to the applicant within 10 working days from the receipt of the complaint. The applicant shall also be informed that he or she may appeal the decision or otherwise address a complaint to the Information and Data Protection Commissioner in accordance with the Freedom of Information Act (Cap. 496 of the Laws of Malta).

The officer responsible shall inform the applicant of the decision taken with respect to his or her complaint, and in the event of confirmation of a decision not to release the pertinent information, shall explain the reasons thereof. Whenever the applicant’s complaint is related to the format of the information provided or to an extension of the deadline for the submission of the notification indicating whether a request would be met or not by the Public Authority, and the original decision is upheld, the applicant shall be given an explanation as to why his or her complaint cannot be positively addressed.

An applicant may also make use of the Internal Complaints Procedure to report failure to meet deadlines or to send notifications. In those cases where the request for information can be met, but has not been met within the deadlines specified by the Act, the officer responsible shall waive any applicable fees for the submission of information.

Working hours

January to June, and September to December
Monday to Friday (excluding public holidays)
08:00h CET to 16:45h CET

July and August
Monday to Friday (excluding public holidays)
08:00h CET to 13:45h CET

Receipt of emails

E-mails received over the weekend or on public holidays will be seen to on the following working day.

Payments

Payments on site are to be made by cash or cheque and are to be made at the reception desk at the Corporation’s offices in Pieta’.

Payments by post are to be strictly by cheque, payable to Malta Enterprise and mailed to the Corporation’s offices at the address below to the attention of the FOI Officer.

Contact Details

Address:
Malta Enterprise
Gwardamangia Hill,
Pieta`, MEC 0001
Malta

Telephone: +356 2542 0000

E-mail: [email protected]