Cap. 334 Art. 8Provision of industrial structures, etc.

Where the Authority is satisfied that in the case of a company licensed to operate in a Freeport it would be consistent with the aims and objectives of the policy under which the Freeport was constituted, the Authority may provide for the company industrial buildings, structures and land in the Freeport including, on such terms as may be agreed, industrial buildings and structures constructed or altered according to the requirements of the relative company: Provided that, without prejudice to article 6(1), immovable property in a Freeport shall not be transferred to a licensed company under any title for a term beyond the term of the licence, original or extended, of the company to which it is so transferred and that the title under which any such immovable property is transferred shall terminate automatically on the termination of the licence of the company to which it is so transferred. origin of any such goods or articles.

(2) The Authority may, where it is so satisfied, release a certificate to the effect that any goods or articles which have been transhipped through a Freeport have not suffered any manipulation in the Freeport so as to transform their identity.

(3) It shall not be lawful for any person unless a certificate has first been obtained from the Authority under the provisions of this article to indicate in any manner that -

(a) goods or articles which have been subjected to any process or other transformation whatsoever in a Freeport have Malta as their origin;

(b) any goods or articles transhipped through a Freeport have not suffered any manipulation in the Freeport.