Cap. 376 Art. 8DPublic register.

(1) The competent authority shall establish and maintain a public register in which the following are entered:

(a) financial institutions licensed or registered in terms of this Act;

(b) agents of financial institutions in Malta or in another Member State;

(c) branches of financial institutions, established in or outside Malta, if those branches provide services in another Member State;

(d) branches in Malta of payment institutions authorised in another Member State;

(e) branches in Malta of account information service providers authorised in another Member State;

(f) account information service providers registered under this Act exercising their European right to provide services in another Member State;

(g) account information service providers authorised in another Member State exercising their European right to provide services in Malta;

(h) the institutions referred to in paragraphs (4) to (23) of Article 2(5) of the CRD that are entitled under national law to provide payment services;

(i) branches in Malta of electronic money institutions authorised in another Member State;

(j) payment institutions and electronic money institutions licensed under this Act exercising their European right to provide services in another Member State;

(k) payment institutions and electronic money institutions authorised in another Member State exercising their European right to provide services in Malta;

(l) service providers carrying out services based on specific payment instruments that can be used only in a limited way, provided they satisfy any of the following conditions:

(i) instruments allowing the holder to acquire goods or services only in the premises of the issuer, or within a limited network of service providers under direct commercial agreement with a professional issuer;

(ii) instruments that can be used only to acquire a very limited range of goods or services; and

(m) service providers carrying out payment transactions by a provider of electronic communication networks or services provided in addition to electronic communication services for a subscriber to the network or service:

(i) for the purchase of digital content and voice-based services, regardless of the device used for the purchase or consumption of the digital content and charged to the related bill; or

(ii) performed from or by means of an electronic device and charged to the related bill within the framework of a charitable activity, or for the purchase of tickets.

(2) The register referred to in sub-article (1) shall identify the services for which the financial institution is licensed or registered and it shall be publicly available for consultation, accessible online and updated without delay.

(3) Payment institutions shall be listed in the register separately from account information service providers.

(4) The competent authority shall enter in the public register any withdrawal of a licence or registration.

(5) The competent authority shall notify the EBA of the reasons for the withdrawal of any licence or registration.

(6) The competent authority shall, without delay, notify the EBA of the information entered in the public register.

(7) The competent authority shall be responsible for the accuracy of the information specified in sub-article (6) and for keeping that information updated.