S.L. 386.8 Art. 23Registration of establishment of EEIG whose official address is outside Malta.

(1) Any EEIG establishment situated in Malta but having its official address in another Member State shall deliver, within one month of the establishment becoming so situated in Malta, to the Registrar for registration, a certified copy of the contract together with a certified translation into English of the contract and other documents and particulars to be filed in accordance with these regulations if the contract and other documents and particulars, or any part thereof, are not in English.

(2) The Registrar shall not register an EEIG establishment under this regulation unless he is satisfied that all the requirements of these regulations in respect of registration and of matters precedent and incidental to it have been complied with.

(3) Subject to subregulation (2), the Registrar shall retain the copy of the contract and any certified translation, delivered to him in accordance with subregulation (1) and register the EEIG establishment.

(4) If default is made in complying with the provisions of subregulation (1), every officer of the grouping who is in default shall be liable to a penalty and, for every day during which the default continues, to a further penalty as established in the Schedule.