S.L. 403.15 Art. 17Submission of claims by creditors.

(1) Subject to sub-regulation (3), the information in the notice referred to in regulation 15 shall be provided in the Maltese and/or English language, as appropriate, or any other language as agreed to with the relevant authorities.

(2) The notice referred to in sub-regulation (1) shall, in the case of the lodging of claims, be headed with the words ''Invitation to lodge a claim: time limits to be observed'', and in the case of submission of observations relating to claims, it shall be headed ''Invitation to submit observations relating to a claim: time limits to be observed'' and such heading shall be written in every official language of the European Union, or any other language as agreed to with the relevant authorities.

(3) Where the known creditor is an insurance creditor, the information in the notice referred to in regulation 15 shall be provided for in the domestic language of such creditor.

(4) A creditor who submits a claim or observations relating to such claim may do so in his domestic language, provided that the requirements of the following paragraphs are complied with:

(a) where a creditor submits a claim in his domestic language, the document must be headed with the words "Lodgement of claim" (in English);

(b) where a creditor submits observations on his claim (otherwise than in the document by which he submits his claim), the observations must be headed with the words "Submission of observations relating to claims" (in English).

(5) For the purposes of this regulation, ''domestic language'' in relation to a creditor means the official language, or one of the official languages of the Member State or EEA State in which he is habitually resident or domiciled or, if the creditor is not an individual, the language of the Member State or EEA State in which the creditor’s head office is located.