S.L. 478.3 Art. 2Interpretation.

(1) In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires:

"the Act" means the Malta Film Commission Act;

"certificate of provisional approval" means the certificate issued in terms of regulation 7 following receipt of relevant application and supporting documentation and duly assessed in accordance with the relevant Guidelines;

"the Commission" means the Malta Film Commission;

"the Commissioner" means the Film Commissioner;

"completion" means the termination of filming activity or animation or VFX in Malta of an audiovisual production and "completed" shall be construed accordingly;

"co-production" means a qualifying production which is the subject of a co-production agreement between two (2) or more co-producers;

"cultural product" means an audiovisual production in respect of which the Commissioner has established that the content of the audiovisual production is cultural against a predetermined list of cultural criteria;

"difficult audiovisual works" means an audiovisual production as established by the Commissioner in accordance with the Guidelines;

"eligible expenditure" means the items of expenditure incurred by the qualifying company in relation to the qualifying production that are eligible as established by the Commissioner in accordance with the Guidelines;

*Repealed by Legal Notice 17 of 2023. THE AUDIOVISUAL INDUSTRY

"EU Member State" means a member state of the European Union as defined in the European Union Act;

"final approval" means the approval granted in terms of regulation 9;

"the financial incentive" means the financial benefit provided for in regulation 5;

"Guidelines" means the guidelines that may be issued by the Commission from time to time;

"the Minister" means the Minister responsible for the film industry;

"principal photography" means the filming of major or significant components of an audiovisual production which involves lead actors or the commencement of animation or VFX work partially or wholly completed in Malta;

"qualifying company" means a qualifying company that satisfies the conditions established in regulation 4;

"qualifying production" means a qualifying production that satisfies the conditions established in regulation 3;

"Regulation" means Commission Regulation (EU) No 651/2014 of 17 June 2014 declaring certain categories of aid compatible with the internal market in application of Articles 107 and 108 of the Treaty, as amended by Commission Regulation

(EU) 2017/1084 of 14 June 2017 amending Regulation (EU) No 651/2014 as regards aid for port and airport infrastructure, notification thresholds for aid for culture and heritage conservation and for aid for sport and multi-functional recreational infrastructures, and regional operating aid schemes for outermost regions and amending Regulation (EU) No 702/ 2014 as regards the calculation of eligible costs, and by Commission Regulation (EU) 2020/972 of 2 July 2020 amending Regulation (EU) No 1407/2013 as regards its prolongation and amending Regulation, and as may be subsequently amended;

"State Aid Monitoring Board" means the State Aid Monitoring Board constituted under article 57 of the Business Promotion Act;

"undertaking" means an entity carrying out an economy activity;

"VFX" means visual effects.

(2) Words and expressions used in the Act, shall in these regulations have the same meanings assigned to them in the Act.