S.L. 552.27 Art. 7Cooperation with Member States.

(1) As part of the planning and management process, the Competent Authority shall cooperate with Member States bordering Malta’s marine waters with the aim of ensuring that maritime spatial plans are coherent and coordinated across the marine region concerned. Such cooperation shall take into account, in particular, issues of a transnational nature.

(2) The cooperation referred to in sub-regulation (1), shall be pursued through:

(a) existing regional institutional cooperation structures, such as Regional Sea Conventions; and, or

(b) networks or structures of Member States’ competent authorities; and, or

(c) any other method that meets the requirements of sub-regulation (1).