S.L. 368.2 Art. 4Registration of new vehicles.

(1) For the purpose of the registration of a new vehicle, the owner or importer of a new motor vehicle shall be required to submit to the Authority the Registration Form for New Vehicles

(Form VEH. 01), duly completed, together with the following documents:

(a) a valid certificate of conformity in accordance with: -

- Regulation (EU) No 2018/858 in respect of M, N and O category vehicles, - Regulation (EU) No 168/2013 in respect of cycles, and - Regulation (EU) No 167/2013 in respect of agricultural tractors: Provided that vehicles designed and constructed or adapted for use by the Armed Forces of Malta shall be exempted from this requirement: Provided further that for the following vehicles, a valid EU individual vehicle approval certificate shall be accepted in lieu of a certificate of conformity:

(i) vehicles designed and constructed for use principally on construction sites or in quarries, port or airport facilities,

(ii) vehicles designed and constructed or adapted for use by civil protection, fire services and forces responsible for maintaining public order,

(iii) any self-propelled vehicle designed and constructed specifically to perform work and that, because of its construction characteristics, is not suitable for carrying passengers or for transporting goods, and that is not machinery mounted on a motor vehicle chassis,

(iv) vehicles intended exclusively for racing on roads,

(v) prototypes of vehicles used on the road under the responsibility of a manufacturer to perform a specific test programme provided they have been specifically designed and constructed for that purpose,

(b) a valid EC declaration of conformity in accordance with Directive 2006/42/EC in respect of machinery used on the road,

(c) Repealed by Legal Notice 265 of 2022.

(d) Repealed by Legal Notice 265 of 2022.

(e) evidence of payment of duties to Customs if the vehicle is imported from a third country,

(f) an invoice issued by the manufacturer or by an authorized agent of the manufacturer showing the cost of vehicle and, in the case of a goods vehicle or an off-road vehicle the engine capacity and maximum authorised mass, and other documents showing the CIF price,

(g) a legally valid identification document issued in terms of the Identity Card and other Identity Documents Act, or some other legally valid identification document or a residence permit document issued in terms of the

Immigration Act: Provided that where a new motor vehicle is imported or brought in permanently by a person for his own use, the application for the registration of the said motor vehicle together with the required documents shall be submitted to the Authority within thirty days following the motor vehicle’s arrival in Malta: Provided further that where such a person, for unjustified reasons, fails to comply with the preceding proviso, he shall be liable to an administrative fine of thirty euro (€30) for each day the vehicle, not being an agricultural tractor, remains not registered on the expiry of the said thirty days.

(2) The registration of new vehicles shall only be made -

(a) in the case of a new motor vehicle brought in from a Member State, upon the presentation of the documents referred to in sub-regulation (1) and upon payment of -

(i) a fifteen euro (€15) administrative fee payable to the Authority,

(ii) the prescribed registration tax in accordance with the Act, and

(iii) the prescribed VAT in accordance with the Value Added Tax Act,

(b) in the case of a new motor vehicle imported from a third country upon the presentation of the documents referred to in sub-regulation (1) and upon the payment of -

(i) a fifteen euro (€15) administrative fee payable to the Authority,

(ii) the prescribed vehicle registration tax,

(iii) the prescribed import duty in accordance with the Import Duties Act, and

(iv) the prescribed VAT;

(c) in the case of motor vehicles constructed in Malta not in low volume upon the presentation of a Certificate of Conformity in the case of an M1 motor vehicle or a cycle or a Single Vehicle Approval certificate in the case of motor vehicles manufactured in low volumes or in the case of an amateur built motor vehicle, invoices showing the cost of production of the motor vehicle excluding VAT and upon the payment of -

(i) aa fifteen euro (€15) administrative fee payable to the Authority,

(ii) the prescribed vehicle registration tax, and

(iii) VAT: Provided that where the owner of the vehicle is an exempt person from the payment of the said vehicle registration tax or from the payment of duty prescribed under the Import Duties Act, or from the payment of the prescribed VAT, the registration of the vehicle shall be made upon the payment of a fifteen euro (€15) administrative fee payable to the Authority, and the presentation of the documents referred to in paragraph (c) and sub-regulation (1): Provided further that where the application for the registration of a motor vehicle under this regulation is made online, the administrative fee payable to the Authority under this sub-regulation shall be of ten euro (€10) and where such application for registration is made by a motor vehicle importer, agent or dealer on behalf of the purchaser, the importer, agent or dealer shall give to the purchaser the original receipt issued by the Authority for the said payment of the administrative fee. Where an importer, agent or dealer fails to give the said receipt to the purchaser, he shall be guilty of an offence and shall, on conviction, be liable to a fine (multa) of one hundred euro (€100).

(3) Before registering a motor vehicle under this regulation, the Authority may require the owner or importer of the said motor vehicle to produce the vehicle for inspection or to produce other documentation as necessary. For an inspection there shall be charged an administrative fee of fifty euro (€50).

(4) A new motor vehicle which has been imported or brought into Malta may only be used on the road, prior to registration by the Authority, from the port of entry to the place where it is to be garaged until it is so registered and licensed, if that vehicle carries a ‘Trial Run’ plate in accordance with regulation 36.

(5) The provisions of this regulation shall not apply to any motor vehicle which is the property of any visiting military force.