S.L. 379.11 Art. 10Disputes concerning requests for notification or enforcement imposing penalties or periodic penalty payments.

(1) Any dispute concerning a request for assistance made pursuant to these regulations shall fall within the competence of the Maltese Courts and shall be governed by the laws of Malta where the Office acts as the applicant authority, and insofar as the dispute concerns:

(a) the lawfulness of an act to be notified in accordance with regulation 6(5) or of a decision to be enforced in accordance with regulation 7(4) or (5); or

(b) the lawfulness of the prescribed Form drawn up by the Office as provided in the Schedule permitting enforcement in the Member State of the requested authority.

(2) Without prejudice to the preceding sub-regulation, where the Office acts as the requested authority, any dispute concerning the enforcement measures taken by the Court pursuant to regulations 7(3) or 8(4), or concerning the validity of a service made by the Office pursuant to regulation 6(1), shall also fall within the competence of the Maltese Courts and shall be governed by the laws of Malta.