S.L. 386.18 Art. 8Exchange of information between registers. 

(1) The Registrar shall ensure that a reply to a request received from another Member State for information relevant for the disqualification of directors in accordance with the provisions relating to the disqualification of directors as contained in the Act, is sent through the system of interconnection of registers.

(2) The reply to a request referred to in sub-regulation (1) shall be provided without delay and the Registrar shall at least ensure that he is able to provide information on whether a person is disqualified or is recorded in any of the registers, containing information relevant for disqualification of directors, held by him.

(3) Upon the registration of a branch of a company established under the laws of another Member State, the Registrar shall notify the Member State where the company is established that the branch has been registered, through the system of interconnection of registers. When the Registrar receives a notification of a registration of a branch of a company established in Malta, the Registrar shall acknowledge receipt of such notification and shall record the information in the register without delay.

(4) The provisions of sub-regulation (3) shall, mutatis apply to the closure of a branch of a company. #(5)Where mutandis, the Registrar receives for registration a change in the following documents and information of a company established in Malta -

(a) the company’s name;

(b) the company’s registered office;

(c) the company’s registration number in the register;

(d) the company’s legal form;

(e) the company’s officers, including the persons vested with the legal or judicial representation of the company; and, or

(f) the accounting documents of each financial year, the Registrar shall inform without delay the Member State, where a branch of the company is registered, by means of the interconnection of registers. When a Member State informs the Registrar of any such changes, the Registrar shall, through the system of interconnection of registers, acknowledge receipt of such notification and shall ensure that the respective documents and information are updated without delay:

Provided that the mandatory disclosure of financial statements of the company as drawn up, audited and disclosed pursuant to the law of the Member State, by which the company is governed, shall be considered to be fulfilled by the disclosure in the register of the Member State in which the company is registered.

(6) The exchange of any information through the system of interconnection of registers shall be free of charge for the registers, provided that the Registrar may decide that the details of a company website and the object of such company, when recorded in the register, are made available free of charge only to the competent authorities of other Member States.