S.L. 418.5 Art. 4Requirements when performing tasks under the Digital Services Act.

The Authority when carrying out its tasks as the Digital

Services Coordinator in Malta and a competent authority in relation to its tasks under article 3 shall:

(a) act in an impartial, transparent and timely manner, and shall have all the necessary resources to carry out such (DESIGNATION AND ENFORCEMENT)

tasks, including sufficient technical, financial and human resources to adequately supervise all providers of intermediary services falling within their competence;

(b) have sufficient autonomy in managing their budget within the overall limits of the budget in order not to adversely affect their independence when acting for the purposes of their tasks under the Digital Services Act; and

(c) act with complete independence and be free from any external influence, whether direct or indirect, and shall neither seek nor take instructions from any other public authority or any private party.