S.L. 425.17 Art. 4Infringement of EU and RFMO obligations. Cap. 460.

(1) Any person who, by an act or omission, infringes an obligation or restriction relating to fishing, aquaculture and, or the commercialisation of fish, as imposed by legislation of the European Union having direct applicability in Malta as provided by the Treaty as defined under the European Union Act or in accordance with the law of the European Union as held in the jurisprudence of its Courts, and if such an obligation or restriction is directly imposed upon such person by such legislation or upon Malta as a Member State of the European Union, shall be guilty of an offence against these regulations. (FISHERIES AND AQUACULTURE)

(2) The provisions of sub-regulation (1) shall apply mutatis with respect to obligations imposed upon Malta and, or the mutandis European Union under international law or by an RFMO, or upon any person operating under the jurisdiction of Malta with respect to the same obligations as imposed on such person.

(3) Without prejudice to regulations 6 and 8, any person found guilty of an offence under this regulation shall be liable to a fine (multa) of not less than one hundred and fifty euro (€150) and not more than eighty thousand euro (€80,000):

Provided that the sanctioning authority shall follow the provisions of regulations 7 and 8 in determining the amount of the fine (multa) to be given upon conviction or admission.