S.L. 460.23 Art. 7Acquisition of legal personality.

(1) For the purposes of Article 5(1) of the EC Regulation, the statutes and any subsequent amendments shall be registered and upon such registration, the Minister shall as soon as possible cause the fact of registration to be published by notice in the Gazette. The notice shall include the full name of the Malta EGTC, the objectives, members, date of constitution and registered office.

(2) The Malta EGTC shall acquire legal personality on the day of registration or publication, whichever occurs first.

(3) The Malta EGTC shall ensure that, within ten working days from registration of the statutes, a request is sent to the Office for Official Publications of the European Communities for publication of a notice in the Official Journal of the European Union announcing the establishment of the EGTC, with details of its name, objectives, members and registered office.

(4) An EGTC shall be made up of members located on the territory of at least two Member States, in the case of a Malta EGTC, one of which being Malta.