S.L. 500.1 Art. 5Entity responsible for the internal marketinformation system

(1) In the course of meeting its obligations of administrative cooperation with the relevant competent authorities in other Member States as set out in articles 6(3) and 8(3), (4) and

(6) of the Act, and pursuant to Commission Decision 2009/739/EC of the 2 October 2009 setting out the practical arrangements for the exchange of information by electronic means between Member States under Chapter VI of Directive 2006/123/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on services in the internal market, a competent authority shall exchange requests and information with the relevant competent authority of another Member State through the Internal Market Information System hereinafter referred to as "IMI".

(2) In terms of Commission Decision 2008/49/EC concerning the implementation of the Internal Market Information System

(IMI) as regards the protection of personal data, the national IMI actors shall be:

(a) the competent authorities that shall each be considered as a "competent authority" within the meaning of article 7 of the Act;

(b) the Commerce Department that shall be appointed as the National IMI Coordinator (NIMIC) within the meaning of article 8 of the Act;

(c) the ministries under whose remit the competent authorities referred to under paragraph (a) fall that shall be appointed as Delegated IMI Coordinators (DIMICs) within the meaning of article 8 of the Act.

(3) Natural persons working under the direct control of national IMI actors only, herein referred to as IMI users, may use the IMI.

(4) Pursuant to Article 1 (2) of Commission Decision 2009/ 739/EC, the national IMI coordinator shall also be designated as the liaison point as provided in Article 28(2) of Directive 2006/ 123/EC.

(5) The use of the IMI by national IMI actors and users shall be in conformity with Commission Decisions 2008/49/EC and 2009/ 739/EC:

Provided that the national IMI coordinator may, after consulting with other national IMI actors, and with the approval of the Minister, establish a national code of operation and practice to better implement the functions, roles, rights and obligations emanating from the above-mentioned Commission Decisions and the general functioning and co-ordination of IMI use in Malta.