S.L. 545.9 Art. 10Managing specific stocks.

(1) The CSE shall keep a continually updated and detailed register of all specific stocks held within Malta. Such register shall contain, in particular, all information needed to pinpoint the exact location of the stocks in question. The CSE shall also send to the Regulator a copy of the register within seven days of a request by the Commission for a copy of such register. In this copy, sensitive data relating to the location of stocks shall be withheld.

(2) Where specific stocks are commingled with other oil stocks, the CSE shall prevent those commingled products from being moved, to the extent of the proportion constituting specific stocks, without the prior written authorisation of the Minister.

(3) The Minister shall take the necessary measures to confer unconditional immunity from enforcement action on all specific stocks maintained or transported within Malta, irrespective of whether those stocks are owned by the Government or by other Member States.