Cap. 345 Art. 21EAccessibility of information on ESAP.

(1) For the purpose of making regulated information accessible on ESAP, the collection body shall be the Malta Stock

Exchange, the latter being the officially appointed mechanism in terms of Article 21(2) of the Transparency Directive:

Provided that for the purpose of taking the decisions referred to in article 39G, to the extent that the said decisions concern transparency requirements relating to regulated information, accessible on ESAP, the collection body shall be the competent authority. Such obligation shall apply with effect from 10 July 2026.

(2) The information referred in the proviso to sub-article (1) shall comply with the following requirements:

(a) be submitted in a data extractable format as defined in Article 2(3) of the ESAP Regulation;

(b) be accompanied by the following metadata:

(i) all the names of the natural persons or legal entity to which the information relates;

(ii) where available, the legal entity identifier of the legal entity, as specified pursuant to Article 7(4)(b) of the ESAP Regulation;

(iii) the type of information, as classified pursuant to Article 7(4)(c) of the ESAP Regulation;

(iv) an indication of whether the information contains personal data.