S.L. 365.13 Art. 10Penalties for failure to comply with these regulations.

(1) Any person in Malta, or any citizen or permanent resident of Malta, whether in Malta or elsewhere, who -

(a) exports items from Malta by virtue of an authorization granted by the Director and fails to comply with any condition attaching to that authorization, or

(b) contravenes any of these regulations, shall be guilty of an offence and shall be liable on conviction to a term of imprisonment not exceeding five years or to a fine (multa) not exceeding one hundred and sixteen thousand and four hundred and sixty-eight euro and sixty-seven cents (116,468.67).

(2) No person is guilty of an offence under subregulation (1)(a) where:

(a) the condition in question had been previously modified without that person’s consent by the Director;

(b) the alleged failure to comply would not have been a failure had the authorization not been so modified;, and

(c) that person proves that the items in relation to which he has failed to comply with the condition had, at the time the condition was modified, already been exported. FIRST SCHEDULE Added by: L.N. 168 of 2006. Regulations 3 and 4 List of Military Equipment

The Common Military List of the European Union, adopted by the February 2019 (equipment covered by Council Common Position 2008/944/CFSP defining common rules governing the control of exports of military equipment) (updating and replacing the Common Military Lists of Union adopted by the Council on 26 February 2018) shall be applicable entirety as the First Schedule to these regulations.

SECOND SCHEDULE

Export of Military Equipment

Authorization Application Form