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Doing Business in Malta Table of Contents Fact Sheet 7 Water 35 Who we are? 8 Domestic Water 35 Projects approved by Malta Enterprise 9 Non-Domestic Water 36 Foreign Owned Projects 9 Non-Residential Water Tariffs 36 Main Economic Indicators 12 Gas 37 Malta’s Economy 14 Price of Gas 37 Investors Outlook 16 Deposits on New Gas Cylinders 38 Taxation 17 Petroleum 39 Company Formation 18 Communication Costs 42 Fees 18 GO Group – Fixed Line Telephony 43 Taxation 20 Melita – Fixed Line Telephony 45 Double Taxation Agreements 20 Mobile Telephony 46 Personal Taxation 22 Provision of Internet Services 46 Category Description 23 GO Group – Residential Internet Costs 46 Working Permits 24 GO Group – Business Internet Costs 47 Implicit Tax Rates on Labour 25 Melita Plc – Tax for Highly Qualified Persons 26 Residential and Business Internet Costs 48 Corporate Tax Rate 26 Vodafone (Malta) – Operating Surpluses as a percentage of GVA 27 Residential and Business Internet Costs 48 Electricity 30 Language Proficiency, Training, Residential Tariffs 30 Salaries and Graduate Statistics 50 Residential Rates 31 Language Proficiency 50 Domestic Rates 32 Education 52 Non-Residential Tariffs 33 Pre-Primary Education (Age 3 to 5) 53 Non-Residential kVah 34 Compulsory Education (Age 5 to 16) 53 Table of Contents Upper Secondary 54 Education 54 Vocational Upper 54 Secondary Education 54 Tertiary Education 56 Graduates 57 Training 67 Salaries 68 Sick leave entitlement to employers 72 and self employed 72 Sick Leave Statistics 72 Industrial Property 74 Office Spaces 75 Acquisition of Property in Malta 78 Global Residency Scheme 78 Individual Investment Programme 79 Development Planning 80 Transport Infrastructure 82 Lifestyle 89 Healthcare 93 Holidays 95 Public and National Holidays 96 Other Information 97 Business First 98 Useful Websites 99 List of Tables Table 1-New and Expansion FDI projects Approved 9 Table 27-Residential Tariffs for Fixed Telephony 43 Table 2-New and Expansion Local projects Approved 11 Table 28- Business Fixed Line Telephony Connection Table 3-Main Economic Indicators 12 and Rental Charges 44 Table 4-Fees required to setup a Company 18 Table 29- Business Tariffs for Fixed Line Telephony 44 Table 5-Double Taxation Agreements in Force 20 Table 30-Connection and Rental Charges 45 Table 6-Double Taxation Agreements Signed Table 31-Tariffs for Fixed Line Telephony 45 but not yet into Force 21 Table 32-Residential Internet Costs 46 Table 7-Single Personal Taxation Computation 22 Table 33-Business Internet Costs 47 Table 8-Married Rates 22 Table 34-Residential and Business Internet Costs 48 Table 9-Parent Rates 22 Table 35-Languages Spoken 51 Table 10-Class 1 Social security Contributions 23 Table 36-University Graduates by Faculty 58 Table 11-Residential Installation Charges 30 Table 37-MCAST Graduates by Faculty 65 Table 12-Residential Service Charges (inclusive of 5% VAT) 30 Table 38- Average Weekly Wages – Table 13-Residential Rates (inclusive of 5% VAT) 31 September 2013 68 Table 14-Domestic Rates (inclusive of 5% VAT) 32 Table 39-Warehouses/Garages Rental Rates Table 15-Non-Residential Service Charges (exclusive of VAT) 33 by Size (July 2012) 74 Table 16-Non-Residential Rates per kWh (exclusive of VAT) 33 Table 40-Warehouses/Garages Rental Rates Table 17-Non-Residential Rates per kVah (exclusive of VAT) 34 by Region (July 2012) 74 Table 18-Domestic Water Installation and Service Charges 35 Table 41-Standard Office Rental Rates Table 19-Domestic Water Tariffs 36 by Size (July 2012) 75 Table 20-Non-Residential Water installation and Table 42- Standard Office Rental Rates Service Charges 36 by Region (July 2012) 75 Table 21-Non-Residential Water tariffs 36 Table 43-Luxurious Offices Rental Rates Table 22-Price of Gas (inclusive of VAT) 37 by Size (July 2012) 76 Table 23-Deposits on new gas cylinders 38 Table 44-Rental Rates for Finished Apartment Table 24-Tariffs for cylinders to be carried (December 2012) 76 in flats/apartments 38 Table 45-New Fees Regulations 80 Table 25-Petroleum Prices (May to December 2014) 39 Table 26- Residential Fixed Line Telephony Connection and Rental Charges 43 List of Figures Figure 1-Contribution of Various Economic Sectors to GVA (2013) 15 Figure 2-Interviewed Companies considering 16 an Expansion of their Maltese Operation 16 Figure 3-Malta’s Attractiveness vis-à-vis investment criteria 16 Figure 4-Implicit Tax Rates on Labour (2011) 25 Figure 5-Operating Surpluses as a percentage of GVA 27 Figure 6-Hourly Labour Costs for the Whole Economy (2013) 70 Figure 7-Labour Costs per hour by economic activity (2013) 71 Fact Sheet Full Name: Republic of Malta Population: 421,364 2 Area: 316m Capital: Valletta EU membership: 2004 Euro Adoption: 2008 President: Marie-Louise Coleiro Preca Prime Minister: Dr Joseph Muscat Opposition Leader: Dr Simon Busuttil Major Languages: English and Maltese (both official languages) Major Religion: Roman - Catholic GDP at market prices: €7.2 bn (2013) Real GDP Growth 2013: 2.4% Unemployment: 6.5% (2013) Inflation Rate (HICP): 1.0% (2013) Government Deficit as a % of GDP: 2.8% Government Debt as a % of GDP: 72.0% Main Trading Partners: Italy, Germany, France, UK, USA, Singapore and Libya Life Expectancy: 78.6 years (males) and 83.0 years (females) Time Zone: Maltese standard time is one hour ahead of Greenwich Mean Time (GMT) and six hours ahead of US Eastern Standard Time (EST). Doing Business in Malta - Page 7 Malta Enterprise Who we are? Malta Enterprise (ME) is the national development agency responsible for promoting and facilitating international investment in the Maltese Islands by offering investors excellent business opportunities and tailored services. The Malta Enterprise network operates in various countries around the globe, with offices or representation in embassies and consulates in North Africa, the Middle East, Asia, the United States and Australia. The Corporation also coordinates initiatives to promote the Islands’ economic growth attractiveness. Moreover Malta Enterprise is also responsible for facilitating the growth and development of Maltese enterprise both locally and beyond our shores. We work hand in hand with local businesses to help them set up, expand, innovate and access global markets; thus sustaining economic growth and retaining and increasing employment. Malta Enterprise Headquarters Doing Business in Malta - Page 8 Projects approved by Malta Enterprise Foreign Owned Projects Table 1 shows the number of projects approved by Malta Enterprise Board of Directors during the period 2006 to 2013. All ‘approvals’ refer to projects undertaken in the Maltese islands by foreign nationals/companies. Projects undertaken by Maltese owned companies/Maltese entrepreneurs are not being included below. These are being presented under Table 2. The operational definition of FDI adopted below refers to all companies with 50% or more of equity held by foreign nationals; this differs from the OECD and World Bank definition of FDI as requiring 10% or more of voting stock held by foreign nationals. Table 1-New and Expansion FDI projects Approved New FDI Projects Approved FDI Expansion Projects Total FDI Projects Approved Approved Year of New FDI Forecast Forecast FDI Forecast Forecast Total Forecast Forecast Approval Projects 3 Year 3 Year FTE Expansion 3 Year 3 Year FTE FDI 3 Year 3 Year Investment Employment Projects Investment Employment Projects Investment FTE (€ million) (€ million) Approved (€ million) Employment 2006 24 €28.5 1,224 17 €41.3 729 41 €69.8 1,953 2007 25 €46 982 11 €11 338 36 €57 1,320 2008 13 €21.7 518 9 €7.5 140 22 €29.2 658 2009 12 €57.5 649 6 €26.9 297 18 €84.4 946 2010 2 €0.32 115 2 €8.2 145 4 €8.52 260 2011 9 €129.9 399 6 €20.9 257 15 €150.8 656 2012 2 €2.1 38 10 €23.7 222 12 €25.8 260 2013b 36 €64.1 1,199 15 €42.5 334 51 €106.6 1,533 b=break in series. From 2013, definition of what constitutes a project was amended to include only productive projects. Source: Malta Enterprise, Board of Directors - Approvals Doing Business in Malta - Page 9 It is important to note that besides the projects of 2014, the FDI projects that at present Malta presented here, there may be other investment Enterprise is evaluating and discussing with investors projects that could have been carried out by foreign will augur well for 2014. Malta Enterprise is confident nationals who did not seek Malta Enterprise services that 2014 will compare well with, if not exceed the to do so. Financial services and real estate do not fall results attained in 2013. within the remit of Malta Enterprise and are not listed in the above table. 2013 saw a sharp upturn in terms of FDI projects approved. This steep increase was also reflected in terms of the forecast 3 year investment and full time equivalent employment (FTE) that would be generated as a result of these approved projects. New FDI projects approved in 2013: Were nearly three times more than the total number of new FDI projects approved for the period 2010 to 2012 Had the highest 3 year forecast investment for the period 2006 to 2012, bar 2011 Had the highest 3 year forecast employment for the period 2006 to 2012, bar 2006 Compared to previous years, 2013 was also a strong Local Owned Projects year in terms of FDI expansion projects approved. For 2013, forecast 3 year investment as a result of FDI Table 2 shows the number of projects approved expansion was €42.5 million. This figure represented by Malta Enterprise Board of Directors during the a record for the last couple of years. 3 year forecast period 2006 to 2013.
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