Financial Markets Act (Cap. 345), article 21E

21E. (1) For the purpose of making regulated information accessible on ESAP, the collection body shall be the Malta Stoc k Exchange, the latter being the officially appointed mechanism i n terms of Article 21(2) of the Transparency Directive: Provided that for the purpos e of taking the decisions referred to in article 39G , to t he extent that the said decisio ns concern transparency require ments relating to regulated information, accessible on ESAP, the collection body shall be t he competent authority. Such obligation shall apply with effect fr om 10 July 2026. (2) The information referred in t he 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 th e 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. Delegation of powers. Substituted by: XVII. 2002.114. Amended by: IV . 2005.30; XX. 2007.14, 27,