Malta Arbitration

Malta is a Contracting State to the ICSID Convention:

• Signature: 24 April 2002 
• Deposit of Ratification: 3 November 2003
• Entry into Force: 3 December 2003

Malta is a Contracting State to the New York Convention:

• Date of Accession: 22 June 2000
• Entry into Force: 20 September 2000
• Malta will only apply the New York Convention to the recognition and enforcement of awards made in the territory of another contracting state and only to those arbitral awards which were adopted after 3 December 2003 (the Entry into Force Date).

In 1995, Malta enacted legislation based on the UNCITRAL Model Law on International Commercial Arbitration as adopted in 1985 and is therefore now popularly considered to be an UNCITRAL Model Law State

Malta is a not Contracting State to the 1899 Convention for the Pacific Settlement of International Disputes:

• Entry into Force: N/A

Malta is a Contracting State to the 1907 Convention for the Pacific Settlement of International Disputes:

• Entry into Force: 7 September 1968

Malta is a United Nations Member State:

• Date of Admission: 1 December 1964

Official State Name: Republic of Malta - Repubblika ta' Malta

Official Languages: Maltese, English

Capital: Valletta

Largest City: Birkirkara

Currency: Euro (€) (EUR) 

Time Zone: CET (UTC+1)

International Calling Code: +356

Internet TLD: .mt

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