# Malta

- **Record type**: Jurisdiction profile
- **Short name**: Malta
- **ISO code**: MT
- **Type**: country
- **Region**: Europe / Southern Europe

## In brief

Malta has 1 recorded AI policy instrument, none of them binding. EU AI Act applies; AI strategy 2030 (2019) as policy; MDIA certification voluntary. Regulators include Malta Digital Innovation Authority (MDIA), Information and Data Protection Commissioner. Every record here links to its official source and states its verification status.

## Overview

Malta applies the EU AI Act and adopted the "Malta: The Ultimate AI Launchpad" strategy and vision for 2030 in 2019, with the Malta Digital Innovation Authority (MDIA) running a voluntary AI certification framework and proposed as national AI Act authority.

## Regulatory status

EU AI Act applies; AI strategy 2030 (2019) as policy; MDIA certification voluntary.

## What is binding and what is guidance

Binding: none recorded. Strategy or guidance: Malta AI Strategy and Vision 2030.

## Regulators

- Malta Digital Innovation Authority (MDIA) — Technology assurance and proposed AI Act authority — https://www.mdia.gov.mt/
- Information and Data Protection Commissioner — Data-protection authority — https://idpc.org.mt/

## How to use this profile

- Start from the EU AI Act record for obligations; use this page for the national authorities, penalties and strategy.
- Open the official source on each instrument before relying on any date or obligation.
- Check national data-protection, employment and consumer law that applies to AI systems regardless of the AI Act.

## Official sources

- Malta: The Ultimate AI Launchpad – A Strategy and Vision for Artificial Intelligence in Malta 2030 — Office of the Prime Minister / MDIA — https://malta.ai/

## Instruments recorded for this jurisdiction (1)

- **Malta: The Ultimate AI Launchpad – A Strategy and Vision for Artificial Intelligence in Malta 2030** — National strategy, Adopted, non-binding
  - Record: https://aipolicytracker.org/policies/malta-ai-strategy-2030
  - Context file: https://aipolicytracker.org/policies/malta-ai-strategy-2030.md

## Provenance

- **Record page**: https://aipolicytracker.org/jurisdictions/malta
- **Official source**: https://malta.ai/
- **Source document**: Malta: The Ultimate AI Launchpad – A Strategy and Vision for Artificial Intelligence in Malta 2030
- **Published by**: Office of the Prime Minister / MDIA
- **Review status**: verified
- **Confidence**: medium
- **Facts last confirmed**: 2026-09-26
- **Confirmed by**: Bhaskar Bhatt (see https://aipolicytracker.org/reviewers)
- **Retrieved**: 2026-10-27
- **Licence**: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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