The Legal Framework for Arbitration in Malta 

General Information:

• UNCITRAL Model-Law based: Yes.
• Legal Provisions: Arbitration Act of 1996 (Act II of 1996 - chapter 387, as amended). The English version is available at the website of the Ministry of Justice and Home Affairs.

Multilateral Conventions:

• New York Convention: Yes (ratification/accession: 20 June 2000); reservations: reciprocity, only applicable only to those awards which were adopted after the entry into effect of the Convention.
• European Convention: No.
• ICSID Convention: Yes (ratification/accession: 3 November 2003); reservations: none.
• Energy Charter Treaty: Yes (ratification/accession: 21 May 2001); reservations: none.

Arbitral Institutions:

• The Malta Arbitration Centre