On 27 April 2018, Legal Notice 142 of 2018, which ratifies the BEPS Multilateral Instrument (MLI) in Malta, was published in the Official Gazette No. 19,984. Malta now needs to deposit its instrument of ratification, approval or acceptance of the MLI with the OECD and confirm its MLI positions.
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