NIS2 in Malta
What binds you in Malta is the national law transposing NIS2 — not the directive itself. Here is who supervises you, where you register, and where you report.
Reviewed . Verify against the national official journal before relying on this for a filing.
National transposition
Status of the national text · In force since 23 January 2026 (L.N. 22 of 2026)
Measures for a High Common Level of Cybersecurity Across the European Union (Malta) Order, S.L. 460.41 (L.N. 71 of 2025)
Malta published the Order as Legal Notice 71 of 2025 on 8 April 2025, but the text expressly deferred its own commencement to a date the responsible minister would later appoint — so for nine months Malta had a published transposition that was not law. Legal Notice 22 of 2026 supplied that date and brought S.L. 460.41 into force on 23 January 2026. Legal Notice 89 of 2026 has since amended it. Reading the 2025 notice alone would give you neither the commencement date nor the current text.
Who supervises you
Critical Infrastructure Protection Dept. is the competent authority designated by Malta. It holds the article 32 and 33 supervisory powers: inspections and audits, requests for information and evidence, binding instructions, orders to remedy deficiencies, and administrative fines. For essential entities those powers are exercised ex ante — without needing any indication of non-compliance.
Incident notifications under article 23 normally go to CSIRTMalta, though some member states route them through the competent authority instead. Confirm the channel before you need it: the 24-hour clock is not the moment to discover which portal applies.
What differs from the directive
Because NIS2 is a directive, Malta legislated its own version of it. The security baseline in article 21 is common across the Union and will not differ. What does differ:
- Registration. The portal, the information required and the deadline are national.
- Scope. Several member states extended coverage below the directive's size thresholds, or added sectors of national importance.
- Penalty calibration. The article 34 ceilings are common; how the authority calibrates within them is not.
- Reporting format. Deadlines are fixed by the directive; the form and the language are national.
If you operate in several member states
You have one security programme and several compliance relationships. Registration, supervision and reporting are per-jurisdiction, and a cross-border incident can require filings in each affected member state. Article 26 sets jurisdiction rules — generally the member state of establishment, with specific rules for digital providers.