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Which foreign judgments are enforced in the Malta
This page maps how judgments from six origin jurisdictions are enforced in Malta, and links to the refusal type most often raised against creditors here. A foreign judgment from outside the EU must be res judicata to be enforced in Malta. Malta applies a general fifteen-year limitation period on enforcement, and the application fee is typically below 100 EUR.
Index
Each route below covers a different applicable regime between the origin court and Malta as the enforcement forum. The route, not the place name, decides what has to be shown.
- UK judgments enforced in Malta covers the recognition route from the United Kingdom.
- UAE judgments enforced in Malta covers claims originating from UAE courts.
- US judgments enforced in Malta covers state and federal judgments from the United States.
- Swiss judgments enforced in Malta covers decisions from Switzerland.
- Singapore judgments enforced in Malta covers commercial judgments from Singapore.
- Cyprus judgments enforced in Malta covers the intra-EU route from Cyprus, where document legalisation has followed the Apostille Convention since 1973.
For the refusal pattern most relevant to this forum, see refusal type O8. For the full cross-border index, return to the enforcement hub. No fee on this page is charged solely for outcome, and the operating entity can be checked against the public register referenced in the footer.