Member State detail
Malta short-term rental regulation and SDEP status
Malta requires MTA licensing for short-lease holiday accommodation and published Tourism Accommodation Regulations 2026 that add short-let display, contact, waste-management, and enforcement requirements.
What this means
Malta has a clear licensing route for holiday furnished premises such as apartments, studios, villas, farmhouses, terraced houses, and maisonettes.
The Malta Tourism Authority is responsible for issuing licences for tourism operators and publishes licensed-establishment information.
Implementation status
Servizz.gov describes the service as a licence for short lease of property as holiday furnished premises.
The 2026 regulations require short-term rental owners/operators to affix a sign outside the property entrance with the licence number and a designated 24/7 contact person.
Short-let accommodations must submit and implement an adequate waste collection management plan. Operators without a valid MTA licence can face a three-year disqualification in addition to other penalties.
MTA application material lists required documents such as applicant/operator identity, company documents where relevant, third-party liability insurance, and planning/development-permit evidence.
Technical interface
An online application route and public licensed-establishments information exist.
No Malta-specific Regulation 2024/1028 SDEP OpenAPI documentation, source code, sandbox, registration-number validation API, or platform onboarding process is currently available.
Malta also exposes a public data-service entry for the Holiday Furnished Premises Register, which may be relevant for identifier lookup or future validation.