Article 17 of the Habitats Directive requires Member States to report every six years about the progress made with the implementation of the Habitats Directive. As the main focus of the directive is on maintaining and/or restoring a favourable conservation status for habitat types & species of community interest, monitoring & reporting under the directive is focusing on that. Monitoring of conservation status is not restricted to Natura 2000 sites and data need to be collected both in and outside the Natura 2000 network to achieve a full appreciation of conservation status. Some data on sensitive species is restricted from public access, as the disclosure of such might adversely affect the conservation of the species in question; this is in line with the provisions of Article 4 2(h) of Directive 2003/4/EC.
This dataset describes location and area cover for Lithophyllum bissoides platforms along the Maltese coast. Such data was collected under the EMFF 8.3.1 Project. The monitoring was undertaken in line with Malta's monitoring factsheets for the MSFD Directive.
Water samples are collected from three points along Malta and Gozo on a quarterly basis. Samples are sent to an accredited Laboratory for radionuclide analysis. Such monitoring is carried out according to the requirements arising from Commission Recommendation 2000/473/Euratom.
The dataset indicates the location of the designated spoil ground, where disposal of dredged material and inert uncontaminated geological material at sea takes place. Malta has one ‘offshore’ spoil ground located in the North Eastern part of Maltese waters.
MSFD Descriptor 6: Offshore Spoil Ground
Area Management Restriction and Regulation Zones
This layer shows the siting of the continuous air monitoring stations where air quality is measured according to the requirements of Directive 2008/50/EC.
Location of continuous air monitoring stations
This dataset represents the extent of the Malta River Basin District.
The Maltese Sub Unit River Basin District -WFD-
This dataset consists of part of the Strategic Proposals and Marine Objectives as published in the Strategic Plan for the Environment and Development (SPED). It shows the locations of Business hubs, fuel storage sites, park and ride car parks, power station, priority areas for social and community facilities, reverse osmosis plants, sewage treatment plants, waste management facilities, country parks, enterprise hubs, integrated harbour management sites, Aviation hub, national recreational centre, ports for fisheries, sports complexes.
This dataset consists of part of the Strategic Proposals and Marine Objectives as published in the Strategic Plan for the Environment and Development (SPED). It shows the classification of the urban areas into Principal Urban Area, Regional Urban Settlements and Small Urban Settlements.
Flood Hazard Areas for the Maltese Island as reported under the requirements of the Floods Directive.
The Folds theme provides information on the structural bedrock geology of the Maltese islands. It was produced from the geological resurvey of the Maltese Islands undertaken in 2021 and 2022. This map depict localised structural folding of bedrock. The map features represent the fold axis of the feature.
Geological Map of the Maltese Islands - Folds
Ortho Imagery in 15cm resolution covering the Maltese Islands as aerial survey conducted as part of the ERDF156 project on the 1st June 2012.
Indicative areas used for anchoring and mooring of vessels around the Maltese islands. The data was used in the assessment of MSFD descriptor D6C2 (physical disturbance to the seabed)
MSFD Descriptor 6: Anchoring and Mooring Hotspots
Positions of Coralligenous point data were extracted from the below three different scientific papers and merged into one dataset: 1) Taviani, M., Dimech, M., Mifsud, C., Freiwald, A., Harasewyech, M.G. and Oliveriom, M. (2009). Coralliophilinae (Gastropoda: Muricidae) associated with deep water coral banks in the Mediterranean. THE NAUTILUS 123(3):106-112.2)Schembri, P.J., Dimech, M., Camilleri, M., and Page, R.(2007). Living water Lophelia and Madrepora corals in Maltese waters (Strait of Sicily, Mediterranean Sea). Cah. Biol. Mar. 48: 77- 83. 3) Freiwald, A., Beuck, L., Ruggeberg, A., Taviani, M., and Hebbeln, D. (2009). The White coral community in the Central Mediterranean Sea revealed by ROV surveys. Oceanography Vol 22, No1. This data was utilised by one of the co-financed EU LIFE+ Funding Programmes - LIFE BaĦAR for N2K project.
The Trees and Woodland Protection Regulations (S.L. 549.123), aims at protecting the trees and woodlands of the Maltese Islands, particularly native species and communities. For this reason ERA has so far designated a total of 60 TPA in order to protect trees for future generations. Trees within a TPA are protected from activities and operations that may have an adverse impact on them, such as development.
The information gathered is part of Descriptor 1 of Commission Decision 2017/848/EU: specifically D1C6 (pelagic habitats). Phytoplankton communities constitute an important component of such water column habitats, forming the base of marine foodwebs. The composition of these communities can provide a good indication of the status of pelagic ecosystems, also because plankton responds to anthropogenic pressures, in particular nutrient enrichment. Surface chlorophyll-a levels can also be used to characterise pelagic habitats in oceanic waters of the Mediterranean Sea, on the basis of the importance of productivity in describing marine ecosystems and food availability. This dataset includes quantitative information including the density of phytoplankton in cells/l, chlorophyll-a in ug/l and the diatom/dinoflagellate ratio.
MSFD Descriptor 1: Phytoplankton Habitat Condition
This dataset consists of part of the Strategic Proposals and Marine Objectives as published in the Strategic Plan for the Environment and Development (SPED). It shows the locations of industrial areas which have been designated as enterprise hubs by the SPED
This dataset consists of part of the Strategic Proposals and Marine Objectives as published in the Strategic Plan for the Environment and Development (SPED). It shows the location of a Strategic Open Gap which should be kept free from further urban development.
This dataset represents the mean sea level and perched groundwater bodies of the Maltese islands.
Designation of Malta's agglomerations as per Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive.
Location of transitional waters in the Maltese islands
Boundaries of offshore bunkering areas and relocated waiting area for vessels. Activities within these zones are regulated through various legislation: Authority for Transport in Malta Act (Chapter 499 of the Laws of Malta) Ports and Shipping Act (Chapter 352 of the Laws of Malta), Dangerous Cargo Ships, Marine Terminals and Facilities and Bunkering Regulations (S. L. 499.12), Vessel Traffic Monitoring and Reporting Requirements Regulations (S. L. 499.34) Berthage and Anchorage Dues Regulations (S. L. 499.38), Berthing Regulations (S. L. 10.30), and Official Nautical Charts.
The original data was provided by CSD in WGS 84 and subsequently transformed by ERA into ETRS89TM33. ERA has processed the data for reporting obligations emanating under the Marine Strategy Framework Directive.
This dataset consists of the Maltese Islands coastal boundary, which represents the terrestrial limit of the coverage of the Strategic Plan for the Environment and Development (SPED).
The NatDA formerly known as the Common Database on Designated Areas (CDDA) is more commonly known as Nationally designated areas, and is one of the agreed Eionet priority data flows maintained by EEA with support from the European Topic Centre on Biological Diversity. It is a result of an annual data flow through Eionet countries. In fact, Malta, being a member of the EEA, submits this report on an annual basis to fulfill this requirement. The EEA publishes the data set and makes it available to the World Database of Protected Areas (WDPA). The NatDA data can also be queried online in the European Nature Information System (EUNIS).
Data identifying landscape areas (shown as polygons) attributed with geological names and deposit descriptions. The scale of the data is 1:10 000 scale. Superficial deposits are the youngest geological deposits formed during the most recent period of geological time, the Quaternary, which extends back approximately 2.588million years from the present. They lie on top of older deposits or rocks referred to as bedrock. Superficial deposits were laid down by various natural processes such as action by water, wind, and weathering. These superficial deposits are unconsolidated sediments such as gravel, sand, silt and clay. The digital data includes attribution to identify each deposit type.
Geological Map of the Maltese Islands – Superficial
This dataset consists of the Maltese Islands maritime boundary of 25 nautical miles, which represents the outer limit of the coverage of the Strategic Plan for the Environment and Development (SPED).
Marine area up to 25nm as covered by SPED
The Seveso Directive obliges Member States to ensure that operators have a policy in place to prevent major accidents. Operators handling dangerous substances above certain thresholds must regularly inform the public likely to be affected by an accident, providing safety reports, a safety management system and an internal emergency plan. Twelve COMAH establishments have been identified in Malta, eight of which are upper tier sites. The establishments are all designated as COMAH sites due to the type and quantity of fuels stored at the facilities.
Control of Major Accident Hazards (COMAH) Sites reported under the SEVESO Directive
Location of watercourses monitoring under the WFD
This dataset represents the WFD monitoring stations for the purpose of status assessment in groundwater and surface water bodies
Groundwater and Surface Water Bodies monitoring Stations for the WFD
HB.D1_6_Posidonia_extent
The information gathered is part of Descriptor 1 of Commission Decision 2017/848/EU: specifically D1C6 (pelagic habitats). Plankton communities constitute an important component of such water column habitats, forming the base of marine foodwebs. The composition of these communities can provide a good indication of the status of pelagic ecosystems, also because plankton responds to anthropogenic pressures, in particular nutrient enrichment. In fact, this dataset includes a list of phytoplankton and zooplankton up to the lowest possible taxonomic scale and includes a count of abundance.
MSFD Descriptor 1: Phytoplankton and Zooplankton Species Composition
In December 2015, DFA gathered first hand data from diving schools in Malta and Gozo on the location of submerged and partially submerged marine caves along the coastline of the Maltese Islands, as part of the LIFE+ Benthic Habitat Research for Marine Natura 2000 Site Designation (LIFE BaĦAR for N2K) purpose of the project. This data was funded by of one of the co-financed EU LIFE+ Funding Programmes - LIFE BaĦAR for N2K project.
Location of submerged and partially submerged marine caves along the coastline of the Maltese Islands
According to the requirements of Directives 2008/50/EC and 2004/107/EC with respect to the minimum number of sampling points and the assessment regimes, the data set consists of two zones in the Maltese territory, the Air Monitoring Agglomeration and the Air Quality Monitoring Zone in which all main pollutants are being monitored. A third zone covering the monitoring of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAHs) is also included in the data set.
Maltese Agglomeration, Maltese Zone and PAHs Zone
This dataset consists of part of the Strategic Proposals and Marine Objectives as published in the Strategic Plan for the Environment and Development (SPED). It shows the Harbour Approach routes and communication infrastructure
Harbour Approach routes and Communication infrastructure
Major Area Place Names
This dataset includes data for % cover of rhodoliths located in the NE of Malta. Such data was collected under the EMFF 8.3.1 Project. The monitoring was undertaken in line with Malta's monitoring factsheets for the MSFD Directive.
Monitoring program carried out through legal notice 125 2008 transposing EU directive 2006/7/EC
Natura 2000 is a network of protected areas across the European Union, with the aim of affording protection to habitats and species of wild fauna and flora of Community interest. Conservation and management measures have to be established and implemented to ensure that the condition of the natural habitats and species for which the protected areas have been designated, is maintained and/or restored, in order to ensure their long-term survival/existence.
This layer shows the major roads defined for Malta according to the requirements of Directive 2002/49/EC relating to the assessment and management of environmental noise. These are the roads for which strategic noise maps are produced.
Article 17 of the Habitats Directive requires Member States to report every six years about the progress made with the implementation of the Habitats Directive, according to the biogeographical region. Malta has only one biogeographical region, this being a Mediterranean one, as represented in this dataset.
This dataset consists of part of the Strategic Proposals and Marine Objectives as published in the Strategic Plan for the Environment and Development (SPED). It shows the classification of the coastal zone into urban coast and rural coast.
Digital Surface Model (DSM) in 1m resolution covering the Maltese Islands as interpolated from the airborne LIDAR survey conducted as part of the ERDF156 project on the 17th February 2012.
Location of standing waters
This layer shows the night time noise indicator levels which represent the noise indicator for sleep disturbance in major roads as defined for Malta according to the requirements of Directive 2002/49/EC relating to the assessment and management of environmental noise.
Night time noise indicator for major roads
WFD coastal water bodies used for the purposes of the MSFD Reporting
The Council Regulation (EC) No 1967/2006 of 21 December 2006 - Chapter X, Article 26, establishes the 200m isobath within the 25 mile management zone. This regulation states that the fishing capacity of any trawlers authorised to operate at a depth of less than 200m must not exceed 185 kW; the isobath of 200 metres of depth shall be identified by a broken line, the waypoints of which are listed in Annex V, part (b) of the same regulation.
200m Isobath within the 25 mile management zone
This dataset includes the concentration of contaminants in sediment and Posidonia in marine waters as monitored under the EMFF 8.3.1 Project. The monitoring was undertaken in line with Malta's monitoring factsheets for the MSFD Directive.
MSFD Descriptor 8: Contaminants in Posidonia oceanica
This dataset contains a list of certain facilities falling under the scope of the E-PRTR Regulations.
This layer indicates the location of the air monitoring station for Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons as requested by Directive 2004/107/EC
Location of Continuous Air Monitoring Stations for Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons
Groundwater Protection Zone
This dataset consists of findings of the survey work carried out for an Environmental Monitoring System (EMS) - Tender / Advert No. 101 / 2013, which specifies the requirements for an environmental monitoring survey in the SE Aquaculture Zone in Malta. The survey campaign occurred in 2014 following the same methodology used in previous surveys (2006, 2008, 2010). The purpose of the study was to analyse the seabed typology on the basis of grain-size values obtained from the various sediment sampling stations.This data was included as part of the dataset used for one of the co-financed EU LIFE+ Funding Programmes - LIFE BaĦAR for N2K project. This data was funded by of one of the co-financed EU LIFE+ Funding Programmes - LIFE BaĦAR for N2K project.
Findings of an environmental monitoring survey in the SE Aquaculture Zone in Malta
The area covered by the sewage treatment plants per GPS coordinates. Agglomerations data is included as attributes to this layer.
This dataset includes the locations of the monitoring sites of the EMFF 8.3.1 Project.
Natura 2000 - SCIs & SPAs data harmonised according INSPIRE Protected Sites data theme. The submission of sites to the EC entails the preparation of a datasheet and a map for each site, that is for each proposed SCI and for each SPA, unless a proposed SCI has the exact boundary as an SPA; in the latter case only one datasheet is prepared comprising all relevant information. Reference can be made to the Natura 2000 viewer - including datasheets (link: http://natura2000.eea.europa.eu/) and to the Natura 2000 database (link: http://www.eea.europa.eu/data-and-maps/data/natura-2000/) to obtain information on each Natura 2000 site for almost all of the EU Member States. Information for the sites nominated by Malta are also available through these same links.
Firework factories in Malta and Gozo locations.
This data set shows the location of sampling points for the levels of radionuclides in ambient air. A high volume sampler (HVS) is situated in Bengħajsa and is used to monitor radionuclide levels in total air particulates. Gamma dose rate in monitored continuously in Bengħajsa, Attard, Xemxija and Għarb. Such monitoring is carried out according to the requirements arising from Commission Recommendation 2000/473/Euratom.
The basis for the reporting of administrative and identification data captured within the Registry, originates in two fundamental legal instruments, namely the Industrial Emissions Directive and the E-PRTR Regulation. The Registry provides spatial information on regulated industrial sites in Malta and is the reference dataset for thematic reporting on entities identified in it.
Discharge points of the three main urban waste water treatment plants in the Maltese Islands
Discharge points for UWWT plants of the Maltese Islands
The Veterinary Regulation and Fisheries Conservation and Control within the VAFD has set a number of conservation areas around wrecks. These are considered as "NO STOPPING AREAS". Anchoring is allowed to divers' vessels only after pre-notification to the Valletta VTS. Masters of diving support vessels are to ensure that collisions at sea and international code of signals, are shown at all times. Furthermore, spear fishing and the use of fishing gear such as set bottom lines, trammel nets, gill nets and entangling nets, encircling nets, demersal pots and traps are prohibited in these areas. Only surface fishing is allowed including trolling lines (rixa) and angling for pelagic fish. (Other charts affected).This data was funded by of one of the co-financed EU LIFE+ Funding Programmes - LIFE BaĦAR for N2K project.
NtM No5 of 2008 - Conservation area around wrecks
This dataset consists of part of the Strategic Proposals and Marine Objectives as published in the Strategic Plan for the Environment and Development (SPED). It shows the locations of Spoil Ground, Bunkering areas and Aquaculture zones.
The location of offshore exploratory oil wells, as provided by the Continental Shelf Department for Marine Strategy Framework Directive (2008/56/EC) reporting purposes.
MSFD Descriptor 6: Offshore Exploratory Oil Wells
The submission of sites to the EC entails the preparation of a datasheet and a map for each site, that is for each proposed SCI and for each SPA, unless a proposed SCI has the exact boundary as an SPA; in the latter case only one datasheet is prepared comprising all relevant information. Reference can be made to the Natura 2000 viewer - including datasheets (link: http://natura2000.eea.europa.eu/) and to the Natura 2000 database (link: http://www.eea.europa.eu/data-and-maps/data/natura-2000/) to obtain information on each Natura 2000 site for almost all of the EU Member States. Information for the sites nominated by Malta are also available through these same links.
This layer shows the agglomeration defined for Malta according to the requirements of Directive 2002/49/EC relating to the assessment and management of environmental noise. This is the area for which strategic noise maps are produced.
This layer designates the Nitrate Vulnerable Zones (NVZ). At present the whole of the Maltese Islands are designated as a NVZ, as per Article 3 of Council Directive 91/676/EEC.
Designated Nitrate Vulnerable Zone for Malta
This dataset consists of part of the Strategic Proposals and Marine Objectives as published in the Strategic Plan for the Environment and Development (SPED) it shows the locations of dive sites and swimming Zones
Coastal and Marine Infrastructure as per SPED
This dataset includes results for the BENTIX, CARLIT and PREI indices. Such data was collected under the EMFF 8.3.1 Project. The monitoring was undertaken in line with Malta's monitoring factsheets for the MSFD Directive.
MSFD Descriptor 1 and 6: BENTIX, CARLIT and PREI
This dataset consists of part of the Strategic Proposals and Marine Objectives as published in the Strategic Plan for the Environment and Development (SPED). It shows the classification of the landscape into Areas of Landscape Protection and Areas of High Landscape Protection. The data is to be considered as strategic and for indicative purposes only. It should not be used for direct interpretation.
The TEN-T policy supports the completion of 30 Priority Projects, representing high European added value, as well as projects of common interest and traffic management systems that will play a key role in facilitating the mobility of goods and passengers within the EU.The comprehensive network constitutes the basic layer of the TEN-T. It consists of all existing and planned infrastructure meeting the requirements of the Guidelines.
Data identifying landscape areas (shown as polygons) attributed with geomorphological descriptions. The scale of the data is 1:10 000 scale. Coverage is provided for the main Maltese Islands. The artificial geology theme describes the main areas of man-made (anthropogenic) materials and workings. The data are available in vector format (containing the geometry of each feature linked to a database record describing their attributes) as ESRI shapefiles.
Geological Map of the Maltese Islands - Artificial
Data identifying boundaries (shown as polylines) describing the contact between geological units at the margins of karstic dolines and sinkholes. The scale of the data is 1:10 000 scale. Coverage is provided for the main Maltese Islands. The data includes attribution to identify the local names, and postulated age of formation of the features (in varying levels of detail). Several modes of failure are represented by the doline/sinkholes, The boundaries therefore represent planes of structural failure or flexure. The data are available in vector format (containing the geometry of each feature linked to a database record describing their attributes) as ESRI shapefiles.
Geological Map of the Maltese Islands - Solution Subsidence
This dataset represents the Surface water bodies for the Maltese Catchment Area. These surface waters include inland surface, transitional and coastal water bodies.
Surface water bodies for the Maltese Catchment Area -WFD-
Location of Groundwater Monitoring Network forming part of the Operational Groundwater Monitoring Network as part of the Water Framework Directive
Location of Hardstone and Softstone Licenced quarries in the Maltese islands
Location of quarries in the Maltese Islands - Hardstone and Softstone
Data identifying landscape areas (shown as polygons) attributed with geological names and rock type descriptions. The scale of the data is 1:10 000 scale. Coverage is provided for the main Maltese Islands. Bedrock geology describes the main mass of solid rocks forming the earth's crust. Bedrock is present everywhere, whether exposed at surface in outcrops or concealed beneath superficial deposits or water bodies. The data includes attribution to identify each rock type (in varying levels of detail). The bedrock has formed over long periods of geological time during the Oligocene, Miocene and Pleistocene epochs. The age of the rocks is identified in the data through their lithostratigraphic name. The data are available in vector format (containing the geometry of each feature linked to a database record describing their attributes) as ESRI shapefiles.
Geological Map of the Maltese Islands - Bedrock
Digital Terrain Model (DTM) in 1m resolution covering the Maltese Islands (Terrain Only) as interpolated from the airborne LIDAR survey conducted as part of the ERDF156 project on the 17th February 2018.
Faults are depicted as linear features (shown as polylines) representing a structural contact between geological units; Faults are typically associated with the bedrock theme and identify a plane of movement or failure where a body of bedrock has been fractured and displaced relative to another, by a large-scale process affecting the earth's crust. The data are available in vector format (containing the geometry of each feature linked to a database record describing their attributes) as ESRI shapefiles.
Geological Map of the Maltese Islands - Faults
Data on the invasive alien species of Union concern distribution occurring in Malta for reporting under Article 24 point 1 Regulation 1143/14 for the period 2015-2018.
Distribution of all invasive alien species of Union concern in Malta
Soil samples are collected once a year from four points along Malta and Gozo. Samples are sent to an accredited Laboratory for radionuclide analysis. Such monitoring is carried out according to the requirements arising from Commission Recommendation 2000/473/Euratom.
The original data was provided by CSD in WGS 84 and subsequently transformed by ERA into ETRS89TM33. ERA has processed the data for reporting obligations emanating under the Marine Strategy Framework Directive. The water column boundary for MSFD purposes shall be taken as a boundary which extends to 25 nm without prejudice to Malta's jurisdiction beyond this limit. This incorporates the WFD Coastal Waters.
Fisheries Management Zone and Internal Waters
The boundary used for the definition of seabed/subsoil is based on the area currently designated for hydrocarbon exploration and exploitation without prejudice to Malta's continental shelf boundary. This incorporates the seabed/subsoil beneath the WFD Coastal Waters. The original data was provided by CSD in WGS 84 and subsequently transformed by ERA into ETRS89TM33. ERA has processed the data for reporting obligations emanating under the Marine Strategy Framework Directive.
Area Designated For Hydrocarbon Exploration and Exploitation
Article 12 requires Member States to report about the progress made with the implementation of the Birds Directive. The Commission, in agreement with Member States, has revised the reporting procedure in order to focus the reporting on data that inform about the status of bird populations, thereby streamlining to an extent the reporting with the reporting under Article 17 of the Habitats Directive.
Flood Risk Areas for the Maltese Island as reported under the Floods Directive.
Digital Terrain Model (DTM) in 1m resolution covering the Maltese Islands (Terrain Only) as interpolated from the airborne LIDAR survey conducted as part of the ERDF156 project on the 17th February 2012.
This dataset includes the concentration of contaminants in marine waters as monitored under the EMFF 8.3.1 Project. The monitoring was undertaken in line with Malta's monitoring factsheets for the MSFD Directive.
MSFD Descriptor 8: Contaminants in Water and Sediment
INSPIRE DATA THEMES (as defined in Annexes to Directive 2007/2/EC)
Ortho Imagery covering the Maltese Islands
An object oriented geospatial database of the Maltese Islands. This dataset reflects structures and other features which sit upon the earth, such as buildings.
Regulations are in place to spatially manage offshore trawling efforts within the FMZ: trawling within the 25 nautical mile zone can, according to legislation, only take place at designated sites (detailed in Annex Va of EC 1967/2006 and as amended in 2012). These trawlable areas were chosen when Malta joined the EU in 2004, and were based on an FAO study on the location of areas suitable for trawling in Maltese waters carried out in 1976 / 1977 (Giudicelli, 1978). In addition trawling is only allowed within the FMZ by vessels not exceeding an overall length of 24 m, and the overall capacity of the trawlers allowed to fish in the zone can not exceed 4 800 kW. Moreover, the total fishing effort of all vessels is not allowed to exceed an overall engine power and tonnage of 83 000 kW and 4 035 GT respectively, and the fishing capacity of any single vessel with a license to operate at less than 200 m depth can not exceed 185 kW. This data was utilised by one of the co-financed EU LIFE+ Funding Programmes - LIFE BaĦAR for N2K project.
Corine Land Cover (CLC) 2018 and CLC change 2012-2018 are two of the datasets produced within the frame of the Initial Operations of the Copernicus programme (the European Earth monitoring programme previously known as GMES) on land monitoring.Corine Land Cover (CLC) provides consistent information on land cover and land cover changes across Europe. This inventory was initiated in 1985 (reference year 1990) and established a time series of land cover information with updates in 2000 and 2006 being the last one the 2012 reference year.CLC products are based on photointerpretation of satellite images by national teams of participating countries - the EEA member and cooperating countries ��� following a standard methodology and nomenclature with the following base parameters: 44 classes in the hierarchical three level Corine nomenclature; minimum mapping unit (MMU) for status layers is 25 hectares; minimum width of linear elements is 100 metres; minimum mapping unit (MMU) for Land Cover Changes (LCC) for the change layers is 5 hectares. The resulting national land cover inventories are further integrated into a seamless land cover map of Europe.Land cover and land use (LCLU) information is important not only for land change research, but also more broadly for the monitoring of environmental change, policy support, the creation of environmental indicators and reporting. CLC datasets provide important datasets supporting the implementation of key priority areas of the Environment Action Programmes of the European Union as protecting ecosystems, halting the loss of biological diversity, tracking the impacts of climate change, assessing developments in agriculture and implementing the EU Water Framework Directive, among others.More about the Corine Land Cover (CLC) and Copernicus land monitoring data in general can be found at http://land.copernicus.eu/.
Copernicus Land - corine land cover 2018
In Malta the spatial pattern of soil types is very intricate, both semi-natural and agricultural areas and different soil types often occur within a single field or within a distance of few meters. In the national soil inventory of the Maltese Islands (MALSIS) established in 2014, soils were described according to the criteria of the World Reference Base for Soil Resources. Seven major soil reference groups were identified: Leptosols, Vertisols, Calcisols, Luvisols, Cambisols, Regosols and Arenosols. Soils were also classified into Soil Landscape Units, which consist of soil containing a range of soil types which are likely to have similar management characteristics. The soil landscapes are divided into semi-natural landscapes with a low human impact and man-made landscapes where human influence is demonstrated by the extensive terracing of slopes, creation of ‘made ground’ or intensive cultivation. Key to abbreviations of the soil landscape types: BCs – Blue Clay slopes; BCTm – Blue Clay moderate terraces; BCTs – Blue Clay steep terraces; BCsp – Blue Clay spring; BS – Blown sand; BST – Blown sand terraces; Clf – Cliffs; CTm – Coralline moderate terraces; CTs – Coralline steep terraces; CTv - Coralline shallow terraces; Ga – Garrigue; GTm – Globigerina moderate terraces; GTs - Globigerina steep terraces; GTv - Globigerina shallow terraces; M – Marsh; U – Urban; VF – Valley fill; W – Woodland.
Local Councils Units defining local councils extend and area (polygon format)
Digital Surface Model (DSM) in 1m resolution covering the Maltese Islands as interpolated from the airborne LIDAR survey conducted as part of the ERDF156 project on the 17th February 2018.
INSPIRE Directive (Annex III) Planning Authority
INSPIRE Directive (Annex II) - Planning Authority
Council for the Maltese Living Abroad annual meeting reports
The Office of the Address Registrar was established through Legal Notice 205 of 2025, Address Register and related Location (Geospatial) Registers Regulations, 2025, published on the 23rd of September 2025. The Office of the Address Registrar assumed the responsibilities previously assigned to the Address Management Unit within the Electoral Office. Additionally, the Office of the Address Registrar is also responsible for the establishment and management of an Address Register, which shall act as the primary source of address information. Ultimately, the Address Register will be the authoritative registry of all streets and addresses in the Maltese archipelago, including spatial data.
This register will include research papers, annual reports and any other official publications from the Malta Development Bank
INSPIRE Directive (Annex I) - Planning Authority
Mobility
Data dwar il-mobbiltà
Streets Dataset which shall hold records of all streets which are publicly or privately-owned and which serve as thoroughfares or any other type of passageway and which are assigned a name by the Registrar
Dataset tat-Toroq, li għandu jżomm rekords tat-toroq kollha li huma pubbliċi jew privati u li jservu bħalaaċċess jew kull tip ta’ passaġġ u li huma mogħtija isem mir-Reġistratur
The Council for Maltese Living Abroad has the function of protecting and promoting the rights and interests of Maltese living abroad. This is a register of annual meetings held in Malta.
Il-Kunsill għall-Maltin li Jgħixu Barra minn Malta għandu l-funzjoni li jħares u jippromwovi d-drittijiet u l-interessi tal-Maltin li jgħixu barra minn Malta. Dan huwa reġistru ta’ laqgħat annwali li seħħew Malta.
Regions Dataset which shall hold the list of officially recognized geographical regions which represent a sub-division of Malta, as may be identified and included by the Registrar.
Dataset tar-Reġjuni, li għandu jżomm l-lista tar-reġjuni ġeografikament rikonoxxuti li jirrapreżentaw suddiviżjoni ta’ Malta, kif jista’ jiġi identifikat u inkluż mir-Reġistratur
2025 Malta Development Bank - Annual Report and Financial Statements
2025 Il-Bank Malti ta' Zvilupp - Rapport Annwali u Dikjarazzjonijiet Finanzjarji
Localities Dataset which shall hold records of all the localities, communities and sub-localities which are identified on the official base map
Dataset tal-Lokalitajiet, li għandu jżomm rekords tal-lokalitajiet, komunitajiet u sublokalitajiet li huma identifikati fil-mappa bażi uffiċjali
Geospatial
Data ġeospazjali
Earth observation and environment
Data dwar l-osservazzjoni tad-dinja u l-ambjent
Регламент за изпълнение (ЕС) 2023/138 на Комисията от 21 декември 2022 година за определяне на списък с конкретни набори от данни с висока стойност и реда и условията за тяхното публикуване и повторно използване (текст от значение за ЕИП)
Prováděcí nařízení Komise (EU) 2023/138 ze dne 21. prosince 2022, kterým se stanoví seznam konkrétních datových souborů s vysokou hodnotou a opatření pro jejich zveřejnění a opakované použití (Text s významem pro EHP)
Kommissionens gennemførelsesforordning (EU) 2023/138 af 21. december 2022 om en liste over særlige typer datasæt af høj værdi og ordningerne for deres offentliggørelse og videreanvendelse (EØS-relevant tekst)
Durchführungsverordnung (EU) 2023/138 der Kommission vom 21. Dezember 2022 zur Festlegung bestimmter hochwertiger Datensätze und der Modalitäten ihrer Veröffentlichung und Weiterverwendung (Text von Bedeutung für den EWR)
Εκτελεστικός κανονισμός (ΕΕ) 2023/138 της Επιτροπής της 21ης Δεκεμβρίου 2023 για την κατάρτιση καταλόγου συγκεκριμένων συνόλων δεδομένων υψηλής αξίας και τον καθορισμό των ρυθμίσεων για τη δημοσίευση και την περαιτέρω χρήση τους (Κείμενο που παρουσιάζει ενδιαφέρον για τον ΕΟΧ)
Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/138 of 21 December 2022 laying down a list of specific high-value datasets and the arrangements for their publication and re-use (Text with EEA relevance)
Reglamento de Ejecución (UE) 2023/138 de la Comisión de 21 de diciembre de 2022 por el que se establecen una lista de conjuntos de datos específicos de alto valor y modalidades de publicación y reutilización (Texto pertinente a efectos del EEE)
Komisjoni rakendusmäärus (EL) 2023/138, 21. detsember 2022, milles sätestatakse teatavate väärtuslike andmestike nimekiri ning nende avaldamise ja taaskasutamise kord (EMPs kohaldatav tekst)
Komission täytäntöönpanoasetus (EU) 2023/138, annettu 21 päivänä joulukuuta 2022, arvokkaiden tietoaineistojen luettelosta ja niiden julkaisemista ja uudelleenkäyttöä koskevista järjestelyistä (ETA:n kannalta merkityksellinen teksti)
Règlement d’exécution (UE) 2023/138 de la Commission du 21 décembre 2022 établissant une liste d’ensembles de données de forte valeur spécifiques et les modalités de leur publication et de leur réutilisation (Texte présentant de l’intérêt pour l’EEE)
Rialachán Cur Chun Feidhme (AE) 2023/138 ón gCoimisiún an 21 Nollaig 2022 lena leagtar síos liosta de thacair sonraí shonracha ardluacha agus na socruithe maidir lena bhfoilsiú agus lena n-athúsáid (Téacs atá ábhartha maidir le LEE)
Provedbena uredba Komisije (EU) 2023/138 оd 21. prosinca 2022. o utvrđivanju popisa posebnih visokovrijednih skupova podataka i modaliteta njihova objavljivanja i ponovne uporabe (Tekst značajan za EGP)
A Bizottság (EU) 2023/138 végrehajtási rendelete (2022. december 21.) a konkrét nagy értékű adatkészletek jegyzékének, valamint a közzétételükre és a további felhasználásukra vonatkozó szabályoknak a meghatározásáról (EGT-vonatkozású szöveg)
Regolamento di esecuzione (UE) 2023/138 della Commissione del 21 dicembre 2022 che stabilisce un elenco di specifiche serie di dati di elevato valore e le relative modalità di pubblicazione e riutilizzo (Testo rilevante ai fini del SEE)
Komisijos įgyvendinimo reglamentas (ES) 2023/138 2022 m. gruodžio 21 d. kuriuo sudaromas konkrečių didelės vertės duomenų rinkinių sąrašas ir nustatoma jų skelbimo bei pakartotinio naudojimo tvarka (Tekstas svarbus EEE)
Komisijas Īstenošanas regula (ES) 2023/138 (2022. gada 21. decembris), ar ko nosaka konkrētu vērtīgu datu kopu sarakstu un to publicēšanas un atkalizmantošanas kārtību (Dokuments attiecas uz EEZ)
Regolament ta’ Implimentazzjoni tal-Kummissjoni (UE) 2023/138 tal-21 ta’ Diċembru 2022 li jistabbilixxi lista ta’ settijiet tad-data speċifiċi ta’ valur għoli u l-arranġamenti għall-pubblikazzjoni u għall-użu mill-ġdid tagħhom (Test b’rilevanza għaż-ŻEE)
Uitvoeringsverordening (EU) 2023/138 van de Commissie van 21 december 2022 tot vaststelling van een lijst met specifieke hoogwaardige datasets en de regelingen voor publicatie en hergebruik van die gegevens (Voor de EER relevante tekst)
Rozporządzenie wykonawcze Komisji (UE) 2023/138 z dnia 21 grudnia 2022 r. ustanawiające wykaz szczególnych zbiorów danych o wysokiej wartości oraz warunki ich publikacji i ponownego wykorzystywania (Tekst mający znaczenie dla EOG)
Regulamento de Execução (UE) 2023/138 da Comissão de 21 de dezembro de 2022 que estabelece uma lista de conjuntos específicos de dados de elevado valor e as disposições relativas à respetiva publicação e reutilização (Texto relevante para efeitos do EEE)
Regulamentul de punere în aplicare (UE) 2023/138 al Comisiei din 21 decembrie 2022 de stabilire a unei liste de seturi de date cu valoare ridicată specifice și a modalităților de publicare și reutilizare a acestora (Text cu relevanță pentru SEE)
Vykonávacie nariadenie Komisie (EÚ) 2023/138 z 21. decembra 2022, ktorým sa stanovuje zoznam konkrétnych súborov údajov s vysokou hodnotou a podmienky ich uverejňovania a opakovaného použitia (Text s významom pre EHP)
Izvedbena uredba Komisije (EU) 2023/138 z dne 21. decembra 2022 o določitvi seznama posebnih naborov podatkov velike vrednosti ter ureditve za njihovo objavo in ponovno uporabo (Besedilo velja za EGP)
Kommissionens genomförandeförordning (EU) 2023/138 av den 21 december 2022 om fastställande av en förteckning över särskilda värdefulla dataset och arrangemangen för offentliggörande och vidareutnyttjande av dessa (Text av betydelse för EES)
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