MSA Council

The Malta Standards Authority was established in 2000 by virtue of Chapter 419 of the Revised Edition of the Laws of Malta.  With reference to Article 3 of Cap 419, as last amended by Act XXIX of 2007, the MSA has a legal personality distinct from that of government and its legal and judicial representation is vested in its Chairman.

In view of the broad spectrum of competence that the Authority enjoys, it was deemed important that its higher echelon be representative of a cross-section of interests. Thus, the Authority has a Council composed as follows:

Chairman
Inġ. Francis E. Farruġia, M.Sc.(Bir).C.Eng.,MIEE,MIQA view profile

Deputy Chairman
Mr. Godwin Warr, B.A.(Hons.) Bus.Mngt.,M.Sc.(London) as Director General – Commerce Division (ex officio)

Members

• Mr. Iro Galea, as Comptroller of Customs (ex officio)
• Mr. Noel Azzopardi, as Director of Agriculture (ex officio)
• Dr. Mireille Vella, as Director of Consumer Affairs (ex officio) 
• Mr. Martin Seychell, as Director (Environment Protection) (ex officio)
• Mr. John attard Kingswell, as Director (Public Health) (ex officio)
• Inġ. Dawn Żammit, from the Chamber of Engineers
• Mr. Patrick Cutajar, from the General Retailers and Traders Union
• Perit Nicholas Samut-Tagliaferro, from the Chamber of Architects
• Ms. Mary Ann Sant Fournier, from the Chamber of Pharmacists
• Dr. Louis Zammit Mangion, from the Council of the University of Malta
• Dr. Brian Warrington, from the Malta Council for Science and Technology
• Mr. Andrew W.J. Mamo, from the Malta Chamber of Commerce, Enterprise and Industry
• Mr. Godwin C. Micallef, from the Malta Chamber of Commerce, Enterprise and Industry

Secretary

Inġ. Anthony Camilleri, B. Mech. Eng. (Hons.) – CEO, Malta Standards Authority

The term of office of the Council is three years.

MSA Administration

With reference to the below organigram, the executive function of the Authority is vested in the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) and the technical functions of the MSA are vested in the Heads of Directorates, namely the Regulatory Affairs Directorate (RAD), the Market Surveillance Directorate (MSD), the Standardization Directorate (STD) and the Metrology Directorate (NMS). Since 2006 the National Accreditation Board (NAB-MALTA) has taken over the technical functions of the Accreditation Directorate. However the MSA is still providing all the administrative and human resources support to the NAB-MALTA.