In the transport sector there is a need for greater alignement especially in the areas of maritime safety and pollution control. Malta needs to adopt an overall strategy for alignment in the environment sector and to strengthen its implementation and enforcement capacity. In the area of justice and home affairs Malta should adopt a law on asylum and lift its geographic reservation. There is a need to strengthen capacity in areas such as immigration control, data protection, the fight against drugs and organised crime. Institutions still have to be set up in the areas of environment, customs, consumer policy, fisheries, maritime transport and regional policy.
Administrative capacity needs to be strengthened across the board.