- System
- EU
- Holding model
- obligated industry
- Stockholding body
- Not documented in official sources checked during this build; no central stockholding entity was identified
- Obligation
- EU Directive 2009/119/EC: 90 days of net imports or 61 days of consumption, whichever is greater; Malta's obligation basis shifted in July 2024 from 61 days of domestic consumption to 90 days of net imports (Eurostat)
- Reporting
- monthly
- Latest level
- 96 thousand tonnes
- Level date
- 2026-07
- Crude
- 0.0
- Products
- 95.7
In May 2025, 93.6 percent of Maltese emergency stocks were held in other EU countries (Eurostat), the highest share in the EU. Confidence note: System, obligation and reporting verified from Eurostat and EUR-Lex; the model rests on secondary comparative material and the agency is not documented.
Malta is not an IEA member and no official release statement was found in this build.
Stock history
Malta emergency oil stocks, thousand tonnes (Eurostat nrg_stk_oilm). Source series as published; no unit conversion.
Level source: Eurostat (dataset nrg_stk_oilm). Record confidence: partial.