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I honestly can't see any common standard specified by an EU directive including BS1363 plugs. Malta & Cyprus may use them, but these two countries are not part of the EU, so as far as many EU committees are concerned, they don't exist!

The current members of EU's electrical body, CENELEC are:
Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland (!), United Kingdom.

23 in all. Five more are to join in the next nine months: Cyprus, Estonia, Latvia, Poland and Slovenia. Next in line are most likely Romania and Bulgaria, followed by Turkey.

Thus, the Maltese opinion already counts. [Linked Image]