The government has won an appeal against Mediterranean Film Studios which was occupying the Rinella Film Facilities.
The company, selected by the previous government, had not honoured its contract and the facilities had been left in a state of disrepair to the detriment of the film industry, the Home Affairs Ministry said in a statement.
The company had appealed a Civil Court decision given in June 2012 which ordered it to return the land to the government after groundrent was not paid for several years.
The case was instituted by the Director of Lands. Mediterranean Film Studios had been granted the land on emphyteusis for 65 years in 1995.
The contract laid down that the government had the right to dissolve the
emphyteusis if the emphyteuta failed to pay the ground-rent for two
years.