MT202151Enacted

Waste Management (End of Life Vehicles) (Amendment) Regulations (L.N. 150 of 2021)

Jurisdiction:
Malta
Type:
EPR · Incentives
Last action:
Apr 9, 2021
Vehicles
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Applies toThe vehicle manufacturer or the professional importer of a vehicle into Malta

Obligations under this law
  • ·Establish collection facilities within Malta for end of life vehicles
  • ·Comply with the waste hierarchy and the general requirements laid down in regulation 4A of the Waste Regulations
  • ·Read and construe obligations in the context of the Extended Producer Responsibility Framework Regulations, 2021 (L.N. 151 of 2021)

No designated program action is recorded for this measure yet — treat the above as the general obligation and verify against the source text.

Amendment strengthens end-of-life vehicle (ELV) producer responsibility by aligning with EU Directive 2018/849 and integrating with Malta's Extended Producer Responsibility Framework Regulations 2021, expanding producer obligations for vehicle take-back, dismantling, and recycling at end of service life.
Covered Products
  • ·End of life vehicles — category M1 and N1 motor vehicles, and three-wheel motor vehicles (excluding motor tricycles)
Producer Obligations
  • ·Establish collection facilities within Malta for end of life vehicles
  • ·Comply with the waste hierarchy and the general requirements laid down in regulation 4A of the Waste Regulations
  • ·Read and construe obligations in the context of the Extended Producer Responsibility Framework Regulations, 2021 (L.N. 151 of 2021)
Producer Definition
The vehicle manufacturer or the professional importer of a vehicle into Malta
Fee Structure
Unknown: No fee structure specified in this amendment
Enforcement
Environment and Resources Authority (competent authority): Not specified in this amendment
Preemption Notes
This is a national transposition amendment implementing EU Directive 2000/53/EC (as amended), Directive (EU) 2018/849, and Commission Delegated Directive 2020/363/EU; no preemption of sub-national rules indicated
Compliance Dimensions
PRO StructureUnspecified

“"(5) These regulations shall be read and construed in the context of the provisions of the Extended Producer Responsibility Framework Regulations, 2021."”

Full bill text

B 1188
B 1188
L.N. 150 of 2021
ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION ACT
(CAP. 549)
Waste Management (End of Life Vehicles)
(Amendment) Regulations, 2020
IN EXERCISE of the powers conferred by articles 54 and 55 of
the Environment Protection Act, the Minister for the Environmen t,
Climate Change and Planning, after consultation with the
Environment and Res ources Authority, has made the following
regulations:-
Citation.
S.L. 549. 36.
1. The title of these regulations is the Waste Management
(End of Life Vehicles) (Amendmen t) Regulations, 2021 and these
regulations shall be read and construed as one with the Waste
Management (End of Life Vehicles) Regulations, he reinafter refe rred
to as "the principal regulations".
Amends
regulation 1 of
the principal
regulations.
2. Regulation 1 of the principal regulations shall be amended
as follows:
(a) in sub-regulation (3) thereof, the words "and
Commission Delegated Directi ve 2020/363/EU of 17 December
2019" shall be substituted by the words ", Directive (EU) 2018/
849 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May
2018 and Commission Delegated Directive 2020/363/EU of 17
December 2019"; and
(b) immediately after sub-regulation (4) thereof there
shall be added the following new sub-regulation:
Amends
regulation 2 of
the principal
regulations.
3. Sub-regulation (1) of regulation 2 of the principal
regulations shall be amended as follows:
(a) the definition "Agreement" shall be deleted;
(b) immediately after the definition "dismantling
L.N. 151 of
2021.
"(5) These regulations shall be read and
construed in the context of the provisions of the
Extended Producer Responsibility Framework
Regulations, 2021.".
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information" there shall be added the following new definition:
(c) the definition "end of life vehicle" shall be
substituted by the following new definition:
(d) the definition "producer" shall be substituted by the
following new definition:
" "producer" means the vehicle manufacturer or the
professional importer of a vehicle into Malta;";
(e) immediately after the definition "put on the market"
there shall be added the following new definition:
(f) the definition "reuse" shall be substituted by the
following new definition:
" "reuse" means any operation by which
components of end-of life vehicles are used for the same
purpose for which they were conceived;";
(g) the definition "vehicle" shall be substituted by the
following new definition:
(h) the definition "waste” shall be substituted by the
S.L. 549. 63.
" "disposal" shall have the same meaning as in
the Waste Regulations;";
S.L. 549. 63.
" "end of life vehicle" means a vehicle which is
waste within the meaning of regulation 4 of the
Waste Regulations;";
S.L. 549. 63.
" "recovery" shall have the same meaning as
assigned to it in the Waste Regulations;";
S.L. 427. 23.
S.L. 427. 43.
" "vehicle" means a vehicle designated as
category M1 or N1 as defined in Part A of Schedule
II to the EC Type-Approval of Motor Vehicles and
their Trailers Regulations, and three-wheel motor
vehicles as defined in the Approval and Market
Surveillance of Two or Three-Wheel Vehicles and
Quadricycles Regulations, but excluding motor
tricycles;"; and
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following new definition:
Amends
regulation 5 of
the principal
regulations.
4. Regulation 5 of the principal regulations shall be amended
as follows:
(a) in paragraph (b) of s ub-regulation (1) thereof,
immediately after the words "collection facilities" there shall be
added the words "within Malta"; and
(b) sub-regulation (5) thereof shall be substituted by the
following new sub-regulation:
"(5) The competent authority shall recognise and
accept the certificates of destruction issued by authorised
treatment facilities established in other Member States,
provided that such certificate was lawfully issued in
accordance with the national system set up by such
Member State to implement Article 5(3) of Directive 2000/
53/EC, as amended.".
Amends
regulation 6 of
the principal
regulations.
5. In sub-regulation (1) of regulation 6 of the principal
regulations, the words "provisions of the Waste Regulations" sh all be
substituted by the words "waste hierarchy and the general
requirements laid down in regulation 4A of the Waste Regulation s".
S.L. 549. 63.
" "waste" shall have the same meaning as
assigned to it in the Waste Regulations;";
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