Regulations, 2015

L.N. 260 of 2015

ECO-CONTRIBUTION ACT

(CAP. 473)

Eco-Contribution Act (Amendment of First Schedule)

Regulations, 2015

IN exercise of the powers conferred by article 13(c) of the Eco-

Contribution Act, the Minister for Sustainable Development, the

Environment and Climate Change, in concurrence with the Minister

for Finance, has made the following regulations:-

(1)

The title of these regulations is the Eco-

Contribution Act (Amendment of First Schedule) Regulations, 2015,

and these regulations shall be read and construed as one with the First

Schedule to the Eco-Contribution Act, hereinafter in these regulations

referred to as "the First Schedule".

(2) These regulations shall apply as from the 1st September,

2015.

The following Tables, as found in the First Schedule, shall

be deleted

FOLLOWING HEADINGS

Cooling and refrigerating equipment

Air-conditioning machines, comprising a motor-

driven fan and elements for changing the temperature

and humidity, including those machines in which the

humidity cannot be separately regulated

€27.95

Refrigerators, freezers and other refrigerating or

freezing equipment, electric or other but excluding

refrigeration apparatus under heading 8418 50; heat

pumps other than air-conditioning machines of

heading 8415

€23.29

841850

Other refrigeration or freezing chests, cabinets,

display counters, showcases and similar refrigerating

or freezing furniture

€69.88

Water Heaters

8516 10 11

Instantaneous water heaters

€6.99

8516 10 19

Other electric water heaters

€6.99

8419 11 00

Instantaneous gas water heaters

€6.99

8419 19 00

Other water heaters, non-electric

€6.99

Monitors and TV equipment

Reception apparatus for television whether or not

incorporating radio-broadcast receivers or sound or

video recording or reproducing apparatus; video

monitors and video projectors; not including colour

television apparatus with integral tube with a diagonal

measurement of the screen exceeding 52 cm

€11.65

8528 12 56

Colour TV receivers with integral tube screen width/

height ratio less than 1.5, diagonal screen

measurement exceeding 52cm but not exceeding 72

cm

€34.94

8528 12 58

Colour TV receivers with integral tube, screen width/

height ratio less than 1.5, diagonal screen

measurement exceeding 72 cm

€34.94

8471 60 90

Computer monitor

€11.65

Telecommunications equipment

8525 20 91 Mobile telephones (For cellular networks)

€5.82

Electrical apparatus for line telephony or line

telegraphy, including line telephone sets with cordless

handsets and telecommunication apparatus for carrier-

current line systems or for digital line systems;

videophones; not including parts thereof, not

including apparatus carried under headings 8517 50

and 8517 90

€5.82

Appliances used for washing and cooking

8422 11 00 Dishwashing machines of the household type

€23.29

Household or laundry-type washing machines,

including machines which both wash and dry

€23.29

8516 50 00 Microwave ovens

€23.29

8516 60

Other ovens; cookers, cooking plates, boiling rings;

grillers and roasters

-

of a weight exceeding 2 kg. but up to

€6.99

10 kg

-

of a weight exceeding 10 kg.

€23.29

Ovens; cookers, cooking plates, boiling rings; grillers

and roasters falling under heading 7321, but

excluding charcoal barbecue tables and gas fired

barbecues with lava or other similar solid heat

conducting material as a heating source

-

of a weight exceeding 2 kg. but up to

€6.99

10 kg

-

of a weight exceeding 10 kg.

€23.29

Ovens; cookers, cooking plates, boiling rings; grillers

and roasters falling under heading 8419

-

of a weight exceeding 2 kg. but up to

€6.99

10 kg

-

of a weight exceeding 10 kg.

€23.29

Electronic equipment

C al c u l at i n g m ac h i ne s a n d po c k et - s iz e d a t a-

recording, reproducing and displaying machines

with calculating functions; accounting machines,

e x c l u d i ng i te m s u n de r he a d i n g 8 4 70 5 0 a n d

heading 8470 90

€1.16

8470 50

Cash registers

€23.29

8470 90

Other

€2.33

Automatic data-processing machines, excluding

i) portable automatic data processing

machines,

ii) printers, and

iii) visual display units

€32.61

Portable automatic data-processing machines,

incorporating peripherals within the same unit

€32.61

Cases or housings for automatic data processing

machines, whether or not incorporating a power

supply or any other component

€32.61

Printers

€11.65

-

of a weight not exceeding 10 kg

-

of a weight exceeding 10 kg.

€23.29

Other office machines (for example, automatic

banknote dispensers, coin-sorting machines, coin

counting or -wrapping machines), excluding items

under heading 8472 10 and under heading 8472 20 €69.88

8472 10

Duplicating machines

€11.65

-

of a weight not exceeding 10 kg

-

of a weight exceeding 10 kg.

€23.29

8472 20

Addressing machines and address plate embossing

machines

€2.33

Automatic goods-vending machines (for example,

postage stamp, cigarette, food or beverage

machines), including money-changing machines

€69.88

Photocopying apparatus incorporating an optical

system or of the contact type and thermo-copying

apparatus

€11.65

-

of a weight not exceeding 10 kg

-

of a weight exceeding 10 kg.

€23.29

Toner and ink cartridges under heading 3215

€2.33

Toner and ink cartridges for equipment classified

under heading 8473

€2.33

Toner and ink cartridges for equipment classified

under heading 9009

€2.33

Incandescent / halogen lamps and fluorescent tubes

8539 21 92 90 Incandescent/Halogen filament lamps, exceeding

8539 22 10 00 100 V, excluding ultraviolet or infra-red lamps, or

8539 22 90 90 energy-efficient halogen lamps with certified

8539 29 92 90 energy saving capability of not less than 20% €0.25 per

versus standard incandescent lamps

lamp

8539 31 10 90 Fluorescent hot cathode tubes with double ended

cap, excluding certified energy saving tubes which

i n c l u d e , Tr i - p h o s p h o r t u b e s , T 5 t u b e s o r

ultraviolet tubes used in the medical and industrial €0.50 per

fields

tube

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