MT
Waste Management (End of Life Vehicles)
Table of Provisions (6)
Statutory Text (6 Articles)
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 Environment,
Climate Change and Planning, after consultation with the
Environment and Resources Authority, has made the following
regulations:-
The title of these regulations is the Waste Management
(End of Life Vehicles) (Amendment) Regulations, 2021 and these
regulations shall be read and construed as one with the Waste
Management (End of Life Vehicles) Regulations, hereinafter referred
to as "the principal regulations".
Regulation 1 of the principal regulations shall be amended
as follows
(a)
in sub-regulation (3) thereof, the words "and
Commission Delegated Directive 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
"(5) These regulations shall be read and
construed in the context of the provisions of the
Extended Producer Responsibility Framework
L.N. 151 of
2021. Regulations, 2021.".
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
information" there shall be added the following new definition
" "disposal" shall have the same meaning as in
the Waste Regulations;";
(c)
the definition "end of life vehicle" shall be
substituted by the following new definition
" "end of life vehicle" means a vehicle which is
waste within the meaning of regulation 4 of the
Waste Regulations;";
(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
" "recovery" shall have the same meaning as
assigned to it in the Waste Regulations;";
(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
" "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
(h)
the definition "waste” shall be substituted by the
following new definition
" "waste" shall have the same meaning as
assigned to it in the Waste Regulations;";
S.L. 549. 63.
Regulation 5 of the principal regulations shall be amended
as follows
(a)
in paragraph (b) of sub-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.".
In sub-regulation (1) of regulation 6 of the principal
regulations, the words "provisions of the Waste Regulations" shall be
substituted by the words "waste hierarchy and the general
requirements laid down in regulation 4A of the Waste Regulations".
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