Waste Management (Electrical and Electronic Equipment)

L.N. 163 of 2026

ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION ACT

(CAP. 549)

Waste Management (Electrical and Electronic Equipment)

(Amendment) Regulations, 2026

IN EXERCISE of the powers conferred by articles 54 and 55 of

the Environment Protection Act, the Minister responsible for the

environment, after consultation with the Environment and Resources

Authority, has made the following regulations:-

The title of these regulations is the Waste Management Citation.

(Electrical and Electronic Equipment) (Amendment) Regulations,

2026 and these regulations shall be read and construed as one with the

Waste Management (Electrical and Electronic Equipment) S.L. 549.89.

Regulations, hereinafter referred to as the "principal regulations".

In the Maltese version only, in regulation 1 of the principal Amends

regulations the word "iSkart" shall be substituted by the word "Iskart". regulation

the principal

regulations.

In paragraph (b) of sub-regulation (4) of regulation 5 of the Amends

principal regulations, the words "as shall be determined by the regulation

the principal

competent authority." shall be substituted by the words "as shall be regulations.

determined by the competent authority:" and immediately thereafter

there shall be added the following new proviso

"

Provided that for temperature exchange equipment

falling within category 1 of Schedule 3, the allocation shall be

proportionally distributed according to the following sub-

categories on the basis of the methodology established in

Schedule 17

(a) refrigerators, freezers and equipment which

automatically delivers cold products;

(b)

air conditioning equipment; and

(c)

other temperature exchange equipment.".

Immediately after Schedule 16 to the principal regulations Adds a new

Schedule to the

there shall be added the following new Schedule

principal

regulations.

"Schedule 17

(regulation 5)

METHODOLOGY FOR THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE WEEE

ALLOCATION RATIO FOR SUB-CATEGORIES UNDER

CATEGORY 1

For sub-categories under category 1, the WEEE allocation ratio

shall be determined by the Authority as follows

(a) until 31st December 2026, the WEEE allocation for

sub-categories under category 1 shall be determined on the basis

of the average weight of EEE under category 1 placed on the

market by the members of the producer responsibility

organisations in the three (3) preceding years;

(b) for the period 1st January 2027 to 30th June 2027, the

WEEE allocation for sub-categories under category 1 shall be

determined on the basis of the weight of EEE for each sub-

category placed on the market by the members of the producer

responsibility organisations as reported by the producer

responsibility organisations in the half-yearly report covering the

period 1st January 2026 to 30th June 2026;

(c) for the period 1st July 2027 to 31st December 2027,

the WEEE allocation for sub-categories under category 1 shall

be determined on the basis of the weight of EEE for each sub-

category placed on the market by the members of the producer

responsibility organisations as reported by the producer

responsibility organisations in the yearly report covering the

period 1 st January 2026 to 31 st December 2026;

(d) for the period 1st January 2028 to 31st December

2028, the WEEE allocation for sub-categories under category 1

shall be determined on the basis of the average weight of EEE

for each sub-category placed on the market by the members of

the producer responsibility organisations in the two (2)

preceding years;

(e) as from 1st January 2029 and for any subsequent

calendar year, the WEEE allocation for sub-categories under

category 1 shall be determined on the basis of the average weight

of EEE for each sub-category placed on the market by the

members of the producer responsibility organisations in the three

(3) preceding years.".

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