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SUPPLIES AND SERVICES ACT
(CAP. 117)
ENVIRONMENT PR OTECTION ACT
(CAP. 549)
Restrictions on Placing on the Market of Single-Use Plastic 
Products (Amendment) Regulations, 2022
IN EXERCISE of the powers conferred by article 3 of the
Supplies and Services Act and articles 54 and 55 of the Environment
Protection Act, the Minister responsible for trade and the Ministerresponsible for the environment, after consultation with the
Environment and Resources Authority, have made the following
regulations:-
Citation and 
commencement.
S.L. 117.41.
S.L. 549.140.1. (1) The title of these regulations is the Restrictions on
Placing on the Market of Single-Use Plastic Products (Amendment )
Regulations, 2022 and these regulations shall be read and const rued as
one with the Restrictions on Placing on the Market of Single-Us e
Plastic Products Regulations, hereinafter referred to as "the principal
regulations". 
(2) Paragraph (a) of regulation 4 shall come into force within
two (2) months from such a date as the Minister responsible for theenvironment may by notice in the Gazette establish.
 
Amends 
regulation 2 of 
the principal 
regulations.2. Regulation 2 of the principal regulations shall be amended
as follows:
(a) sub-regulation (1) thereof shall be substituted by the
following new sub-regulation:
"(1) These regulations transpose Article 5, Articles
6(1) and (2) and Article 7(1) of Directive (EU) 2019/904 of
the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 June 2019
on the reduction of the impact of  certain plastic products on
the environment."; and
(b) immediately after sub-regulation (1) thereof there
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shall be added the following new sub-regulation:
Substitutes 
regulation 3 of 
the principal regulations.3. Regulation 3 of the principal regulations shall be
substituted by the following new regulation:
Amends 
regulation 4 of 
the principal regulations. 4. Regulation 4 of the principal regulations shall be amended
as follows:
(a) immediately after sub-regulation (1) thereof there
shall be added the following new sub-regulation:
"(1a)  The placing on the market of the single-use
plastic products listed in Part B of the Schedule shall be
prohibited.";
(b) in sub-regulation (2) thereof, the words "Part B of the
Schedule" wherever they occur shall be substituted by the words
"Part C of the Schedule"; and
(c) immediately after sub-regulation (2) thereof there
shall be added the following new sub-regulation: L.N. 237 of 
2022."(1a)  These regulations shall be read and construed
in conjunction with the Si ngle-Use Plastic Framework
Regulations.".
"Inter-
pretation.3. In these regulations, unless the context
otherwise requires:
"oxo-degradable plastic" means plastic
materials that include additives which through
oxidation, lead to the fragmentation of the plasticmaterial into micro-fragments or to chemical
decomposition;
L.N. 237 of 
2022."making available on the market", "placing
on the market", "plastic" and "single-use plastic
product" shall have the same meaning as assignedto them in regulation 3 of the Single-Use Plastic
Framework Regulations;
S.L. 549.43."packaging" shall have the same meaning as
assigned to it in regulation 3(1) of the Waste
Management (Packaging and Packaging Waste)Regulations.".
L.N. 237 of 
2022."(3) The placing on the market of the single-use
plastic products referred to in Part B of Schedule 1 to the
Single-Use Plastic Framew ork Regulations that do not
comply with regulation 6 of the said regulations shall beprohibited.".
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Substitutes the 
Schedule to the 
principal regulations.5. The Schedule to the principal regulations shall be
substituted by the following new Schedule:
"SCHEDULE 
(regulation 4)
Single-use Plastic Products Covered by the Prohibition on 
Placing on the Market
Part A
(a) cotton bud sticks, except if they fall within the scope
of Council Directive 90/385/EEC or Council Directive 93/42/
EEC; 
(b) cutlery (forks, knives, spoons, chopsticks); 
(c) plates; 
(d) straws, except if they fall within the scope of Council
Directive 90/385/EEC or Council Directive 93/42/EEC; 
 (e) beverage stirrers;  (f) sticks to be attached to and to support balloons,
except balloons for industrial or other professional uses and
applications that are not distributed to consumers, including the
mechanisms of such sticks;
(g) food containers made of expanded polystyrene, that is
receptacles such as boxes, with or without a cover, used tocontain food which:
(i) is intended for immediate consumption, either
on-the-spot or take-away; 
(ii) is typically consumed from the receptacle; and
(iii) is ready to be consumed without any further
preparation, such as cooking, boiling or heating, including
food containers used for fast food or other meal ready for
immediate consumption, except beverage containers, plates
and packets and wrappers containing food;
(h) beverage containers made of expanded polystyrene,
including their caps and lids; 
(i) cups for beverages made of expanded polystyrene,
including their covers and lids.
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Part B
(a) pizza lid supports;
(b) sticks to be attached to and to support lollipops that
are placed on the market on their own;
(c) kebab sticks;(d) toothpicks.
Part C Beverage containers with a capacity of up to three (3) litres, that
is receptacles used to contain liquid, such as beverage bottles including
their caps and lids, and composite beverage packaging including  their
caps
 and lids, but not:
(a) glass or metal beverage containers that have caps and
lids made from plastic; and
(b) beverage containers intended and used for food for
special medical purposes as defined in point (g) of Article 2(2 ) of
Regulation (EU) No 609/2013 of the European Parliament and of
the Council that is in liquid form.".
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