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L.N. 149 of 2021
ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION ACT
(CAP. 549)
Waste Management (Waste Batteries and Accumulators)
(Amendment) Regulations, 2021
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 Resources Authority, has made the following
regulations:-
Citation.
S.L. 549. 54.1. The title of these regulations is the Waste Management
(Waste Batteries and Accumulators) (Amendment) Regulations,
2021, and these regulations shall be read and construed as one with
the Waste Management (Waste Batteries and Accumulators)
Regulations, hereinafter referred to as "the principal regulati ons".
Amends 
regulation 2 of the principal 
regulations.2. Regulation 2 of the principal regulations shall be amended
as follows:
(a) in sub-regulation (1) thereof, the words "as regards
the implementing powers conferred on the Commission" shall
be substituted by the words "Directive 2013/56/EU of the
European Parliament and of the Council of 20 November 2013,and Directive (EU) 2018/849 of the European Parliament and of
the Council of 30 May 2018"; and
(b) immediately after sub-regulation (3) thereof, there
shall be added the following new sub-regulation:
Adds a new 
regulation to the 
principal 
regulations.3. Immediately after regulation 14 of the principalL.N. 151 of 2021."(4) 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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regulations there shall be added the following new regulation:
Amends 
regulation 24 of the principal 
regulations.4. Sub-regulation (4) of regulation 24 of the principal
regulations, shall be substituted by the following new sub-regu lation:
"(4) All the information shall be provided in half-yearly
and annual reports. A waste batteries and accumulators
collective organisation shall s ubmit half-yearly reports to the
competent authority within three (3) calendar months following
the end of that period, whereas annual reports shall be submitt ed
to the competent authority within four (4) calendar months ofthe closing of the year."
Amends the 
principal 
regulations.5. (1) In the principal regulations, the words "waste
batteries and accumulators collection, treatment and recycling
scheme", wherever they occur, shall be substituted by the words
"waste batteries and accumulators collective organisation". 
(2) In the principal regulations, the word "scheme", wherever
it occurs, provided that such wo rd is not part of the phrases "waste
batteries and accumulators collection, treatment and recycling
scheme", "eco-management and a udit scheme", or "environmental
management schemes", shall be substituted by the word "producer
responsibility organisation"."Incentives 
for the 
application of 
the waste 
hierarchy.14A. In order to contribute to the objectives laid
down in these regulations, the Minister may make
use of economic instruments and other measures to
provide incentives for the application of the waste
hierarchy, under regulation 4A of the WasteRegulations, such as those indicated in Annex IVa
to Directive 2008/98/EC or other appropriate
instruments and measures.".
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