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L.N. 75 of 2022
PUBLIC FINANCE MANAGEMENT ACT 
(CAP. 601)
Cleaner and More Energy-Effici ent Road Transport Vehicles 
(Amendment) Regulations, 2022
IN EXERCISE of the powers conferred by article 4(d) and (l) of
the Public Finance Management Act, the Minister for Finance and
Employment has made the  following regulations:-
Citation.
S.L. 601.06.1. The title of these regulations is the Cleaner and More
Energy-Efficient Road Transport Ve hicles (Amendment) Regulation s,
2022 and these regulations shall be read and construed as one w ith the
Cleaner and More Energy-Efficient Road Transport Vehicles
Regulations, hereinafter referre d to as "the principal regulations".  
Substitutes 
regulation 2 of 
the principal 
regulations.2. Regulation 2 of the principal regulations shall be
substituted by the fol lowing new regulation:
2. In these regulations, unless the context
otherwise requires:
"clean vehicle" means:
(a) a vehicle of category M1, M2 or N1
with a maximum tail-pi pe emission expressed in
CO2 g/km and real driving pollutant emissions
below a percentage of the applicable emission
limits as laid down in Table 2 of the Schedule;  or
S.L. 460.32.
S.L. 545. 35.(b) a vehicle of category M3, N2 or N3
using alternative fuels as defined in regulation
2(1) of the Alternative Fuels Order, excluding
fuels produced from high indirect land-use
c h a n g e - r i s e  f e e d  s t o c k  f o r  w h i c h  a  s i g n i f i c a n texpansion of the production area into land with
high-carbon stock is observed in accordance
regulation 28 of the Promotion of Energy fromRenewable Sources Regulations. In the case of
vehicles using liquid biofuels, synthetic and
paraffinic fuels, those fu els shall not be blended
with convention fossil fuels;
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Substitutes 
regulation 3 of the principal 
regulations.3. Regulation 3 of the principal regulations shall be
substituted by the fol lowing new regulation:S.L. 601.03.
S.L. 601.05."contracting authoritie s" shall have the same
meaning as  assigned to it in regulation 2 of the Public
Procurement Regulations a nd regulation 2(1) of the
Public Procurement of Entities Operating in the Water,Energy, Transport and Postal Services SectorsRegulations;
S.L. 601.05."contracting entities" shall have the same meaning
as assigned to it in regul ation 2(2) of the Public
Procurement of Entities operating in the Water, Energy,Transport and Postal Services Sectors Regulations;
"road transport vehicle" means a vehicle in the
vehicle categories listed in Table 3 of the Schedule;
"zero-emission heavy duty vehicle" means a clean
vehicle as defined in point (b) without an internal
combustion engine, or with an internal combustion
engine that emit s less than 1g CO
2/kWh as measured in
accordance with Regulation (EC) No 595/2009 of the
European Parliament and of the Council and its
implementing measures, or t hat emits less than 1g CO2/
km as measures in accordance with Regulation (EC) No
715/2007 of the European Parliament and of the
Council and its implementing measures.".
"3. (1) These regulations transpose Directive
(EU) 2019/1161 of the European Parliament and of theCouncil of 20 June 2019 amending Directive 2009/33/EC on the promotion of clean and energy-efficient road
transport vehicles.
(2) These regulations aim to ensure that
contracting authorit ies and contracting entities take into
account lifetime energy and environmental impacts,
including energy consumption and emissions of CO
2
and of certain pollutants, when procuring certain road
transport vehicles with the objectives of promoting and
stimulating the market for clean and energy-efficient
vehicles and of improving the contribution of thetransport sector to the environment, climate and energy
policies of the European Union.
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Substitutes 
regulation 4 of 
the principal regulation.4. Regulation 4 of the principal regulations shall be
substituted by the fol lowing new regulation:(3) These regulations  do not apply to the
vehicles referred to in point  (d) of Article 2(2) and in
points (a) and (b) of Article 2(3) of Regulation (EU)
2018/858 of the European Parliament and of the
Council of 30 May 2018 on the approval and marketsurveillance of motor vehicles and their trailers, and of
systems, components and separate technical units
intended for such vehicles, amending Regulations (EC)No 715/2007 and (EC) No 595/2009 and repealing
Directive 2007/46/EC.".
4. These regulations shall apply to
procurement through:
Cap. 601.(a) contacts for the purchase, lease, rent or
hire-purchase of road transport vehicles awarded
by contracting authorities  or contracting entities
in so far as they are under an obligation to apply
the procurement procedures set out in Public
Finance Management Act;
(b) public service contracts within the
meaning of Regulation (EC) No 1370/2007 of theEuropean Parliament and of the Council of 23
October 2007 on public passenger transport
services by rail and by r oad and repealing Council
Regulations (EEC) Nos 1191/69 and 1107/70;
Cap. 601.(c) service contracts set out in Table 1 of
the Schedule  in so far as the contracting
authorities or contacting entities are under anobligation to apply the procurement procedures
set out in the Public Finance Management Act.
These regulations shall only apply to suchcontracts for which the call for competition has
been sent after 2nd August 2021 or, in caseswhere a call for competition is not foreseen,where the contracting authority or contracting
entity has commenced the procurement procedure
after that date.". 
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Substitutes 
regulation 5 of 
the principal regulations.5. Regulation 5 of the principal regulations shall be
substituted by the fol lowing new regulation:
Adds new regulation to the 
principal 
regulations.6. Immediately after regulation 5 of the principal regulations
there shall be added the following new regulation:"5. These regulations shall not apply to:
(a) vehicles referred to in points (a), (b)
and (c) of Article 2(2) a nd in point (c) of Article
2(3) of Regulation (EU) 2018/858;
(b) vehicles of category M3 other than
Class I and Class A vehicl es as defined in points
(2) and (3) of Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No
661/2009 of the European Parliament and of the
Council of 13 July 2009 concerning type-
approval requirements for the general safety ofmotor vehicles, their trailers and systems,
component and separate technical units intendedtherefor.".
"
Minimum 
procurement 
targets.6. (1) The procurement of vehicles and
services referred to in regulation 4 complies with the
minimum procurement targets for clean light-duty
vehicles set out in Table 3 of the Schedule and for clean
heavy-duty vehicles set out in Table 4 of the Schedule.
Those targets are expressed as minimum percentages of
clean vehicles in the total number of road transportvehicles covered by the aggregate of all contracts
referred to in regulation 4, awarded between 2nd
August 2021 and 31st December 2025, for the firstreference period, and between 1st January 2026 and
31st December 2030, for the  second reference period. 
(2) For the purpose of calculating the minimum
procurement targets, the date of the public
procurement to be taken into account is the date ofcompletion of the public procurement procedure, by
way of awarding of the contract.
(3) Vehicles that meet the definition of clean
vehicle or of zero-emission heavy-duty vehicle under
regulation 2  as a result of retrofitt ing may be counted as
clean vehicles or zero-emi ssion heavy-duty vehicles,
respectively, for the purpose of compliance with theminimum procurement targets.
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Substitutes the 
Schedule to the 
principal regulations.7. The Schedule to the principal regulations shall be
substituted by the following new Schedule:
"SCHEDULE
Regulation 4
Information for the implementation of minimum procurement
targets for clean road transport vehicles in support of low-emission
mobility in Malta
Table 1: Common Procurement V ocabulary (CPV) codes for
services referred to i n regulation (4)(3)(4) In the case of contracts referred to in
paragraph (a) of regulation 4, the number of road
transport vehicles purchased, leased, rented or hire-
purchased under each contra ct shall be taken into
account for the purpose of assessing compliance with
the minimum procurement targets. 
(5) In the case of contracts referred to in
paragraphs (b) and (c) of regulation 4, the number of
road transport vehicles to be used for the provision of
the services covered by each  contract shall be taken into
account of the purpose of assessing compliance with theminimum procurement targets.
(6) Where new targets for the period after 1st
January 2030 are not adopted, the targets set for thesecond reference period shall continue to apply, and
shall be calculated in accordance with sub-regulations
(1) to (5), over subsequent five (5) year periods.".
CPV Code Description
60112000-6 Public road transport services
60130000-8 Special-purpose road passenger-transport services
60140000-1 Non-scheduled passenger transport
90511000-2 Refuse collection services
60160000-7 Mail transport by road
60161000-4 Parcel transport services
64121100-1 Mail delivery services
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Table 2: Emission thresholds for clean light-duty vehicles*
Table 3: Minimum procurement targets for the share of clean
light-duty vehicles in accordance with Table 2 in the total num ber of
light-duty vehicles by contracts referred to in regulation 4
Table 4: Minimum procurement targets for the share of clean
heavy-duty vehicles in the tota l number of heavy-duty vehicles
covered by contracts referred to in regulation 4 (**)64121200-2 Parcel delivery services
* Declared maximum real-driving emission (RDE) values of particl es number (PN) in 
#/km and nitrogen oxides (NOx) in  mg/km as reported in point 48 .2 of the certifi-
cate of conformity, as described  in Annex IX to Directive 2007/ 46/EC of the Euro-
pean Parliament and of the Council (*) for both complete and ur ban RDE trips.
* The applicable emission limits laid down in Annex I to Regula tion (EC) No 715/2007, 
or its successors.Vehicle categories Until 31 December 2025 From 1 January 2026
CO2 g/km RDE air pollutant 
emissions as a 
percentage of 
emission limitsCO2 
g/kmRDE air 
pollutant 
emissions as 
a percentage 
of emission 
limits
M1 50 80% 0 n.a.
M2 50 80% 0 n.a.
N1 50 80% 0 n.a.
.
.
From 2nd August 2021 to 31st 
December 2025From 1st January 2026 to 31st December 
2030
Malta 38.5% 38.5%
Trucks (vehicle category N2 and N3) Buses (vehicle category M3)
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**Half of the minimum target for the share of clean buses has to be fulfilled by procuring
zero-emission buses as defined in point 5 of Article 4. This re quirement is lowered to one
quarter of the minimum target for the first reference period if  more than 80 % of the buses
covered by the aggregate of all contracts referred to in Articl e 3, awarded during that period
in a Member State, are double-decker buses.From 2nd August 
2021 to 31st 
December 2025From 1st January 
2026 to 31st 
December 2030From 2nd 
August 2021 to 
31st December 
2025From 1st 
January 2026 to 
31st December 
2030
Malta 10% 15% 45% 65%".
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