B 3808
L.N. 452 of 2021
ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION ACT
(CAP. 549)
PRODUCT SAFETY ACT
(CAP. 427)
Waste Management (Packaging and Packaging Waste)
(Amendment No. 2) Regulations, 2021
IN EXERCISE of the powers conferred by articles 54 and 55 of
the Environment Protection Act,  and by article 38 of the Produc t
Safety Act, the Minister for the  Environment, Climate Change, a nd
Planning, after consultation with the Environment and Resources
Authority, and the Minister for T ourism and Consumer Protection, on
the advice of the Director Gene ral (Technical Re gulations), hav e made
the following regulations:-
Citation.
S.L. 549. 43.1. The title of these regulati ons is the Waste Management
(Packaging and Packaging Waste) ( Amendment No. 2) Regulations,
2021 and these regulations shall be read and construed as one with the
Waste Management (Packaging and Packaging Waste) Regulations,
hereinafter referred to as "the principal regulations".
Amends 
regulation 8 of 
the principal regulations.2. Paragraph (d) of sub-regulation (2) of regulation 8 of the
principal regulations, shall be s ubstituted by the following ne w
paragraph: 
S.L. 549. 63."(d) at the latest twenty-four (24) months before
the respective deadline laid down in paragraph (b) of
section 2 and paragraph (b) of  section 3 of Schedule 3, the
Minister notifies the European Commission of hisintention to postpone the res pective deadline and submits
an implementation plan in accordance with Schedule 15.
The Minister may combine that plan with an
implementation plan submitted pursuant to the WasteRegulations: 
Provided that within three (3) months of
receipt of the implement ation plan submitted, the
Commission may request Malta to revise the plan if theCommission considers that t he plan does not comply with
the requirements set out in Schedule 15. Malta shall
submit a revised plan within three (3) months of receipt
of the Commission’s request.".
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Substitutes 
regulation 9 of 
the principal regulations.3. Regulation 9 of the principal regulations shall be
substituted by the following new regulation:
Amends regulation 10 of 
the principal 
regulations.S.L. 549. 63.4. In paragraph (a) of sub-regulation (1) of regulation 10 of
the principal regulations, the words "Annex IVa to Directive 20 08/98/
EC" shall be substituted by the words "Schedule 12 of the Waste
Regulations". 
Substitutes 
Schedule 4 to 
the principal regulations. 5. Schedule 4 to the principal reg ulations shall be substituted
by the following new Schedule: 
"SCHEDULE 4
(Regulation 9)
DATA TO BE INCLUDED BY THE COMPETENT AUTHORITY IN 
ITS DATABASE ON PACKAGING AND PACKAGING WASTE (IN 
ACCORDANCE WITH TABLES 1 TO 4)
1. For primary, secondary and tertiary packaging:
(a) quantities, for each broad category of material, of
packaging consumed within the country (produced + imported -
exported) (Table 1);
(b) quantities reused (Table 2).
2. For household and non-household packaging waste:
(a) quantities for each broad category of material,
recovered and disposed of within the country (produced +
imported - exported) (Table 3);
(b) quantities recycled and quantities recovered for each
broad category of material (Table 4)."Information 
systems and 
reporting.9. The competent authority shall maintain a
database containing annual re cords about packaging and
packaging waste according to  the format specified in
Schedule 4 and shall provide in particular information on
the magnitude, characteristics and evolution of thepackaging and packaging wa ste flows at the national
level, including information on the toxicity or danger of
packaging materials and components used for theirmanufacture.".
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TABLE 1: Quantity of packaging (primary, secondary and
tertiary) consumed withi n the national territory
TABLE 2: Quantity of packaging (primary, secondary and
tertiary) reused within the national territoryTonnage 
Produced-
Tonnage
Exported+
Tonnageimported= Total
Glass
PlasticPaper/
cardboard
(including
composite)
Ferrous
metal
Aluminium
Wood
Other
Total
Tonnage
of packaging
placed on the
market for the
first timeReusable
packagingReusable sales
packaging
Tonnage Percentage Tonnage Percentage
Glass
Plastic
Paper/
cardboard
(including
composite)
Ferrous
metal
Aluminiu
m
Wood
Other
Total
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TABLE 3: Quantity of packaging waste recovered and disposed
of within the nati onal territory
Tonnag
e of waste
produced-
Tonnage ofwaste
exported+
Tonnage of
waste
imported= Total
Household
waste
Glass
packaging
Plastic
packaging
Paper/
cardboardpackaging 
Cardboard
composite
packaging
Ferrous metal
packaging
Aluminium
packaging
Wood
packaging
Total
household
packaging waste
Non-
household waste
Glass
packaging
Plastic
packaging
Paper/
cardboard
packaging 
Cardboard
composite
packaging
Ferrous metal
packaging
Aluminium
packaging
Wood
packaging
Total non-
householdpackaging waste 
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TABLE 4: Quantity of packaging waste recycled or recovered
within the national territory
Total
tonnage
recovered and
disposed of Quantity recycled Quantity
recovered
Tonn
age Percen
tageTon
nagePerce
ntage
Household
waste
Glass
packaging
Plastic
packaging
Paper/
cardboard
packaging 
Cardboard
composite
packaging
Ferrous
metal packaging
Aluminium
packaging
Wood
packaging
Total
householdpackagingwaste
Non-
household waste
Glass
packaging
Plastic
packaging
Paper/
cardboardpackaging 
Cardboard
composite
packaging
Ferrous
metal packaging
Aluminium
packaging
Wood
packaging
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".
Adds new 
Schedule to the principal 
regulations.6. Immediately after Schedule 14  to the principal regulations
there shall be added the  following new Schedule:
"SCHEDULE 15
(Regulation 8)
IMPLEMENTATION PLAN
The implementation plan to be submitted pursuant to paragraph
(d) of sub-regulation (2) of regulation 8 shall contain the fol lowing:
1. Assessment of the past, cur rent and projected rates of
recycling, landfilling and other treatment of packaging waste a nd the
streams of which it is composed.
2. Assessment of the implementation of waste management
plans and waste prevention pr ogrammes in place pursuant to
regulations 28 and 29 of the Waste Regulations.
3. Reasons for which Malta considers that it might not be able
to attain the relevant target laid down in paragraph (b) of section 2 and
paragraph (b) of section 3 of Schedule 3 within the deadline se t therein
and an assessment of the time extension necessary to meet that target.
4. Measures necessary to attain the targets laid down in
paragraph (b) of section 2 and pa ragraph (b) of section 3 of Sc hedule 3
that are applicable to Malta dur ing the time extension, includi ng
appropriate economic instruments  and other measures to provide
incentives for the application of the waste hierarchy as set ou t in
regulation 4A and Schedule 12 of the Waste Regulations.
5. A timetable for the implementation of the measures
identified in point 4, determination of the body competent for their
implementation and an assessment of their individual contributi on to
attaining the targets applicable  in the event of a time extension.
6. Information on funding for waste management in line with
the polluter-pays principle.
7. Measures to improve data quality, as appropriate, with a
view to better planning and m onitoring performance in waste
management.". Total non-
householdpackagingwaste
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