Eco-Contribution (Exemptions) (Amendment) Regulations, 2021 (L.N. 258 of 2021)

B 1934 Ippubblikat mid-Dipartiment tal-Informazzjoni (doi.gov.mt) — Valletta — Published by the Department of Information (doi.gov.mt) — Valletta Mitbugħ fl-Istamperija tal-Gvern fuq karta FSC — Printed at the Government Printing Press on FSC certified paper Prezz/Price €0.09 B 1934 L.N. 258 of 2021 ECO-CONTRIBUTION ACT (CAP. 473) Eco-Contribution (Exemptions) (Amendment) Regulations, 2021 IN EXERCISE of the powers conferred by articles 12 and 13 of the Eco-Contribution Act, the Minister for the Environment, Climate Change and Planning, with the concurrence of the Minister for Finance and Employment, has made the following regulations: Citation. S.L. 473. 05. 1. The title of these regulations is the Eco-Contribution (Exemptions) (Amendment) Regulations, 2021 and these regulations shall be read and construed as one with the Eco-Contribution (Exemptions) Regulations, hereinafter referred to as the "principal regulations". Amends regulation 2 of the principal regulations. 2. In regulation 2 of the principal regulations, the definition "Resource, Recovery and Recycling Agency" shall be substituted by the following new definition: Amends regulation 4 of the principal regulations. 3. Sub-regulation (5) of regulation 4 of the principal regulations shall be substituted by the following new sub-regulation: "(5) Notwithstanding the provisions of sub-regulation (3), where the thresholds set in sub-regulation (1) are not met, the Minister may, on the advice of Circular Economy Malta exempt a producer from the payment of eco-contribution due on products, if such producer proves to the satisfaction of the Minister that in a period after the eco-contribution becomes due, he is participating in a circular economy initiative and has either invested or is going to invest in the said scheme within a specified time-limit approved by the Minister, a sum equivalent to or higher than the amount of eco-contribution which would have been due.". S.L. 595. 28. " "Circular Economy Malta" means Circular Economy Malta established by virtue of the Circular Economy Malta (Establishment) Order;". VERŻJONI ELETTRONIKA