S.L. 549.149 Art. 5Product requirements.

(1) From 1 January 2025, beverage bottles listed in

Part D of Schedule 1 placed on the market on the territory of Malta, which are manufactured from polyethylene terephthalate as the major component (‘PET bottles’) shall contain at least twenty-five per cent (25%) recycled plastic, calculated as an average for all PET bottles placed on the market on the territory of Malta.

(2) From 1 January 2030, beverage bottles listed in Part D of Schedule 1 placed on the market on the territory of Malta, shall contain at least thirty per cent (30%) recycled plastic, calculated as an average for all such beverage bottles placed on the market on the territory of Malta.

(3) Producers placing on the market beverage bottles listed in Part D of Schedule 1 shall achieve the targets laid down in sub-regulation (1) and (2), either individually or collectively.

(4) In order to demonstrate the attainment of the targets laid down in sub-regulations (1) and (2), for any given year producers shall submit to the Authority information on the recycled content in the beverage bottles placed on the market of Malta and whether such targets are being achieved individually or collectively, within four (4) months of the closing of the year, according to the procedure established by the Authority:

Provided that the first reference year for which the information referred to in this sub-regulation shall be submitted to the Authority is 2023:

Provided further that any information submitted to the Authority shall be audited by an independent auditor approved by the Authority.

(5) An administrative penalty may be imposed by the Authority upon the producer or producers if it results that in any given year, a producer, whether individually or collectively, has failed to achieve the targets laid down in sub-regulations (1) and (2). Such penalty shall be calculated in accordance with the mechanism laid down in Schedule 2.