S.L. 549.175 Art. 5Producer registration.   S.L. 549.43.            S.L. 549.43.

(1) Producers or authorised representatives of the single-use plastic products listed in Schedule 1 placing such products on the market within the territory of Malta, shall apply to be registered with the competent authority and shall be provided with a registration number upon registration. Producers shall make the registration number clearly visible on their invoices and fiscal receipts:

Provided that producers which already hold a registration number in accordance with the Waste Management (Packaging and

Packaging Waste) Regulations shall be issued a unique registration number identifying them as producers of either both packaging and the single use plastic products listed in Schedule 1, or as producers of any of these, as applicable.

Provided further that the Authority shall integrate such information within the register of producers referred to in regulation

20 of the Waste Management (Packaging and Packaging Waste)

Regulations.

(2) Producers registered under sub-regulation (1) shall renew their registration on an annual basis with the competent authority by st the 31 March of each year:

Provided that as from 1st April of each year the competent authority shall accept renewals until the end of the year subject to the payment of an additional fee of seventy euro (€70) per (TOBACCO FILTERS CONTAINING PLASTIC)

month or part thereof, together with the fees prescribed in paragraph (c) of sub-regulation (3).

(3) An application for registration or renewal by a producer shall:

(a) be made either online or in writing;

(b) be signed by any of the authorised signatories referred to in Schedule 4; and

(c) be accompanied by a fee of ten euro (€10) for online registration or thirty-five euro (€35) for manual registration.

(4) A producer shall not be deemed to be registered or to have renewed his registration until an acknowledgement notice is issued by the competent authority, approving the producer’s application for registration or renewal. The competent authority shall issue the acknowledgement notice within:

(a) one (1) month of the date of receipt of an application for registration or renewal; or

(b) one (1) month after the date of receipt of further information requested by the competent authority in relation to such application, including the payment of any fees, whichever is the later.

(5) Where a producer ceases to place the single-use plastic products listed in Schedule 1 on the market, the producer shall apply for deregistration with the competent authority within the following year of his ceasing to do so. An application for deregistration shall be signed by any of the authorised signatories referred to in Schedule 4.

(6) Without prejudice to the obligations and liabilities of the person applying for deregistration relating to the time when the person was a registered producer, the competent authority shall terminate a person’s registration with effect from the last day of the year during which such person ceased to be liable to be registered, and shall notify that person in writing:

Provided that any pending information shall be submitted by the person to the competent authority upon applying for de-registration according to sub-regulation (5).

(7) Any producer who fails to apply for registration in accordance with this regulation or who fails to renew his registration by the end of the year, shall be subject to an administrative penalty as prescribed in Schedule 7.

(8) An authorised producer responsibility organisation may register or renew the registration of a producer on his behalf, subject to the consent of the said producer. In such cases, the authorised producer responsibility organisation shall be responsible for adhering to the provisions of this regulation, including payment of the administrative penalty mentioned in sub-regulation (7), and the Authority may liaise with the authorised producer responsibility organisation in relation to such provisions.