S.L. 549.176 Art. 3Interpretation. Cap. 549. S.L. 549.63.  S.L. 549.149.  S.L. 549.149.          S.L. 378.17.       S.L. 378.17.    S.L. 549.141.  S.L. 549.63.   S.L. 549.63.  S.L. 549.149.

In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires:

"Act" means the Environment Protection Act;

"Authority" or "competent authority" means the Environment and Resources Authority as established by article 6 of the Act;

"collection" shall have the same meaning as assigned to it in regulation 4 of the Waste Regulations;

"fishing gear" means any item or piece of equipment that is used in fishing or aquaculture to target, capture or rear marine biological resources or that is floating on the sea surface, and is deployed with the objective of attracting and capturing or of rearing such marine biological resources;

"NACE" means the common statistical classification of economic activities in the European Community established by Regulation (EC) No 1893/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 December 2006 establishing the statistical classification of economic activities NACE Revision 2 and amending Council Regulation (EEC) No 3037/90 as well as certain EC Regulations on specific statistical domains, as may be amended from time to time;

"placing on the market" shall have the same meaning as assigned to it in regulation 3 of the Single-Use Plastic (FISHING GEAR CONTAINING PLASTIC)

Framework Regulations;

"plastic" shall have the same meaning as assigned to it in regulation 3 of the Single-Use Plastic Framework Regulations;

"producer" means:

(a) any natural or legal person established in

Malta that professionally manufactures, sells or imports, irrespective of the selling technique used, including by means of distance contracts as defined in regulation 2 of the Consumer Rights Regulations, and places on the market of Malta fishing gear containing plastic, other than persons carrying out fishing activities as defined in point

(28) of Article 4 of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2013 on the Common Fisheries Policy, amending Council Regulations (EC) No 1954/2003 and (EC) No 1224/2009 and repealing Council Regulations (EC) No 2371/2002 and (EC) No 639/2004 and Council Decision 2004/585/ EC; or

(b) any natural or legal person established in one Member State or in a third country that professionally sells in Malta directly to private households or to users other than private households, by means of distance contracts as defined in regulation 2 of the Consumer

Rights Regulations, fishing gear containing plastic, other than persons carrying out fishing activities as defined in point (28) of Article 4 of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013;

"producer responsibility organisation" or "PRO" shall have the same meaning as assigned to it in regulation 3 of the

Extended Producer Responsibility Framework Regulations;

"treatment" shall have the same meaning as assigned to it in regulation 4 of the Waste Regulations;

"waste" shall have the same meaning as assigned to it in regulation 4 of the Waste Regulations;

"waste fishing gear" shall have the same meaning as assigned to it in regulation 3 of the Single-Use Plastic Framework Regulations.