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Waste Regulations, 2011 (L.N. 184 of 2011).

País/Territorio
Malta
Tipo de documento
Reglamento
Fecha
2011
Fuente
FAO, FAOLEX
Materia
Medio ambiente gen., Desechos y sustancias peligrosas
Palabra clave
Control de la contaminación Gestión de desechos Prevención de residuos Residuos peligrosos Recopilación de datos/informes Registro Autorización/permiso Cumplimiento/aplicación Inspección Institución Monitoreo Infracciones/sanciones Reciclado/reutilización Contaminación del suelo/calidad Eliminación de desechos Residuos domésticos Residuos no domésticos
Área geográphica
Europa, Europa y Central Asia, Países de la Unión Europea, Mediterráneo, Europa Meridional
Resumen

These regulations are composed by 37 articles organised in seven parts, plus ten schedules. The first Part covers the scope of the Regulations, which is the implementation of the EU legislation on waste, the objective of which is to protect the environment and human health by preventing or reducing the adverse impacts of the generation and management of waste and by reducing overall impacts of resource use and improving the efficiency of such use. This Part also cope with exclusions and definitions, including by-products and end-of-waste status, and it provides for a list of waste, binding as regards determination of the waste which is to be considered as hazardous waste. The second part approaches the extended producer responsibility giving space to the evaluation, by the competent authority, of the technical feasibility, economic viability and overall impact when applying it. It also introduces the prohibition of mixing separately collected waste and the obligation of setting up separate collection. Part three is dedicated to the waste management, which rests on the original waste producer or other waste holder who carries out the treatment of waste. This part also foresees provisions concerning the management of hazardous waste with a view of protecting the environment and human health (including the ban of their mixing) and provisions concerning Waste oils. Part four requires that any establishment or undertaking intending to carry out waste treatment shall obtain a permit issued upon the accomplishment of some conditions, including the possession, by the personnel involved, of minimum qualifications and the observation of after-care obligations. Establishment or undertakings and activities laid down in Schedule 4 shall be exempt from the permit requirement but the Competent Authority will keep a register of them. Part five encompasses the provision of waste management plans attaining the objectives set out by Schedule 4 and respecting the strategy for the reduction of biodegradable waste going to landfill (referred to in the the Waste Management (Landfill) Regulations, 2002; it also provides for waste prevention programmes. Part six regulates the periodic inspections to which waste operators are subject as well as the records that they must make available for the competent authority regarding the quantity, nature and origin of the waste, the destination, frequency of collection, mode of transport and treatment method foreseen in respect of the waste. This part also foresee offences and relevant penalties, includingthe application of articles of the criminal code. The last part sets out final provisions, among which is the revocation of the Waste Management (Permit and Control)Regulations, 2001 and the Waste Management (Waste Oils) Regulations, 2002. The ten following schedules concern the disposal operations (sch.1); the recovery operations (sch.2); the properties of waste which render it hazardous (sch.3); the exclusion from the requirement of the issuance of a permit conditioned to the rehabilitation, monitoring and remedial action to be carried out after the cessation of a waste management (reg.24(1)); waste prevention programmes and waste management plans (sch.5); examples of waste prevention measures referred to in regulation 36 (sch.6); the extended producer responsibility (sch.7); the last three schedules provide for examples of forms: the consignment permit application form(sch.8); the consignment note (sch.9) and the end of waste criteria declaration (sch.10).

Texto completo
Inglés
Página web
www.doi.gov.mt

Referencias - Legislación

Revoca

Waste Management (Waste Oils) Regulations, 2002 (L.N. No. 161 of 2002).

Legislación | Malta | 2002

Palabra clave: Contaminación marina, Contaminación oleosa, Control de la contaminación, Contaminación del suelo/calidad, Eliminación de desechos, Gestión de desechos, Contaminación de las aguas dulces

Fuente: FAO, FAOLEX

Implementado por

Waste Management (Electrical and Electronic Equipment) Regulations, 2014 (L.N. 204 of 2014).

Legislación | Malta | 2014

Palabra clave: Residuos sólidos, Sustancias peligrosas, Reciclado/reutilización, Residuos peligrosos, Gestión de desechos, Prevención de residuos, Uso sostenible, Infracciones/sanciones

Fuente: FAO, FAOLEX

Enmendado porr

Waste (Amendment) Regulations, 2011 (L.N. 441 of 2011).

Legislación | Malta | 2011

Palabra clave: Control de la contaminación, Sustancias peligrosas, Gestión de desechos, Prevención de residuos

Fuente: FAO, FAOLEX

Waste (Amendment) Regulations, 2012 (L.N. 384 of 2012).

Legislación | Malta | 2012

Palabra clave: Control de la contaminación, Gestión de desechos, Prevención de residuos, Residuos peligrosos, Autorización/permiso

Fuente: FAO, FAOLEX

Waste (Amendment) Regulations, 2014 (L.N. 6 of 2014).

Legislación | Malta | 2014

Palabra clave: Control de la contaminación, Gestión de desechos, Prevención de residuos, Residuos peligrosos

Fuente: FAO, FAOLEX

Waste (Amendment) Regulations, 2015 (L.N. 382 of 2015).

Legislación | Malta | 2015

Palabra clave: Control de la contaminación, Cambio climático, Calidad del aire/contaminación del aire, Gestión de desechos, Prevención de residuos, Eliminación de desechos

Fuente: FAO, FAOLEX

Waste (Amendment) Regulations, 2017 (L.N. 164 of 2017).

Legislación | Malta | 2017

Palabra clave: Fondo especial, Gestión de desechos

Fuente: FAO, FAOLEX

Waste (Amendment No. 2) Regulations, 2021 (L.N. 451 of 2021).

Legislación | Malta | 2018

Palabra clave: Investigación, Reciclado/reutilización, Subvención/incentivo, Tasa/impuesto, Eliminación de desechos, Gestión de desechos, Prevención de residuos, Fondo especial

Fuente: FAO, FAOLEX

Waste (Amendment) Regulations, 2021. (L.N. 146 of 2021).

Legislación | Malta | 2021

Palabra clave: Control de la contaminación, Gestión de desechos, Prevención de residuos, Residuos peligrosos, Recopilación de datos/informes, Registro, Autorización/permiso

Fuente: FAO, FAOLEX