S.L. 549.63 Art. 14Control of hazardous waste and other waste.

(1) The competent authority shall take the necessary action to ensure that the production, collection and transportation of hazardous waste, as well as its storage and treatment, are carried out in conditions providing protection for the environment and human health in order to meet the provisions laid down in paragraph 3 of Schedule 5.

(2) Holders of hazardous waste shall ensure that, in the course of collection, transport, and temporary storage, such hazardous waste is securely packaged and labelled in accordance with international and national standards or as prescribed by the competent authority.

(3) Any person intending to transfer hazardous waste or any non-hazardous waste as prescribed by the competent authority, within Maltese territory or waters shall inform the competent authority of the intended transfer and at least fifteen working days before the actual transfer is planned to take place, the applicant shall submit to the competent authority a completed consignment permit in accordance with Schedule 8. Consignment permits shall be valid for such a time as the competent authority specifies.

(4) Whenever hazardous waste or any non-hazardous waste identified by the competent authority, is transferred within Maltese territory or waters, it shall be accompanied by a coded hazardous waste consignment note issued by the competent authority, a specimen of which is in Schedule 9.

(5) The competent authority shall subsequently provide this person with five copies of a coded consignment note containing the details to be filled in by the consignor, carrier and consignee, in

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(a) Copy 1: prenotification copy to be sent by consignor to the competent authority;

(b) Copy 2: consignor copy to be kept by the consignor;

(c) Copy 3: carrier copy, to accompany the waste during transfer;

(d) Copy 4: consignee copy to be kept by the consignee; and

(e) Copy 5: deposit copy to be sent by the consignee to the competent authority.

(6) At least three working days before the actual transfer is planned to take place, the applicant shall submit to the competent authority a completed consignment note in accordance with Schedule 9.

(7) If the competent authority objects to the intended transfer, the competent authority shall inform the consignor at least 48 hours before the planned date of transfer.

(8) The competent authority may authorise a series of transfers of wastes having the same physical and chemical characteristics and occurring within twelve months from the issue of the authorisation to be covered by one prenotification.

(9) If there is no objection from the competent authority for the intended transfer, the transfer shall take place within thirty days from the date of the prenotification. In the case of a multiple transfer, the first transfer shall take place within thirty days from the date of the prenotification.

(10) Waste consignment notes shall be kept for a minimum of three years and made available on request to the competent authority.

(11) The competent authority may allow deviations from the provisions of this regulation in cases where the competent authority deems that the waste needs to be managed without undue delay, in an effort to minimise potential threats to the environment, humans and other living organisms. In such cases, the competent authority shall require the producer or holder of the waste to ensure traceability from production to final destination.