S.L. 549.89 Art. 8AProof of recovery, preparation for reuse, recycling or disposal.

(1)For waste electrical and electronic equipment treated in

Malta, it shall be the duty of the self-compliant producer or the waste electrical and electronic equipment collective organisation to acquire a signed declaration from local waste management undertakings or establishments, authorised by the competent authority according to the Waste Regulations indicating:

(a) the actual rate that has been recovered, prepared for reuse, recycled and, or disposed; and

(b) that the waste electrical and electronic equipment has been recovered or disposed of in an environmentally sound manner.

(2) For waste electrical and electronic equipment exported for further treatment, it shall be the duty of the self-compliant producer or the waste electrical and electronic equipment collective organisation to acquire a signed declaration issued by the foreign waste management undertaking or establishment handling the waste electrical and electronic equipment indicating:

(a) the actual rate that has been recovered, prepared for re-use, recycled and, or disposed by the facility in the Member State or third country; and

(b) that the waste electrical and electronic equipment has been recovered or disposed of in an environmentally sound manner.

(3) Without prejudice to commercial and industrial confidentiality, if a self-compliant producer or a waste electrical and electronic equipment collective organisation engages the services of an authorised waste management undertaking or establishment to export waste electrical and electronic equipment for further treatment, then such undertaking or establishment is to provide the information referred to in sub-regulation (2) to the self-compliant producer or the waste electrical and electronic equipment collective organisation.

(4) Waste electrical and electronic equipment treated locally or abroad shall only count towards the fulfilment of the recovery targets set out in regulation 11 and Schedule 5, if the self-compliant producers or the waste electrical and electronic equipment collective organisation present the documentation referred to in sub-regulations (1), (2) or (3) to the competent authority.