S.L. 549.36 Art. 5Collection.

(1) The competent authority shall take necessary measures to ensure:

(a) that economic operators shall use existing collection systems or set up systems for the collection of all end of life vehicles and, as far as technically feasible, of any waste used parts which are removed when vehicles are repaired; and

(b) the adequate availability of collection facilities within Malta.

(2) Holders of all end of life vehicles shall transfer these vehicles to authorised treatment facilities.

(3) (a) Whenever an end of life vehicle is transferred to an authorised treatment facility, the holder and, or owner of the vehicle shall be presented with a certificate of destruction issued by the operator of the facility. The deregistration of the end of life vehicle shall be conditional to the presentation of this certificate.

(b) The issue of the certificate of destruction by the operator of a treatment facility does not entitle him to claim any financial reimbursement, except in cases where this has been explicitly arranged by the competent authority.

(c) The certificate of destruction shall at least contain the information listed in Schedule 1.

(4) The delivery of the vehicle to an authorised treatment facility in accordance with sub-regulation (3) shall occur without any cost for either the last holder or the owner as a result of the vehicle having no market value or a negative one as follows:

(a) as from the date of entry into force of these regulations, for vehicles put on the market as from 1st July, 2002;

(b) as from the 1st January, 2007, for vehicles put on the market before the 1st July, 2002: Provided that producers shall meet all, or a significant part of, the costs of the implementation of this measure and, or take back of end of life vehicles under the same conditions as referred to in this sub-regulation:

Provided further that the competent authority may decide that the delivery of end of life vehicles is not fully free of charge if the end of life vehicle does not contain the essential components of a vehicle, in particular the engine, the coachwork, the catalytic converter, the gearbox and the wheels, or contains waste which has been added to the end of life vehicle.

(5) The competent authority shall recognise and accept the certificates of destruction issued by authorised treatment facilities established in other Member States, provided that such certificate was lawfully issued in accordance with the national system set up by such Member State to implement Article 5(3) of Directive 2000/53/EC, as amended.