S.L. 549.54 ст. 13Financing.

(1) Producers, or third parties acting on their behalf, shall finance any net costs arising from:

(a) the collection, treatment and recycling of all waste portable batteries and accumulators collected in accordance with regulation 5(1) and (2); and

(b) the collection, treatment and recycling of all waste industrial and automotive batteries and accumulators collected in accordance with regulation 5(3) and (4). Any draft exemption measures shall be made public: Provided that any double charging of producers in the case of batteries or accumulators collected under treatment and recycling systems set up in accordance with the Waste Management

(End of Life Vehicles) Regulations or the Waste Management

(Electrical and Electronic Equipment) Regulations shall be avoided:

Provided further that producers which, relative to the size of the market, place very small quantities of batteries or accumulators on the market for the first time within Malta, may be exempted on the condition that this does not impede the proper functioning of the collection systems set up on the basis of regulation 5 and the treatment and recycling systems set up on the basis of regulation 9.

(2) Producers, or third parties acting on their behalf, shall finance any net costs arising from public information campaigns on the collection, treatment and recycling of all waste portable batteries and accumulators.

(3) The costs of collection, treatment and recycling shall not be shown separately to end-users at the time of sale of new portable batteries and accumulators.

(4) Producers and users of industrial and automotive batteries and accumulators may conclude agreements stipulating financing arrangements other than the ones referred to in subregulation (1).

(5) This regulation shall apply to all waste batteries and accumulators, irrespective of the date of their placing on the market for the first time within Malta.

(6) Producers supplying batteries and accumulators by means of distance communication shall also comply with the requirements set out in this regulation for the batteries and accumulators supplied in the Member State where the purchaser of that equipment resides.