S.L. 549.63 ст. 18Waste oils.

(1) Without prejudice to the provisions related to the management of hazardous waste laid down in regulations 14 and

16, waste oils -

(a) shall be collected separately, unless separate collection is not technically feasible taking into account good practices;

(b) shall be treated, giving priority to regeneration or alternatively to other recycling operations delivering an equivalent or a better overall environmental outcome than regeneration, in accordance with regulation 4A and paragraph 3 of Part 1 of Schedule 5;

(c) of different characteristics shall not be mixed and waste oils are not to be mixed with other kinds of waste or substances, if such mixing impedes their regeneration or another recycling operation delivering an equivalent or a better overall environmental outcome than regeneration.

(2) Where technically feasible and economically viable, waste oils of different characteristics are not to be mixed and waste oils are not to be mixed with other kinds of waste or substances, if such mixing impedes their treatment.

(3) The competent authority may in accordance with Schedule 4 and where Articles 11 or 12 of Regulation (EC) No 1013/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 June 2006 on * shipments of waste apply, restrict the transboundary shipment of waste oils from Malta to incineration or co-incineration facilities in order to give priority to the regeneration of waste oils.