S.L. 549.89 ст. 7Collection rate.

(1) Without prejudice to regulation 5(1), the competent authority shall ensure the implementation of the "producer responsibility" principle and, on that basis, that a minimum collection rate is achieved annually. Producers, or third parties acting on their behalf, shall take the necessary measures to achieve the following minimum collection targets, which collection rates shall be calculated on the basis of the total weight of WEEE collected in accordance with regulations 5 and 6 in a given year within Malta, expressed as a percentage of the average weight of EEE placed on the market in the three preceding years within Malta, as follows:

(a) 42% for the year 2016;

(b) 45% for the year 2017;

(c) 50% for the year 2018;

(d) 55% for the year 2019;

(e) 60% for the year 2020; and

(f) 65% for the year 2021.

Until 31 December 2015, a rate of separate collection of at least 4 kilograms on average per inhabitant per year of WEEE from private households or the same amount of weight of WEEE as was collected in Malta on average in the three preceding years, whichever is greater, shall continue to apply.

(2) In order to establish whether the minimum collection rate has been achieved, the competent authority shall ensure that information concerning the WEEE that is separately collected in accordance with regulation 5 is transmitted to the competent authority free of charge, including at least information on WEEE that has been:

(a) received by collection and treatment facilities;

(b) received by distributors;

(c) separately collected by producers or third parties acting on their behalf.