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Packaging EPR in Malta
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Checked 2026-09-03 · 3 sources · 4 open questions
- Register
- ERA producer register — registration number must be shown on invoices and fiscal receipts
- Authority
- Environment and Resources Authority (ERA)
- Law
- Environment Protection Act (Cap. 549); S.L. 549.43 packaging; S.L. 549.141 EPR Framework Regulationsa producer must register with ERA when placing packaging on the Maltese market for the FIRST time, and the registration number has to be clearly visible on invoices and fiscal receipts. Two ERA-authorised recovery organisations compete: GreenPak Coop Society and Green MT.
- Who registers
- You register yourself in the national system
- Authorised representative
- Mandatory for a producer established abroadauthorised representative established in Malta, appointed by WRITTEN MANDATE using the declaration set out in the schedule to the regulations — Malta writes the mandate form into the law itself
- Reporting
- Annual renewal, deadline 1 AprilDEADLINES CARRY A PRICE: a late renewal for packaging under S.L. 549.43 costs EUR 70 per month or part of a month, applied from 1 April to year end. If you join a PRO, the registration or renewal submission must reach ERA within ONE MONTH of joining — late submissions are not accepted.
- Also required
- ERA registration plus a recovery organisation
- Household packaging schemes
- GreenPak COOP SOCIETY LTD and GreenMT LTD
- Industrial packaging schemes
- GreenPak COOP SOCIETY LTD and GreenMT LTD
What is not settled
- Threshold Sources disagreeOne guide states companies placing under 100 kg of packaging a year in Malta are exempt and need join no system. That figure was not found on the ERA pages read.
- Penalties Not established at sourceA maximum fine of EUR 25 000 is cited by a commercial guide, not read in the law.
- Authorised representative Not established at sourceThe written-mandate wording quoted is from the non-packaging paper EPR instrument. The equivalent requirement for PACKAGING was not read at source, though the same framework regulations apply.
- Authorised representative Sources disagreeThe authorised-representative duty is under review. On 10 December 2025 the Commission published COM(2025) 982, part of the Omnibus VIII environmental simplification package, whose Article 2 would suspend Art. 45(3) until 1 January 2035; COM(2025) 983 proposes the same for the Single-Use Plastics Directive. The suspension as drafted covers producers ESTABLISHED IN THE UNION selling cross-border directly to end users. Producers established in third countries are not covered — member states may still require a representative or ensure traceability by other means. European Parliament committee reports of May 2026 would narrow the relief to micro and small enterprises. PROPOSAL, AND NOW LARGELY STOPPED: on 24 June 2026 the Council decided not to proceed with the suspension, opposed by a large majority of member states. A Parliament committee vote is expected around October 2026, and even the Parliament's narrower approach would keep the framework for producers outside the EU. Article 45(3) applies as written today, and for a producer established in a third country nothing in this proposal ever applied.
The same in every EU country
- PPWR Art. 44 — registration is a precondition for placing packaging on that market
- PPWR Art. 45(3) — a producer under Art. 3(1)(15)(c)/(d), i.e. one making packaging available in another Member State DIRECTLY TO END USERS, must appoint an authorised representative there. From 12 Aug 2026.
- set nationally, Art. 68; national rules due by 12 Feb 2027
- Art. 44(14) implementing act still pending; central EU register not before 1 Jan 2029
Sources
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We do not register you, we are not your authorised representative, and we do not pay a scheme. This is public information gathered in one place and checked on the date shown. Confirm with the national authority before acting.
Tarafex
The number these registers ask for is kilograms by material for one year of deliveries. If your shipments are recorded as they go out, that number already exists.
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