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"markdown": "\n\nWhether packaging EPR applies in Malta is not yet published in our data, so this page cannot give a result for it. This page walks through every branch of the decision, and each figure links to its source. The result is an estimate: you check it, and you sign and submit any filing yourself."
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"markdown": "\n\n## Check your own case\n\nChoose your role, add your revenue and the packaging you supply, and the checker applies the rules this page describes to your figures. It runs in your browser and stores nothing.\n\nInteractive tool: Do-I-owe checker (works on the web page)\n\nThe Instica free plan covers the threshold check, exemption tracking, the deadline calendar, packaging templates and fee sources, so you can start without paying. [See what the free plan includes](https://app.instica.com/epr/free-plan)"
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"markdown": "\n\n## How the checker reaches a result\n\nThe checker asks the same questions in the same order for every place, and it stops with a result as soon as a question settles the matter. It never fills a missing answer in for you.\n\n1. Whose brand is on the packaging? If it is another company's brand, you are not the producer for those goods under the roles recorded for Malta. If you have not said, the checker asks first.\n2. Do you sell into Malta? A place where you report no sales returns not obligated.\n3. Does a size limit apply? The checker compares your revenue or packaging weight with each limit on record and, where a limit is not met, returns below threshold.\n4. Is an exemption on record for your case? An exemption that is not yet verified is never assumed, and the checker asks for more data instead.\n5. Are related companies counted together? Where the rules add up affiliated companies, their figures are combined before the limits are compared."
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"markdown": "\n\n## Who is the producer in Malta?\n\nThe first question is whose duty it is. Malta assigns the duty by packaging level, and the table shows which roles count as the producer at each level.\n\n**Producer by packaging level in Malta**\n\n| Packaging level | Producer |\n| --- | --- |\n| primary (sales) packaging | [manufacturer or brand owner, importer, or first distributor](#level-primary) |\n| secondary packaging | [manufacturer or brand owner, importer, or first distributor](#level-secondary) |\n| service packaging | [manufacturer or brand owner, importer, or first distributor](#level-service) |\n| shipping packaging | [online marketplace seller or manufacturer or brand owner](#level-shipping) |\n| tertiary (transport) packaging | [manufacturer or brand owner, importer, or first distributor](#level-tertiary) |\n\n- [Malta: for primary (sales) packaging the producer is the manufacturer or brand owner, importer, or first distributor.](#level-primary)\n- [Malta: for secondary packaging the producer is the manufacturer or brand owner, importer, or first distributor.](#level-secondary)\n- [Malta: for service packaging the producer is the manufacturer or brand owner, importer, or first distributor.](#level-service)\n- [Malta: for shipping packaging the producer is the online marketplace seller or manufacturer or brand owner.](#level-shipping)\n- [Malta: for tertiary (transport) packaging the producer is the manufacturer or brand owner, importer, or first distributor.](#level-tertiary)\n\nFind the row that describes you. Where more than one role appears in a row, the checker asks whose brand is on the product before it gives a result."
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"markdown": "\n\n## Does revenue matter in Malta?\n\n> **Not yet published**: how revenue is counted: not yet published. Reason: No revenue basis found.\n\n> **Not yet published**: how affiliated companies are counted: not yet published. Reason: No affiliate rule found."
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"markdown": "\n\n## Size limits in Malta\n\nSome rules switch the duty on or off by size. These are the limits on record for Malta, each with what happens when you meet it.\n\n#### The packaging weight limit: 10 tonnes per calendar year\n\n[Malta: the packaging weight limit is 10 tonnes per calendar year.](#threshold-ppwr_10t_simplified_reporting) [Malta: at the packaging weight limit of 10 tonnes per calendar year, a reduced duty applies.](#threshold-ppwr_10t_simplified_reporting-effect) [Malta: the packaging weight rule reads, in plain words: Below 10 t a producer submits the reduced Annex IX Part B point 2 information; a Member State may set a lower ceiling for a specific year.](#threshold-ppwr_10t_simplified_reporting-logic) [Malta: the packaging weight limit is counted as follows: packaging made available for the first time in the Member State.](#threshold-ppwr_10t_simplified_reporting-basis)\n\n> a quantity of packaging, including packaging of packaged products, of less than 10 tonnes during one calendar year\n>\n> Source: eur-lex.europa.eu: oj (https://eur-lex.europa.eu/eli/reg/2025/40/oj), Retrieved: September 29, 2026, Language: en\n\nParaphrase: The source sets the packaging weight limit at 10 tonnes per calendar year.\n\n> **Not yet published**: a size limit: not yet published. Reason: National threshold not retrieved."
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"markdown": "\n\n## What the rules cover in Malta\n\nA duty applies only to the packaging and the sales channels that the rules cover. This is what is on record for Malta.\n\n> **Not yet published**: which materials and sales channels the rules cover: not yet published. Reason: Scope not retrieved.\n\n[Malta: a producer may pass the duty to another party under the rules.](#transfer-allowed)"
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"markdown": "\n\n## If you owe: what happens next\n\nIf the result is obligated, these are the steps on record for Malta. You register, report and pay yourself; Instica prepares the figures and the files.\n\n[Malta: registration is made with National producer register under PPWR Art. 44.](#registration-registry) [Malta: registration is made by this party: Each producer, or its PRO or authorised representative, in each Member State where it first makes packaging available.](#registration-who) [Malta: the registration identifier is called: registration number.](#registration-identifier)\n\n> **Not yet published**: the producer responsibility organisation: not yet published. Reason: Not retrieved.\n\n#### Deadlines on record\n\n- [Malta: the other deadline is August 12, 2026.](#deadline-ppwr_application_date)"
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"markdown": "\n\n## Not yet published for Malta\n\nThese parts of the rules are not yet published in our data. We show them as not yet published, with the reason, and never as a number.\n\n> **Not yet published**: whether a packaging EPR law applies: not yet published. Reason: Obligation not confirmed by a retrieved quote."
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"markdown": "\n\n## Frequently asked questions\n\n### Do I owe packaging EPR in Malta?\n\nWhether packaging EPR applies in Malta is not yet published in our data, so this page cannot give a result for it. This page walks through every branch of the decision, and each figure links to its source. The result is an estimate: you check it, and you sign and submit any filing yourself.\n\n### Who is the producer in Malta?\n\nAt the primary packaging level the producer is the manufacturer or brand owner, importer, or first distributor. The table above lists the other levels.\n\n### Is there a size limit in Malta?\n\nYes. The limit on record is 10 tonnes per calendar year; below it the rules treat you differently, as the cases above show.\n\n### Do I have to join a producer responsibility organisation in Malta?\n\nWhether membership is required has not yet been published for Malta.\n\n### Will Instica register or file for me in Malta?\n\nNo. Instica measures, estimates and prepares your figures and files. You register, sign and submit each filing yourself, and Instica never stores portal credentials.\n\n### Is this legal advice?\n\nNo. This page is information about published rules and an estimate from them, not legal advice. Check the sources named beside each figure before you act."
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"markdown": "\n\n### What is extended producer responsibility for packaging?\n\n[Malta: for primary (sales) packaging the producer is the manufacturer or brand owner, importer, or first distributor.](#level-primary) [Malta: for secondary packaging the producer is the manufacturer or brand owner, importer, or first distributor.](#level-secondary)\n\n### What are EPR packaging fees?\n\n[Malta: for service packaging the producer is the manufacturer or brand owner, importer, or first distributor.](#level-service) [Malta: for shipping packaging the producer is the online marketplace seller or manufacturer or brand owner.](#level-shipping)\n\n### What are the benefits of EPR?\n\n[Malta: for tertiary (transport) packaging the producer is the manufacturer or brand owner, importer, or first distributor.](#level-tertiary) [Malta: the packaging weight limit is 10 tonnes per calendar year.](#threshold-ppwr_10t_simplified_reporting)"
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"markdown": "\n\n## How to read these figures\n\n> **Estimate**: The figures on this page are estimates we prepare from the published sources listed below. Instica measures your packaging and prepares the numbers; you check them, sign and submit to the regulator or scheme yourself. We never submit for you and never store regulator-portal credentials.\n\nEvery figure in the app carries a data-quality label: measured, supplier, estimated or declared. [How we measure and label figures](https://instica.com/epr/methodology). This page is information, not legal advice."
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"markdown": "\n\n[Our reviewers](https://instica.com/epr/reviewers)."
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