Detergents and Related Products Order, 2000

L.N. 240 of 2000

QUALITY CONTROL

(EXPORTS, IMPORTS AND LOCAL GOODS) ACT

(CAP. 225)

Detergents and Related Products Order, 2000

(Order No. 48 of 2000)

IN exercise of the powers conferred by article 3 of the Quality

Control (Exports, Imports and Local Goods) Act, the Malta Standards

Authority has made the following Order:-

1 The title of this Order is the Detergents and Related Products Citation,

Order, 2000 and may be referred to as Order No. 48 of 2000.

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1.2 This Order shall become operative on the 1st January, 2001 ,

which date shall be notified by the Authority in the Gazette.

1.3 No person may sell or offer for sale or use any product which

falls within the scope of this Mandatory Order unless it complies with

the provisions of this Mandatory Order.

1.4 This Mandatory Order shall not apply to products intended

exclusively for export.

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For the purposes of this Mandatory Order, detergent shall Interpretation.

mean that product the composition of which has been specially studied

with a view to developing its detergent properties, and which is made

up of essential constituents (surfactants) and, in general, additional

constituents (adjuvants, intensifying agents, fillers, additives and other

auxiliary constituents).

1 Subject to the provisions of paragraph 5.1, no person may Marketing and use

of detergents.

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place on the market or use any d etergent were

biodegradability of the surfactants contained therein is less than 90%

for each of the following categories: anionic, cationic, non-ionic and

ampholytic.

3.2 The use of surfactants with an average level of

biodegradability of not less than 90% must not, under normal conditions

of use, be harmful to human or animal health.

3.3 Detergents and other products which are specifically intended Use ofborates.

for use in conjunction with detergents shall not contain more than 0.1 %

by weight of boron calculated as the element boron.

3.4 The analytical methods for the determination of boron shall

be laid down by the Malta Standards Authority.

1 The following information must appear in legible, visible

and indelible characters on the packaging in which the detergents are

put up for sale to the consumer

4.1.1

the name of the product,

4.1 .2 the name or trade name and address or trademark of the

party responsible for placing the product on the market.

The above information must appear on all documents

accompanying detergents transported in bulk.

4.2 The information specified in paragraph 4.1 must appear in at

least one of the following languages: Maltese, English, Italian.

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The placing on the market and use of a detergent shall be

prohibited ifthe level ofbiodegradability ofthe anionic surfactants contained

therein is less than 80% determined on a single analysis in accordance with

one of the methods specified in Article 1ofCouncil Directive 82/243/EEC.

5.2 The reference method (confirmatory test procedure) in the

case of anionic surfactants shall be that described in the Annex to Council

Directive 82/243/EEC.

5.3 The placing on the market and use of a detergent shall be

prohibited if the level of biodegradability of the non-ionic surfactants

contained therein is less than 80% determined on a single analysis in

accordance with one of the methods specified in Article 2 of Council

Directive 82/242/EEC.

5.4 The reference method (confirmatory test procedure) in the

case of non-ionic surfactants shall be that described in the Annex to

Council Directive 82/242/EEC.

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The following Mandatory Orders are hereby repealed

6.1.1

Washing Up Liquids Order, 1980 (L.N. 88 of 1980);

6.12

General Pwpose Washing Powder Order, 1982 (LN. 69 of 1982);

6.13

Low Foaming Washing Powder Order, 1982 (LN. 70 of 1982);

6.1.4

Fabric Conditioner Order, 1989 (L.N. 17 of 1989).