Appliances (Amendment) Regulations, 2003

Suppliment tal-Gazzetta tal-Gvern ta’ Malta, Nru. 17,341, 17 ta’ Jannar, 2003

L.N. 27 of 2003

PRODUCT SAFETY ACT

(ACT NO. V OF 2001)

Indication by Labelling and Standard Product Information of

the Consumption of Energy and other Resources by Household

Appliances (Amendment) Regulations, 2003

IN exercise of the powers conferred by articles 38 to 40 of the

Product Safety Act, 2001, the Minister for Economic Services, on the

advice of the Malta Standards Authority, has made the following

regulations:-

(1) The title of these regulations is the Indication by Labelling Citation and

commencement.

and Standard Product Information of the Consumption of Energy and

other Resources by Household Appliances (Amendment) Regulations, L.N. 99 of 2002.

2003, and they shall be read and construed as one with the Indication

by Labelling and Standard Product Information of the Consumption of

Energy and other Resources by Household Appliances Regulations,

2002, hereinafter referred to as “the principal regulations”.

(2) These regulations shall come into force on 1st January,

2003

Provided that the placing on the market, the marketing and, or the

display of products and the distribution of communications referred to

in regulations 5.9 and 5.10 of the principal regulations shall be permitted,

until 30th June, 2003.

(a) Immediately after regulation 5.2.12 of the principal Amends regulation

5 of the principal

regulations, there shall be inserted the following new paragraphs

regulations.

“5.2.13. The label referred to in regulation 5.2 of these

regulations, with respect to household electric ovens, shall

be as specified in section 4 of Schedule VII to these

regulations.

2.13.1. The label shall be placed on the door of the

appliance, in such a way as to be clearly visible and not

obscured. For multi-cavity ovens, each cavity shall have its

own label, except a cavity which does not fall within the scope

of the harmonised standards referred to in section 2 of

Schedule VII to these regulations.

5.2.14. The content and format of the fiche referred to

in regulation 5.2 of these regulations, with respect to

household electric ovens, shall be as specified in section 5 of

Schedule VII to these regulations.

5.2.14.1. The appropriate terms to be used on the label

and the fiche as referred to in regulation 5.2 of these

regulations shall be selected from the table set out in section

8 of Schedule VII to these regulations.

5.2.15. The label referred to in regulation 5.2 of these

regulations, with respect to household air-conditioners, shall

be as specified in section 4 of Schedule VIII to these regulations.

5.2.15.1. The label shall be placed on the outside of the

front or top of the appliance in such a way as to be clearly

visible and not obscured.

5.2.16. The content and format of the fiche referred to

in regulations 5.2 of these regulations, shall be as specified in

section 2 of Schedule VIII to these regulations.”.

(b) Immediately after regulation 5.8.6 of the principal

regulations, there shall be inserted the following new paragraphs

“5.9. With respect to household electric ovens, where

the appliances are offered for sale, hire, or hire purchase by

way of a printed or written communication or by other means

whereby the potential customer cannot be expected to see the

appliance displayed, such as a written offer, a mail order

catalogue, advertisements on the Internet or other electronic

media, that communication shall include all the information

specified in section 6 of Schedule VII to these regulations.

5.9.1. This requirement shall also apply in respect of

offers for built-in ovens for integrated kitchens.

5.10. With respect to household air-conditioners, where

the appliances are offered for sale, hire or hire purchase by

means of a printed or written communication, or by other

means which imply that the potential customer cannot be

expected to see the appliance displayed, such as a written

offer, a mail order catalogue, advertisements on the Internet

or on other electronic media, that communication shall include

all the information specified in section 6 of Schedule VIII to

these regulations.”

3. Immediately after regulation 6.12 of the principal regulations, Amends regulation

6 of the principal

there shall be inserted the following new paragraphs

regulations.

“6.13. The energy efficiency class of each cavity of an oven,

with respect to household electric ovens, shall be determined in

accordance with section 7 of Schedule VII to these regulations.

14. The energy efficiency class of an appliance, with respect

to household air-conditioners, shall be determined in accordance

with section 7 of Schedule VIII to these regulations.”

4. For the table titled ‘LIST OF SCHEDULES’ of the principal Amends the table

titled ‘LIST OF

regulations, there shall be substituted by the following

SCHEDULES’ of

the principal

regulations.

“Schedule

Adopting Directive

I

94/2/EC

II

95/12/EC

III

95/13/EC

IV

96/60/EC

V

97/17/EC

VI

98/11/EC

VII

2002/40/EC

VIII

2002/31/EC”.

5. (a) For Schedule VII of the principal regulations, there shall Substitutes

Schedule VII of the

be substituted the following

principal

regulations.

“Schedule VII

Based on Council Directive 2002/40/EC, implementing

Council Directive 92/75/EEC

1. Scope

This Schedule shall apply to electric mains operated household

electric ovens including ovens being part of larger appliances.

It shall not apply to the following ovens

(a) ovens that can also use other energy sources;

(b) ovens which do not fall within the scope of the

harmonised standards referred to in section 2;

(c) portable ovens, being appliances other than fixed

appliances, having a mass of less than 18 kg, provided they

are not designed for built-in installations.

The energy consumption of the steam functions, other than

the hot steam function, are not covered by this Schedule.

2. General requirements

The information required by this Schedule shall be obtained

by means of measurements made in accordance with harmonised

standards adopted by the European Committee for Electrotechnical

Standardisation (Cenelec) under mandate from the Commission

in accordance with Directive 98/34/EC, the reference numbers of

which have been published in the Official Journal of the European

Communities and for which Member States have published the

reference numbers of the national standards transposing those

harmonised standards.

The provisions of sections 4, 5 and 6 of this Schedule requiring

the giving of information relating to noise shall apply only where

that information is required by Member States under Article 3 of

Directive 86/594/EEC as implemented by L.N. 91 of 2002

Airborne Noise Emitted by Household Appliances Regulations,

2002. This information shall be measured in accordance with those

Regulations.

3. Technical documentation

The technical documentation referred to in regulation 5.5 of

these regulations shall include

- the name and address of the supplier;

- a general description of the model, sufficient for it to

be unequivocally and easily identified;

- information, including drawings as relevant, on the main

design features of the model and in particular items which

appreciably affect its energy consumption;

- reports of relevant measurement tests carried out under the

test procedures of the harmonised standards referred to in section

2 of this Schedule;

- operating instructions, if any.

4. THE LABEL

Label design

1. The label shall be the relevant language version chosen

from the following illustrations