Low Voltage Electrical Equipment (Amendment) Regulations,

Suppliment tal-Gazzetta tal-Gvern ta’ Malta, Nru. 18,106, 27 ta’ Lulju, 2007

L.N. 204 of 2007

PRODUCT SAFETY ACT

(CAP. 427)

Low Voltage Electrical Equipment (Amendment) Regulations,

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

Product Safety Act, the Minister for Competitiveness and

Communications, on the advice of the Malta Standards Authority, has

made the following regulations>-

(1) The title of these regulations is the Low Voltage Electrical Citation,

commencement and

Equipment (Amendment) Regulations, 2007 and they shall be read scope.

and construed as one with the Low Voltage Electrical Equipment

Regulations, 2002, hereinafter referred to as “the principal regulations”. L.N. 367 of 2002.

(2) These regulations shall apply from the 16 th January 2007.

For footnote 2 of sub-regulation 2.2.5 of the principal

regulations there shall be substituted the following>

“ 2 Falling within the scope of the Electrical Accessories

Regulations, 2004.”.

For sub-regulation 3.1.1 of the principal regulations there shall

be substituted the following>

“3.1.1 “the Directive” means Directive 2006#95#EC of the

European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2006 on

the harmonisation of the laws of Member States relating to electrical

equipment designed for use within certain voltage limits.3.1.1.1

References made to Directive 73#23#EEC shall be construed as

being made to the Directive and should be read in accordance with

the correlation table in Annex VI of the Directive.”.

For sub-regulation 3.1.7 of the principal regulations there shall

be substituted the following>

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“CE marking” means marking as set out in Annex III of the

Directive, which is set out in Schedule III of these regulations.”.

For sub-paragraph 1(b) of Schedule I of the principal

regulations there shall be substituted the following>

“(b) The brand name or the trade mark should be clearly

printed on the electrical equipment or, where that is not possible,

on the packaging.”.

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