Shoes and Footwear (Amendment) Regulations, 2007

Suppliment tal-Gazzetta tal-Gvern ta’ Malta, Nru. 18,147, 13 ta’ Novembru, 2007

L.N. 362 of 2007

PRODUCT SAFETY ACT

(CAP. 427)

Shoes and Footwear (Amendment) Regulations, 2007

IN exercise of the powers conferred by article 39 of the Product

Safety Act, the Minister for Competitiveness and Communications has,

on the advice of the Malta Standards Authority, made the following

regulations>–

The title of these regulations is the Shoes and Footwear Citation.

(Amendment) Regulations, 2007, and they shall be read and construed L.N. 182 of 2000.

as one with the Shoes and Footwear Order, 2000, hereinafter referred

to as “the principal regulations”.

These regulations implement the provisions of Directive Commencement and

scope.

2006#96#EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 th

November, 2006, and shall be deemed to have come into force on the

1 st January 2007.

For regulation 6.4 there shall be substituted the following>

Amends regulation

6 of the principal

regulations.

“6.4 (a) Any written indications given pursuant to

paragraph 6.3 shall be given in at least one of the following

languages>

Maltese, English, Italian.

(b) Without prejudice to paragraph (a) thereof, the

column ‘Written indications in all the European Community

languages’ in Tables 1 and 2 provided for in the First Schedule,

specify the written indications in all the European Community

languages.”.

The First Schedule shall be substituted by the following>

Amends the First

Schedule to the

principal regulation.

“First Schedule

Table 1

1. Definition and corresponding pictograms or written indications concerning the

parts of the footwear to be identified

Pictograms

Written indications in all

European Languages

(a) Upper

F Tige

D Obermaterial

This is the outer face of the

IT Tomaia

structural element which is

NL Bovendeel

attached to the outersole.

EN Upper

DK Overdel

GR ΕΠΑΝΩ ΜΕΡΟΣ

ES Empeine

P Parte superior

CZ Vrch

EST Pealne

LV Virsa

LT Viršus

HU Felsőrész

M Wiċċ

PL Wierzch

SI Zgornji del

SK Vrch

BG лицева част

RO faţă

(b) Lining and sock

F Doublure et semelle de propreté

D Futter und Decksohle

These are the lining of the

IT Fodera e Sottopiede

upper and the insole,

NL Voering en inlegzool

constituting the inside of the

EN Lining and sock

footwear article.

DK Foring og bindsål

GR ΦΟ∆ΡΕΣ

ES Forro y plantilla

P Forro e Palmilha

CZ Podšívka a stélka

EST Vooder ja sisetald

LV Odere un ieliekamā saistzole

LT Pamušalas ir įklotė

HU Bélés és fedőtalpbélés

M Inforra u suletta

PL Podszewka z wyściółką

SI Podloga in vložek (steljka)

SK Podšívka a stielka

BG подплата и стелка

RO căptuşeală şi acoperiş de branţ

(c) Outer sole

F Semelle extérieure

D Laufsohle

This is the bottom part of the

IT Suola esterna

footwear article, which is

NL Buitenzool

subjected to abrasive wear

EN Outer sole

and attached to the upper.

DK Ydersål

GR ΣΟΛΑ

ES Suela

P Sola

CZ Podešev

EST Välistald

LV Ārējā zole

LT Padas

HU Járótalp

M Pett ta' barra

PL Spód

SI Podplat

SK Podošva

BG външно ходило

RO talpă exterioară

2. Definition and corresponding pictograms of the materials

The pictograms concerning the materials should appear on the label beside the pictograms

relating to the three parts of the footwear as specified in paragraph 6 and in part 1 of this

Schedule.

Pictogram

Written Indications in all

European Languages

(a) (i) Leather

F Cuir

D Leder

A general term for hide or skin with its original

IT Cuoio

fibrous structure more or less intact, tanned to

NL Leder

be rot-proof. The hair or wool may or may not

EN Leather

have been removed. Leather is also made from a

DK Læder

hide or skin which has been split into layers or

GR ∆ΕΡΜΑ

segmented either before or after tanning.

ES Cuero

However, if the tanned hide or skin is

P Couros e peles Curtidas

disintegrated mechanically and/or chemically

CZ Useň

into fibrous particles, small pieces or powders

EST Nahk

and then, with or without the combination of a

LV Āda

binding agent, is made into sheets or other

LT Oda

forms, such sheets or forms are not leather. If

HU Bőr

the leather has a surface coating, however

M Ġilda

applied, or a glued-on finish, such surface layers

PL Skóra

must not be thicker than 0,15 mm. Thus, all

SI Usnje

leathers are covered without prejudice to other

SK Useň

legal obligations, e.g. the Washington

BG кожа

Convention.

RO piei cu faţă naturală

Should the term ‘full grain leather’ be used in

the optional additional textual information

referred to in paragraph 6.8, it will apply to a

leather bearing the original grain surface as

exposed by removal of the epidermis and with

none of the surface removed by buffing,

snuffing or splitting.

(a) (ii) Coated Leather

F Cuir enduit

D Beschichtetes Leder

Leather where the surface coating applied to the

IT Cuoio rivestito

leather does not exceed one third of the total

NL Gecoat leder

thickness of the product but is in excess of

EN Coated leather

0,15 mm.

DK Overtrukket læder

GR ΕΠΕΝ∆Ε∆Υ-ΜΕΝΟ

∆ΕΡΜΑ

ES Cuero untado

P Couro revestido

CZ Povrstvená useň

EST Kaetud nahk

LV Pārklāta āda

LT Padengta oda

HU Bevonatos bőr

M Ġilda miksija

PL Skóra pokryta

SI Krito usnje

SK Povrstvená useň

BG кожа с покритие

RO piei cu faţă corectată

(b) Natural textile materials and synthetic or

F Textile

D Textil

nonwoven

IT Tessili

textile materials

NL Textiel

‘Textiles’ shall mean all products covered by

EN Textile

Textile Names Order, 2000.

DK Tekstil-materialer

GR ΥΦΑΣΜΑ

ES Textil

P Téxteis

CZ Textilie

EST Tekstiil

LV Tekstilmateriāls

LT Tekstilė

HU Textil

M Tessut

PL Materiał włókienniczy

SI Tekstil

SK Textil

BG текстил

RO textile

(c) All other materials

F Autres matériaux

D Sonstiges Material

IT Altre materie

NL Overige materialen

EN Other materials

DK Andre materialer

GR ΑΛΛΑ ΥΛΙΚΑ

ES Otros materiales

P Outros materiais

CZ Ostatní materiály

EST Teised materjalid

LV Citi materiāli

LT Kitos medžiagos

HU Egyéb anyag

M Materjal ieħor

PL Inny materiał

SI Drugi materiali

SK Iný materiál

BG всички други

материали

RO alte materiale”.

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