Nominal Quantities for Prepacked Products Regulations, 2008

Suppliment tal-Gazzetta tal-Gvern ta’ Malta, Nru. 18,302, 29 ta’ Awissu, 2008

L.N. 197 of 2008

METROLOGY ACT

(CAP. 454)

Nominal Quantities for Prepacked Products Regulations, 2008

IN exercise of the powers conferred by regulation 19 of the

Metrology Act, the Malta Standards Authority has made the following

regulations>-

(1) The title of these regulations is Nominal Quantities for Citation, scope and

commencement.

Prepacked Products Regulations, 2008.

(2) The present regulations implement the requirements of

Directive 2007#45#EC of the European Parliament and of the Council

of 5 th September 2007 laying down rules on nominal quantities for

prepacked products.

(3) These regulations shall come into force on 11 th April,

2009.

RANGE OF NOMINAL QUANTITIES OF CONTENTS OF PREPACKAGES

Section 1. Products sold by volume (quantity in ml)

On the interval frol11 100 ml to I 500 ml onl y the following 8 nominal

quantities

nU: 100- 187 - 250 -375 -

500 -

750- I 000 -

On the interval from 100 ml to I 500 ml only the following nominal quantity

ml: 620

On the interval from 125 ml to I 500 ml only the following 5 nominal

quantities

ml: 125-200-375-750-1 500

On the interval from 100 ml to I 500 ml OIuy the following 7 nominal

quantities

ml: 100-200-375-500-750-1 000- 1 500

On the interval from 100 ml to I 500 ml only the following 7 nominal

quantities

nU: 100 - 200 -375 - 500 - 750- I 000 -

On the interval from 100 ml to 2 000 ml only the following 9 nominal

quantities

nU: 100- 200 -350 - 500 -

700 -

I 000 -

I 500 -

I 750 -

2 000

Section 2. Product definitions

Wine as defined in Article I (2)(b) of Council Regulat ion (EC) No

1493/1999 of 17 May 1999 on the common organisation of the market in

wine (I) (CN code ex 2204).

Wine as defined in Article I (2)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 1493/1999 (CN

code ex 2204) with the designation of origin: 'Cotes du Jura', 'Arbois',

'L'Etoile' and 'Chateau-Chalon' in bottles as defined in Annex I, point 3 of

Commission Regulation (EC) No 753/2002 of 29 April 2002 laying down

certain rules fo r applying Council Regulation (EC) No 1493/ 1999 as

regards the description, deS ignation, presentation and protection of certain

wi ne sector products (2).

Wine as defined in Article I (2)(b) and in Annex I, points 15, 16, 17 and 18

of Regulation (EC) No 149311999 (CN code 2204 10).

Wine as defined in Article 1(2)(b) and in Annex I, point 14 of Regulation

(EC) No 1493/ 1999 (CN code 2204 2 1 - 2204 29).

Aromatised wine as defined in Article 2( I lea) of Counci l Regulation (EEC)

No 1601 /9 1 of 10 June 1991 laying down general rules on the definition,

description and presentation of aromatised wines, aromatised wine-based

drinks and aromatised wine-product cocktails (3) (CN code 2205).

Spirit drinks as defined in Article I (2) of Council Regulation (EEC) No

1576/89 of29 May 1989 laying down general rules on the definition,

description and presentation of spirit drinks (4) (CN code 2208).

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(1) This regulation lays down rules on the nominal quantities Scope.

for products put up in prepackages. It shall apply to prepacked products

and prepackages, as defined in regulation 2 of the Make-Up by Weight

or by Volume of Certain Prepackaged Products Regulations, 2002.

L.N. 417 of 2002.

(2) These regulations shall not apply to the products listed

in Schedule I hereto which are sold in duty-free shops for consumption

outside the European Union.

Save as otherwise provided for in regulation 4, no refusal, Free movement of

goods.

prohibition or restriction in the Maltese territory of prepacked products

on grounds relating to the nominal quantities of package shall be made.

(1) Products listed in section 2 of Schedule I and put in Placing on the

prepackages in the intervals listed in section 1 shall only be placed on market

movement of

the market if they are prepacked in the nominal quantities listed in section certain products.

1 of the Schedule.

(2) Aerosol dispensers shall indicate the nominal total

capacity of the container. The indication shall be such as not to create

confusion with the nominal volume of the contents.

(3) By way of derogation from regulation 5.2 of the Aerosol

Dispensers Regulations, 2002, products which are sold in aerosol

dispensers need not be marked with the nominal weight of their contents.

(1) For the purposes of regulation 4 (1), where two or more

individual prepackages make up a multipack, the nominal quantities

listed in section 1 of the Schedule shall apply to each individual

prepackage.

(2) Where a prepackage is made up of two or more

individual packages which are not intended to be sold individually, the

nominal quantities listed in section 1 of the Schedule shall apply to the

prepackage.

(1) The Prepackaged Liquid Products Regulations, 2002 are

Repeals L.N. 415 of

hereby repealed.

(2) The Ranges of Nominal Quantities and Capacities

Permitted for Certain Prepackaged Products Regulations, 2002 are

hereby repealed.

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