Regulations, 2009

Suppliment tal-Gazzetta tal-Gvern ta’ Malta Nru. 18,436, 9 ta’ Ġunju, 2009

L.N. 186 of 2009

PRODUCT SAFETY ACT

(CAP. 427)

Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction

of Chemicals (REACH) (Implementation) (Amendment)

Regulations, 2009

IN exercise of the powers conferred by article 39 of the

Product Safety Act, the Minister of Finance, the Economy and

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

made the following regulations:-

The title of these regulations is the Registration, Citation.

Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals

(REACH) (Implementation) (Amendment) Regulations, 2009,

and they shall be read and construed as one with the Registration,

Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH)

(Implementation) Regulations, hereinafter referred to as “the S.L. 427.66

principal regulations”.

These regulations implement the provisions of Article Scope.

31(5) of Regulation (EC) No. 1907/2006 of the European

Parliament and of the Council of 18 December 2006 concerning

the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of

Chemicals (REACH), establishing a European Chemicals Agency,

amending Directive 1999/45/EC and repealing Council Regulation

(EEC) No. 793/93 and Commission Regulation (EC) No. 1488/94

as well as Council Directive 76/769/EEC and Commission

Directives 91/155/EEC, 93/ 67/EEC, 93/105/EC and 2000/21/EC.

Immediately after regulation 5 of the principal regulations

there shall be added the following new regulation

With reference to Article 31(5) of Regulation

“Language

requirements

(EC) No 1907/2006 the safety data sheet shall be

for

supplied in at least one of the following languages

Safety Data

Sheets.

Maltese, English, Italian.”.

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