The Batteries and Accumulators (Amendment) Regulations,

Suppliment tal-Gazzetta tal-Gvern ta’ Malta Nru. 18,393, 24 ta’ Marzu, 2009

Taqsima B

L.N. 88 of 2009

PRODUCT SAFETY ACT

(CAP. 427)

The Batteries and Accumulators (Amendment) Regulations,

IN exercise of the powers conferred by articles 38 and 39 of

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

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

made the following regulations:-

The title of these regulations is the Batteries and

Accumulators (Amendment) Regulations, 2009, and they shall be

read and construed as one with the Batteries and Accumulators

Regulations, 2007, hereinafter referred to as “the principal

regulations”.

These regulations provide additional measures, procedures

and guidance to those in the principal regulations as well as implement

the provisions of Directive 2008/103/EC of the European Parliament

and of the Council of 19th November 2008 amending Directive

2006/66/EC on batteries and accumulators and waste batteries and

accumulators as regards placing batteries and accumulators on the

market.

Definition 6 of regulation 4 of the principal regulations

shall be renumbered as definition 7 thereof and immediately after

definition 5 there shall be added the following definition:-

“6. “placing on the market” means supplying or making

available, whether in return for payment or free of charge, to a

third party within the Community and includes import into the

customs territory of the Community.”.

Regulation 7 of the principal regulations shall be

renumbered as regulation 9 thereof.

Immediately after regulation 6 of the principal regulations

there shall be added the following new regulation

Manufacturers shall promote research and

improve the overall environmental performance of

batteries and accumulators throughout their entire life cycle

as well as develop and market batteries and accumulators

which contain smaller quantities of dangerous substances

or which contain less polluting substances, in particular

as substitutes for mercury, cadmium and lead.”.

6. Immediately after the new regulation 7 of the principal

regulations, there shall be added the following new regulation:-

(1) The placing on the market, of batteries

“Placing on the

and accumulators that meet the requirements of

these regulations, shall not be impeded, prohibited or

restricted.

(2) Batteries or accumulators which do not

meet the requirements of these regulations shall not be

placed on the market after the commencement of these

regulations. Batteries and accumulators which do not

meet the requirements of these regulations and which are

placed on the market after this date shall be withdrawn

from the market.”.

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