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341 tal-2010 - Regolamenti tal-2010 li Jemendaw ir-Regolamenti dwar l-Immaniġġar ta’ l-Iskart (Apparat Elettriku u Elettroniku)
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Statutory Text (6 Articles)
L.N. 341 of 2010
ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION ACT
(CAP. 435)
Waste Management (Waste Electrical and Electronic
Equipment) (Amendment) Regulations, 2010
BY VIRTUE of the powers conferred by articles 9 and 10 of
the Environment Protection Act, the Prime Minister has made the
following regulations:-
The title of these regulations is the Waste Management
(Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment) (Amendment)
Regulations, 2010 and they shall be read and construed as one with
Waste Management (Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment)
Regulations, 2007, hereinafter referred to as “the principal
regulations”.
These regulations bring into effect part of the provisions
(Article 5) of Directive 2008/112/EC of the European Parliament
and of the Council Directive 2002/96/EC of the European
Parliament and of the Council in order to adapt them to Regulation
(EC) No. 1272/2008 on classification, labelling and packaging of
substances and mixtures.
The term “preparation” or “preparations” within the
meaning of Article 3(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006, in its
version of 30 December 2006, shall be substituted by the term
“mixture” or “mixtures” respectively throughout the text wherever
they occur.
(a) With effect from 1st December 2010, for the
definition of “dangerous substance or preparation” in regulation
3 of the principal regulations, there shall be substituted the
2010. following
“dangerous substance or mixture” means any mixture
which has to be considered dangerous under Directive
1999/45/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council
of 31 May 1999 concerning the approximation of the laws,
regulations and administrative provisions of the Member
States relating to the classification, packaging and labelling of
dangerous preparations (*) or any substance which fulfils the
criteria for any of the following hazard classes or categories
set out in Annex I of Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 of the
European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December
2008 on classification, labelling and packaging of substances
and mixtures (**)
(a) hazard classes 2.1 to 2.4, 2.6 and 2.7, 2.8
types A and B, 2.9, 2.10, 2.12, 2.13 categories 1 and 2,
2.14 categories 1 and 2, 2.15 types A to F;
(b) hazard classes 3.1 to 3.6, 3.7 adverse effects
on sexual function and fertility or on development, 3.8
effects other than narcotic effects, 3.9 and 3.10;
(c) hazard class 4.1;
(d) hazard class 5.1.
(b) With effect from 1 June 2015, for the definition Amends regulation
of “dangerous substance or preparation” in regulation 3 of the 3 regulations
principal regulations, there shall be substituted the following
“dangerous substance or mixture” means any substance
or mixture which fulfills the criteria for any of the following
hazard classes or categories set out in Annex 1 to Regulation
(EC) No 1272/2008 of the European Parliament and of the
Council of 16 December 2008 on classification, labelling, and
packaging of substances and mixtures (**)
(a) hazard classes 2.1 to 2.4, 2.6 and 2.7, 2.8
types A and B, 2.9, 2.10, 2.12, 2.13 categories 1 and 2,
2.14 categories 1 and 2, 2.15 types A to F;
(b) hazard classes 3.1 to 3.6, 3.7 adverse effects
on sexual function and fertility or on development, 3.8
effects other than narcotic effects, 3.9 and 3.10;
(c) hazard class 4.1;
* OJ L 200, 30.7.1999, p. 1.
** OJ L 353, 31.12.2008, p. 1.’
B
(d)
hazard class 5.1;”.
The thirteenth indent of Section 1 of Schedule 2 of the
Amends Schedule
2 of the principal
principal regulations shall be substituted by the following
regulations.
“- components containing refractory ceramic fibres
as described in part 3 of Annex VI to Regulation (EC) No
1272/2008.”.
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