Market Surveillance and CE Marking Regulations, 2011

Suppliment tal-Gazzetta tal-Gvern ta’ Malta Nru. 18,748, 10 ta’ Mejju, 2011

L.N. 187 of 2011

PRODUCT SAFETY ACT

(CAP. 427)

Market Surveillance and CE Marking Regulations, 2011

IN exercise of the powers conferred by article 38(c) of the

Product Safety Act, the Prime Minister, acting on the advice of the

Malta Standards Authority, has made the following regulations:-

(1) The title of these regulations is the Market

Surveillance and CE Marking Regulations, 2011.

(2) These regulations implement the provisions of

Regulation (EC) No 765/2008 of the European Parliament and

of the Council of 9 July 2008 setting out the requirements for

accreditation and market surveillance relating to the marketing of

products and repealing Regulation (EEC) No. 339/93, hereinafter

referred to as “the EC Regulation”, in so far as products are

covered by the Product Safety Act and the subsidiary legislation

enacted thereunder.

The Market Surveillance Directorate, established by

virtue of the Establishment of Directorates of the Malta Standards

Authority Order, is the national market surveillance authority

within the meaning of Article 17 of the EC Regulation.

For the purposes of paragraph 6 of Article 30 and Article

41 of the EC Regulation, any economic operator who contravenes

the provisions of Article 30 of the EC Regulation, shall, on

conviction, be liable to the penalties established by virtue of sub-

articles (2),(3) and (4) of Article 32 of the Product Safety Act.

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