Steel for the Reinforcement of Concrete Regulations, 2011

Suppliment tal-Gazzetta tal-Gvern ta’ Malta Nru. 18,763, 10 ta’ Ġunju, 2011

L.N. 222 of 2011

PRODUCT SAFETY ACT

(CAP. 427)

Steel for the Reinforcement of Concrete Regulations, 2011

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

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

Malta Standards Authority, has made the following regulations:-

(1) The title of these regulations is the Steel for the

Reinforcement of Concrete Regulations, 2011.

(2) The provisions of these regulations are applicable

to all imported or locally manufactured reinforcement products

used for the reinforcement of concrete.

TECHNICAL

TECHNICAL PROPERTIES

PROPERTIES

(Regulation 4.(1))

Point

Characteristics

Percentage Elongation at maximum force

I

Weldability (Carbon equivalent)

II

Relevant dimensions and mass including the maximum

III

deviations

Bendability or rebendability as relevant

IV

Bonding Strength

V

Stress ratio (tensile strength / yield strength)

VI

Yield strength

VII

Shear Force

VIII

Fatigue

IX

Durability (Content of appropriate substances)

X

For the purposes of these regulations, all the definitions

of the Product Safety Act shall apply, and in addition

“accredited body ” means a body which is subject to an

attestation by a member of the body mentioned in Article 14

of Regulation 765/2008/EC of the European Parliament and

of the Council setting out the requirements for accreditation

and market surveillance as regards the product certification of

reinforcing products in relation to one or more of the technical

properties listed in Schedule I hereto;

“accredited document ” means a certificate issued by a

body which has the approval of an accredited body to issue

such certificates;

“the Act” means the Product Safety Act;

“the Community” means the European Community;

“European Standard” means a standard issued by a

National European Standardisation body, the scope of which

includes reinforcing steel or welded fabric;

“Member State” means any member State of the

Community or in another Contracting State of the European

Economic Area (EEA) or Turkey;

“national certificate ” means a document that is

recognised by any member state as being a true declaration of

the technical properties of reinforcement products;

“product certification” includes the compliance with the

relevant clauses of the product standards and the control of

the manufacturing process so as to ensure a consistent level of

product quality;

“reinforcement products” means each batch of

reinforcing steel or welded fabric ;

“reinforcing steel” means a steel product with a circular

or practically circular cross-section which is suitable for the

reinforcement of concrete;

“responsible person” means the natural or legal person

who manufactures the reinforcement products in Malta or

imports the reinforcement products into Malta;

“technical properties ” include the mechanical properties,

dimensions, mass, bond strength, surface geometry, chemical

composition and weldability as described in a relevant

European Standard;

“welded fabric” means an arrangement of reinforcing

steel of the same or different nominal diameter and length

that are arranged substantially at right angles to each other

and factory electrical resistance welded together by automatic

machines at all points of intersection.

(1) The technical properties of a reinforcement product

shall be declared in any one of these forms

(a) a national certificate which incontrovertibly

pertains to the reinforcement product;

(b) an accredited document declaring all or some of the

technical properties in accordance with a European Standard

and which incontrovertibly pertain to the reinforcement

product

Provided that the national certificate or accredited

document is valid at the time of marketing.

(2)

A national certificate is considered to be valid

(a) the certificate is legally acceptable in the Member

State where the certificate was issued; and

(b) the reinforcement product covered by the certificate

is legally marketed in the Member State where it was issued;

(c) the certificate is traceable to the reinforcement

product which the certificate is accompanying.

(3) An accredited document is considered to be valid

provided where

(a) the reinforcement product covered by the document

has not been withdrawn from the market in any member state

for reasons related to the accuracy, precision or reliability of

it technical properties listed in Schedule I hereto; and

(b) the accredited document has not been withdrawn

by the accredited body; and

(c) the document is traceable to the reinforcement

product which the document is accompanying; and

(d) the technical properties listed in Schedule I

hereto are declared using a standard implemented by a

Standardisation Organisation of a Member State and the

standard has not been withdrawn at the time of issue of the

accredited document.

(1) A reinforcement product shall always be

accompanied by a national certificate or an accredited document

which declares the technical properties of the product from those

listed in Schedule I, hereto.

(2) The technical properties referred to in sub-

regulation (1) hereof shall be appropriate for the reinforcement

product that the national certificate or accredited document

accompanies.

(3) A reinforcement product that is accompanied by a

reference to a certificate or an accredited document mentioned in

sub-regulation (1) hereof is deemed to satisfy the provisions of that

sub-regulation provided that the certificate or accredited document

can be presented within 30 days of a request made by the Director

of Market Surveillance or his delegate or any warrant holder with

in the meaning of the Periti Act.

The documentation referred to in regulations 3 and 4 shall

be kept available by the responsible person for at least 17 years.

These regulations shall not apply to reinforcement

products the properties of which are declared by the application

of the Construction Products Regulations, 2001 or other legal

instrument of a Member State that implements Directive 89/106/

EEC.

(1) Violations of these regulations or of provisions

and decisions issued in pursuance thereof are construed as

infringements to the Act.

(2) The penalties applicable shall be those provided for

in article 32 of the Act.

(3) The provisions of articles 4, 6, 7, 12, 14, 23,

26, 29 and 32 of the Act shall apply in respect of offences under

regulations 3, 4 and 5 of these regulation.

These regulations have been notified in terms of Directive

98/34/EC, as amended by Directive 98/48/EC, as transposed by the

Notification Procedure Regulations, 2003.

B

Schedule