Safety of Toys (Amendment) Regulations, 2012

Suppliment tal-Gazzetta tal-Gvern ta’ Malta, Nru. 18,973, 9 ta’ Ottubru, 2012

L.N. 341 of 2012

PRODUCT SAFETY ACT

(CAP. 427)

Safety of Toys (Amendment) Regulations, 2012

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

Product Safety Act, the Minister for Fair Competition, Small

Business and Consumers, on the advice of the Malta Competition and

Consumer Affairs Authority, has made the following regulations:-

(1) The title of these regulations is the Safety of Toys Citation, scope

(Amendment) Regulations, 2012 and these regulations shall be read and

commencement.

and construed as one with the Safety of Toys Regulations, hereinafter S.L. 427.40

referred to as "the principal regulations".

(2) These regulations transpose Commission Directive 2012/7/

EU amending Directive 2009/48/EC of the European Parliament and

of the Council relating to toy safety.

(3) These regulations shall apply to toys falling under the

scope of the principal regulations.

(4) These regulations shall enter into force on 20th July 2013.

The entry for Cadmium in the table listing migration limits Amends

from toys or components of toys in point (15) of Part IV of Schedule I Schedule

the principal

to the principal regulations shall be substituted by the following

regulations.

Element

mg/kg in dry,

mg/kg in liquid

mg/kg in

brittle, powder-

or sticky toy

scraped-off toy

like or pliable toy

material

material

material

"Cadmium

1.3

0.3

17"

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