Safety of Toys (Amendment) Regulations, 2015

Suppliment tal-Gazzetta tal-Gvern ta’ Malta, Nru. 19,440, 12 ta’ Ġunju, 2015

L.N. 191 of 2015

PRODUCT SAFETY ACT

(CAP. 427)

Safety of Toys (Amendment) Regulations, 2015

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

Product Safety Act, the Minister for Social Dialogue, Consumer

Affairs and Civil Liberties, 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, 2015, and they shall be read and and

commencement.

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

referred to as "the principal regulations".

(2) These regulations implement and transpose the following

European legislation

(a)

Commission Regulation (EU) No 681/2013 of 17

July 2013 amending part III of Annex II to Directive 2009/48/

EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the safety

of toys;

(b)

Commission Directive 2014/84/EU of 30 June

2014 amending Appendix A of Annex II to Directive 2009/48/

EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the safety

of toys, as regards nickel;

(c)

Commission Directive 2014/79/EU of 20 June

2014 amending Appendix C of Annex II to Directive 2009/48/

EC of the European Parliament and Council on the safety of

toys, as regards RCEP, TCPP and TDCP; and

(d)

Commission Directive 2014/81/EU on 23 June

2014 amending Appendix C of Annex II to Directive 2009/48/

EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the safety

of toys, as regards bisphenol A.

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

scope of the principal regulations.

(4) These regulations shall enter into force as follows

(a)

Regulation 2 shall come into force on the date of

publication;

(b)

Regulation 3 shall come into force on the 1st July

2015; and

(c)

Regulation 4 shall come into force on the 21st

December 2015.

The entry for Barium in the table listing migration limits

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

of the principal regulations shall be substituted by the following

"Element

mg/kg

mg/kg

mg/kg

in dry, brittle,

in liquid or

in scraped-off

power-like or

sticky toy

toy material

pliable toy

material

material

Barium

18750".

The table in Schedule II of the principal regulations listing

CMR substances and their permitted uses in accordance with points 4,

5 and 9 of Part IV of Schedule I to the principal regulations shall be

substituted by the following

"Substance

Classification

Permitted Use

Nickel

CMR 2

In toys and toy components

made of stainless steel.

In toy components which are

intended to conduct an

electric current".

The following table shall be inserted in Schedule III of the

principal regulations

"Substance

CAS Number

Limit value

TCEP

115-96-8

5 mg/kg (content limit)

TCPP

13674-84-5

5 mg/kg (content limit)

TDCP

13674-87-8

5 mg/kg (content limit)

Bisphenol A

80-05-7

0,1 mg/l (migration limit) in

accordance with the methods

laid down in EN 71-10:2005

and EN 71-11:2005".

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