Vehicles and Quadricycles Regulations, 2015

Suppliment tal-Gazzetta tal-Gvern ta’ Malta, Nru. 19,483, 9 ta’ Ottubru, 2015

L.N. 328 of 2015

PRODUCT SAFETY ACT

(CAP. 427)

Approval and Market Surveillance of Two or Three-Wheel

Vehicles and Quadricycles Regulations, 2015

IN exercise of the powers conferred by articles 38 to 40 of the

Product Safety Act, 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 Approval and

Market Surveillance of Two or Three-Wheel Vehicles and

Quadricycles Regulations, 2015.

(2) These regulations shall come into force on the 1 st January,

2016.

These regulations implement the requirements set by

Scope.

(a)

Regulation (EU) No 168/2013 of the European

Parliament and of the Council of 15 January 2013 on the

approval and market surveillance of two- or three-wheel

vehicles and quadricycles; and

(b) UNECE Regulation (No 22) regarding the Uniform

Provisions Concerning the Approval of Protective Helmets and

their Visors for Drivers and Passengers of Motor Cycles and

Mopeds.

In these regulations unless the context otherwise requires

Definitions.

" the Act" means the Malta Competition and Consumer Affairs Cap. 510

Authority Act;

"the 1958 Agreement" means the Revised Agreement

Concerning the Adoption of Uniform Conditions of Approval and

Reciprocal Recognition of Approval for Motor Vehicle Equipment

and Parts, done at Geneva on 20 March 1958 * ;

"the authority" means the Technical Regulations Division of the

Malta Competition and Consumer Affairs Authority established by

*http://ec.europa.eu/world/agreements/prepareCreateTreatiesWorkspace/

treatiesGeneralData.do?redirect=true&treatyId=474

article 19 of VERŻJONI

the Act. The

Technical Regulations Division of the Malta

ELETTRONIKA

Competition and Consumer Affairs Authority is the approval

authority and the market surveillance authority within the meaning of

Regulation (EU) No 168/2013 and UNECE Regulation (No 22);

article 19 of the Act. The Technical Regulations Division of the Malta

"UNECE Regulation" means the United Nations Economic

Competition and Consumer Affairs Authority is the approval

Commission for Europe (UNECE) Regulation which is annexed to

authority and the market surveillance authority within the meaning of

the Revised 1958 Agreement concerning the Uniform Provisions

Regulation (EU) No 168/2013 and UNECE Regulation (No 22);

Concerning the Approval of Protective Helmets and their Visors for

Drivers

and Passengers

of means

Motor the

Cycles

and Nations

Mopeds Economic

and any

"UNECE

Regulation"

United

*

.

amendments thereto

Commission

for Europe

(UNECE) Regulation which is annexed to

the Revised

The 1958

Agreement

concerning

the infringement

Uniform Provisions

penalties

applicable

for the

of the

Concerning

the

Approval

of

Protective

Helmets

and

their

Visors

for

provisions of Regulation (EU) No 168/2013 and UNECE Regulation

Drivers

and

Passengers

of

Motor

Cycles

and

Mopeds

and

any

(No 22) shall be those

provided for in Part IV of the Product Safety

* .

amendments

thereto

Act.

4. The

penalties

applicable for

the infringement

Vehicles (EC of Type-

the

The Two

or Three-Wheel

Motor

provisions

of

Regulation

(EU)

No

168/2013

and

UNECE

Regulation

Approval) Regulations are hereby repealed.

(No 22) shall be those provided for in Part IV of the Product Safety

Act.

5. The Two or Three-Wheel Motor Vehicles (EC Type-

Approval) Regulations are hereby repealed.

* http://www.unece.org/trans/main/wp29/wp29regs21-40.html

* http://www.unece.org/trans/main/wp29/wp29regs21-40.html

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