and Quadricycles Regulations, 2016

Suppliment tal-Gazzetta tal-Gvern ta’ Malta, Nru. 19,522, 15 ta’ Jannar, 2016

L.N. 17 of 2016

PRODUCT SAFETY ACT

(CAP. 427)

AUTHORITY FOR TRANSPORT IN MALTA ACT

(CAP. 499)

Approval and Market Surveillance of Two-or Three-Wheel Vehicles

and Quadricycles Regulations, 2016

IN exercise of the powers conferred by articles 38 to 40 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 and the Minister for Transport and

Infrastructure, on the advice of the Authority for Transport in Malta,

have made the following regulations:-

(1) The title of these regulations is Approval and Citation.

Market Surveillance of Two-or Three-Wheel Vehicles and

Quadricycles Regulations, 2016.

(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 * ;

"end-of-series vehicle" means any vehicle that is part of a stock

which cannot be made available on the market or can no longer be

made available on the market, registered or enter into service owing

to the entry into force of new technical requirements against which it

has not been approved;

"national type-approval" means a type-approval procedure laid

down by the national law of a Member State, the validity of such

approval being restricted to the territory of that Member State;

"registration" means the administrative authorisation for the

entry into service in road traffic of a vehicle, involving the

identification of the latter and the issuing to it of a serial number, to

be known as the registration number, be it permanently, temporarily

or for a short period of time;

"UNECE Regulation" means the United Nations Economic

Commission for Europe (UNECE) Regulation which is annexed to

the Revised 1958 Agreement concerning the Uniform Provisions

Concerning the Approval of Protective Helmets and their Visors for

Drivers and Passengers of Motor Cycles and Mopeds and any

amendments thereto * .

(1) The Technical Regulations Division of the Malta

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).

(2) The Authority for Transport in Malta shall be the

competent authority responsible for registration, national type-

approval and end-of-series vehicles.

(1) The penalties applicable for any infringement

related to the provisions of regulation 4(1) shall be those provided for

in Part IV of the Product Safety Act.

(2) The penalties applicable for any infringement related to

registration, national type-approval and end-of-series vehicles, in

accordance with regulation 4(2), shall be those provided for in the

Authority for Transport in Malta Act.

The Approval and Market Surveillance of Two-or Three-

Wheel Vehicles and Quadricycles Regulations (L.N. 328 of 2015) are

2015. hereby repealed.

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

treatiesGeneralData.do?redirect=true&treatyId=474

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

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