MT
Vehicles Regulations, 2016
Table of Provisions (9)
Statutory Text (9 Articles)
Suppliment tal-Gazzetta tal-Gvern ta’ Malta, Nru. 19,522, 15 ta’ Jannar, 2016 B 289
L.N. 18 of 2016
PRODUCT SAFETY ACT
(CAP. 427)
AUTHORITY FOR TRANSPORT IN MALTA ACT
(CAP. 499)
Approval and Market Surveillance of Agricultural and Forestry
Vehicles 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 the Approval and Citation and
Market Surveillance of Agricultural and Forestry Vehicles commencement.
Regulations, 2016.
(2) These regulations shall come into force on the 1st January
2016.
These regulations implement
Scope.
(a)
the requirements set by Regulation (EU) No 167/
2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5
February 2013 on the approval and market surveillance of
agricultural and forestry vehicles; and
(b)
the separate Directives listed in the Schedule.
In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires
"the Act" means the Malta Competition and Consumer Affairs Cap. 510.
Authority Act;
"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 including for 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.
(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 167/2013.
(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 the infringement of the
provisions of Regulation (EU) No 167/2013 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 Type Approval Agricultural or Forestry Tractors
Regulations, 2015 are hereby repealed.
2015. Schedule I
LIST OF SEPARATE DIRECTIVES,
AND THEIR DATE OF ADOPTION
Base Directive
Amending
Official Journal
Title of Base Directive
Date of Adoption
no.
Directive No.
reference
71/320/EEC
Council Directive of July 26, 1971
L 202, 06.09.1971
With respect to
on the approximation of the laws of
these regulations -
the member states relating to the
The effective date
braking devices of certain categories
74/132/EEC
L 74/78, 19.03.1974
With respect to
of motor vehicles and of their
these regulations -
trailers
The effective date
75/524/EEC
L 263/3-4, 08.09.1975
With respect to
these regulations -
The effective date
79/489/EEC
L 128/12-13,
With respect to
05.1979
these regulations -
The effective date
85/647/EEC
L 380/1-2, 31.12.1985
With respect to
these regulations -
The effective date
88/194/EEC
L 92/47-49,
With respect to
04.04.1988
these regulations -
The effective date
91/422/EEC
L 233/21-
With respect to
29,22.08.1991
these regulations -
The effective date
98/12/EC
L 81, 18.03.1998
With respect to
these regulations -
The effective date
2002/78/EC
L 267, 04.10.2002
With respect to
these regulations -
The effective date
89/173/EEC
Council Directive of July 25, 1978
L 67 10.05.1989
The effective date
on the approximation of the laws of
97/54/EEC
L 277 10.10.1997
The effective date
the member states relating to certain
2000/1/EC
L 21 26.01.2000
The effective date
components and characteristics of
2006/26/EC
L 65; 07.03.2006
31 st December,
wheeled agricultural or forestry
tractors
2006/96/EC
L363, P.81
20.11.2006
20.12.2006
92/22/EC
Council Directive of March 31,
L 129 14.05.1992
With respect to
1992 on safety glazing and glazing
these regulations -
materials on motor vehicles and
The effective date
their trailers
2001/92/EC
L 291 08.11.2001
With respect to
these regulations -
The effective date
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76/115/EEC
Council Directive of December 18,
L 24 30.01.1976
With respect to
1975 on the approximation of the
these regulations -
laws of the Member States relating
The effective date
to anchorage for motor-vehicles
81/575/EEC
L 209 20.07.1981
With respect to
safety belts.
these regulations -
The effective date
82/318/EEC
L 139 19.05.1982
With respect to
these regulations -
The effective date
90/629/EEC
L 314; 06.12.1990
With respect to
these regulations -
The effective date
96/38/EC
L 187 26.07.1996
With respect to
these regulations -
The effective date
77/541/EEC
Council Directive of June 28, 1977
L 220 29.08.1977
With respect to
on the approximation of the laws of
these regulations -
the member states relating to safety
The effective date
belts and restraints systems of motor
81/576/EEC
L 209 29.07.1981
With respect to
vehicles.
these regulations -
The effective date
82/319/EEC
L 139 19.05.1982
With respect to
these regulations -
The effective date
87/354/EEC
L 192 11.07.1987
With respect to
these regulations -
The effective date
90/628/EEC
L 341 06.12.1990
With respect to
these regulations -
The effective date
96/36/EC
L 178 17.07.1996
With respect to
these regulations -
The effective date
2000/3/EC
L 53 25.02.2000
With respect to
these regulations -
The effective date
75/443/EEC
Council Directive of June 26, 1975
L 196 26.07.1975
With respect to
on the approximation of the laws of
these regulations -
the member states relating to the
The effective date
reverse and speedometer equipment
of motor vehicles
97/39/EC
L 177 05.07.1997
With respect to
these regulations -
The effective date
91/226/EEC
Council Directive of March 27,
L 103 23.04.1991
With respect to
1991 on the approximation of the
these regulations -
laws of the member states relating to
The effective date
the spray-suppression systems of
certain categories of motor vehicles
and their trailers
92/24/EEC
Council Directive of March 27,
L 129 14.05.1992
With respect to
1991 on the approximation of the
these regulations -
laws of the member states relating to
The effective date
speed limitation devices or similar
speed limitation on-board systems
of certain categories of motor
vehicles
89/297/EEC
Council Directive of April 13, 1989
L 124 05.05.1989
With respect to
on the approximation of the laws of
these regulations -
the member states relating to the
The effective date
lateral protection (side guards) of
certain motor vehicles and their
trailers
2008/2/EC
DIRECTIVE OF THE EUROPEAN
L 24,
1st May 2008
PARLIAMENT AND OF THE
1.2008
Repealing
COUNCIL of 15 January 2008
Directive 74/347/
on the field of vision and
EEC with its
windscreen wipers for wheeled
successive
agricultural or forestry tractors
amendments.
(referred to in
Article 6)
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