Safety of Toys (Amendment) Regulations, 2017

Suppliment tal-Gazzetta tal-Gvern ta’ Malta Nru. 19,761, 18 ta’ April, 2017

L.N. 106 of 2017

PRODUCT SAFETY ACT

(CAP. 427)

Safety of Toys (Amendment) Regulations, 2017

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, 2017, 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 implement and transpose the following

European legislation

(a)

Commission Directive (EU) 2015/2115 of 23

November 2015 amending, for the purpose of adopting specific

limit values for chemicals used in toys, Appendix C to Annex II

to Directive 2009/48/EC of the European Parliament and of the

Council on the safety of toys, as regards formamide;

(b)

Commission Directive (EU) 2015/2116 of 23

November 2015 amending, for the purpose of adopting specific

limit values for chemicals used in toys, Appendix C to Annex II

to Directive 2009/48/EC of the European Parliament and of the

Council on the safety of toys, as regards benzisothiazolinone;

and

(c)

Commission Directive (EU) 2015/2117 of 23

November 2015 amending, for the purpose of adopting specific

limit values for chemicals used in toys, Appendix C to Annex II

to Directive 2009/48/EC of the European Parliament and of the

Council

on

the

safety

of

toys,

as

regards

chloromethylisothiazolinone and methylisothiazolinone, both

individually and in a ratio of 3:1.

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

scope of the principal regulations.

(4) These regulations shall enter into force as follows

B

(a)

regulation 2 shall apply as from 24 May 2017.

(b)

regulation 3 shall apply as from 24 November 2017.

The following entries shall be added to the table in Schedule

Amends

Schedule III to

III to the principal regulations

the principal

regulations.

"

Substance

CAS No

Limit value

Formamide

75-12-7

20 μg/m 3 (emission limit) after a

maximum of 28 days from

commencement of the emission testing

of foam toy materials containing more

than 200 mg/kg (cut-off limit based on

content).

1,2-benzisothiazol-3(2H)-

2634-33-5

5 mg/kg (content limit) in aqueous toy

one

materials, in accordance with the

methods laid down in EN 71-10:2005

and EN 71-11:2005

".

The following entries shall be added to the table in Schedule

Amends

Schedule III to

III to the principal regulations

the principal

regulations.

"

Substance

CAS No

Limit value

reaction mass of: 5-chloro-

55965-84-9

1 mg/kg (content limit) in aqueous

2- methyl-4-isothiazolin-

toy materials

3-one [EC no. 247-500-7]

and 2-methyl-2H -

isothiazol-3-one [EC no.

220-239-6] (3:1)

5-Chloro-2-methyl-

26172-55-4

0,75 mg/kg (content limit) in aqueous

isothiazolin-3(2H)-one

toy materials

2-methylisothiazolin-

2682-20-4

0,25 mg/kg (content limit) in aqueous

3(2H)-one

toy materials

".

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