Export and Import of Hazardous Chemicals Regulations, 2017

Suppliment tal-Gazzetta tal-Gvern ta’ Malta Nru. 19,716, 24 ta’ Jannar, 2017 B 151

L.N. 27 of 2017

PRODUCT SAFETY ACT

(CAP. 427)

Export and Import of Hazardous Chemicals Regulations, 2017

IN exercise of the powers conferred by article 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:-

The title of these regulations is the Export and Import of Citation.

Hazardous Chemicals Regulations, 2017.

These regulations implement the provisions of Regulation Scope.

(EC) No. 649/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of

4 July 2012 concerning the export and import of hazardous

chemicals, hereinafter referred to as "the EC Regulation".

For the purposes of the EC Regulation, "the competent Interpretation.

authority" means the Technical Regulatory Directorate (TRD) within

Malta Consumer and Competition Authority (MCCAA).

The penalties applicable for infringement of the provisions Penalties.

of the EC Regulation shall be those provided for in the Product Safety

Act, Part IV.

The Export and Imports of Certain Dangerous Chemicals Revokes the

Regulations, 2002, are hereby revoked without prejudice to anything Export

Imports of

done or omitted to be done thereunder.

Certain

Dangerous

Chemicals

Regulations,

2002. L.N. 327 of

2002. B

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