Safety of Toys (Amendment) Regulations, 2019

Suppliment tal-Gazzetta tal-Gvern ta’ Malta Nru. 20,254, 27 ta’ Awwissu, 2019

L.N. 215 of 2019

PRODUCT SAFETY ACT

(CAP. 427)

Safety of Toys (Amendment) Regulations, 2019

IN EXERCISE of the powers conferred by articles 38 and 39 of

the Product Safety Act, the Minister for Justice, Culture and Local

Government, on the advice of the Director General (Technical

Regulations), has made the following regulations:-

The title of these regulations is the Safety of Toys Citation.

(Amendment) Regulations, 2019 and these regulations shall be read

and construed as one with the Safety of Toys Regulations, hereinafter S.L. 427.40.

referred to as "the principal regulations".

Sub-regulations (2), (3) and (4) of regulation 1 of the Amends

regulation 1 of

principal regulations shall be substituted by the following

the principal

regulations.

"(2) These regulations lay down rules on the safety of toys

and on their free movement in the Community and transpose the

following

(a) Directives 88/378/EEC, 2008/112/EC, 2009/48/

EC, and 2012/7/EU;

(b) 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;

(c) 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;

(d) 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;

(e) Council Directive (EU) 2017/738 of 27 March

2017 amending, for the purpose of adapting to technical

progress, Annex II to Directive 2009/48/EC of the

European Parliament and of the Council on the safety of

toys, as regards lead;

(f) Commission Directive (EU) 2017/774 of 3 May

2017 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 phenol;

(g) Commission Directive (EU) 2017/898 of 24

May 2017 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 bisphenol A; and

(h) Commission Directive (EU) 2018/725 of 16

May 2018 amending, for the purpose of adaptation to

technical and scientific developments, point 13 of part III

of Annex II to Directive 2009/48/EC of the European

Parliament and of the Council on the safety of toys, as

regards chromium VI.

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

scope of the principal regulations.

(4) Regulation 1(2)(h) shall come into force on the 18th

November 2019.".

In the table under point 15 of Part IV of Schedule I to the

principal regulations, the entry for ‘Chromium (VI)’ shall be

substituted by the following

Element

mg/kg in dry,

mg/kg in

mg/kg in

brittle, powder-

liquid or

scraped-off

like or pliable

sticky toy

toy material

toy material

material

"Chromium (VI)

0.02

0.005

0.053".

€0.09