Electronic Equipment (Amendment) Regulations, 2023

Suppliment tal-Gazzetta tal-Gvern ta’ Malta Nru. 21,027, 24 ta’ Marzu, 2023

L.N. 68 of 2023

PRODUCT SAFETY ACT

(CAP. 427)

Restriction of Use of Hazardous Substances in Electrical and

Electronic Equipment (Amendment) Regulations, 2023

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

the Product Safety Act, the Minister responsible for consumer affairs,

on the advice of the Director General (Technical Regulations), has

made the following regulations:-

(1) The title of these regulations is the Restriction of Use Citation, scope

of Hazardous Substances in Electrical and Electronic Equipment and

commencement.

(Amendment) Regulations, 2023 and these regulations shall be read

and construed as one with the Restriction of Use of Hazardous S.L. 427.57.

Substances in Electrical and Electronic Equipment Regulations,

hereinafter referred to as "the principal regulations".

(2) The scope of these regulations is to transpose Commission

Delegated Directive (EU) 2022/1631 of 12 May 2022 amending, for

the purposes of adapting to scientific and technical progress, Annex IV

to Directive 2011/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the

Council as regards an exemption for the use of lead in bismuth

strontium calcium copper oxide superconductor cables and wires and

lead in their electrical connections, and Commission Delegated

Directive (EU) 2022/1632 of 12 May 2022 amending, for the purposes

of adapting to scientific and technical progress, Annex IV to Directive

2011/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards

an exemption for the use of lead in certain magnetic resonance

imaging devices.

(3) These regulations shall be deemed to have come into force

on 1 st March 2023.

Schedule IV to the principal regulations shall be amended Amends

Schedule IV to

as follows

the principal

regulations.

(a) item 27 thereof shall be substituted by the following

new item

"27. Lead in

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solders;

-

termination coatings of electrical and

electronic components and printed circuit boards;

-

connections of electrical wires, shields

and enclosed connectors;

which are used in

(a) magnetic fields within the sphere of 1m

radius around the isocentre of the magnet in medical

magnetic resonance imaging equipment, including

patient monitors designed to be used within this

sphere;

(b) magnetic fields within 1m distance from

the external surfaces of cyclotron magnets, magnets

for beam transport and beam direction control applied

for particle therapy;

(c) MRI non-integrated coils, for which the

Declaration of Conformity of this model is issued for

the first time before 23 September 2022; or

(d) MRI devices including integrated coils,

which are used in magnetic fields within the sphere of

1m radius around the isocentre of the magnet in

medical magnetic resonance imaging equipment, for

which the Declaration of Conformity is issued for the

first time before 30th June 2024.

Expires on 30 June 2027."; and

(b) immediately after item 47 thereof, there shall be

added the following new item

"48. Lead in bismuth strontium calcium copper

oxide (BSCCO) superconductor cables and wires and lead

in electrical connections to these wires. Expires on 30 June

2027.".

Schedule VIII to the principal regulations shall be amended as

(a) immediately after the last paragraph, "Commission

Delegated Directive (EU) 2022/287 of 13 December 2021

amending, for the purposes of adapting to scientific and technical

progress, Annex III to Directive 2011/65/EU of the European

Parliament and of the Council as regards an exemption for

mercury in fluorescent lamps for other general lighting and

special purposes ********** .", there shall be added the following

new items

"-

Commission Delegated Directive (EU) 2022/

1631 of 12 May 2022 amending, for the purposes of

adapting to scientific and technical progress, Annex IV to

Directive 2011/65/EU of the European Parliament and of

the Council as regards an exemption for the use of lead in

bismuth strontium calcium copper oxide superconductor

cables and wires and lead in their electrical connections

-

Commission Delegated Directive (EU) 2022/

1632 of 12 May 2022 amending, for the purposes of

adapting to scientific and technical progress, Annex IV to

Directive 2011/65/EU of the European Parliament and of

the Council as regards an exemption for the use of lead in

certain magnetic resonance imaging devices *********** .";

and

(b) immediately after the footnote "**********

Applicable as from 1 st October 2022.", there shall be added the

following new footnote

"*********** Applicable as from 1 st March 2023.".

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