MALTA STANDARDS AUTHORITY (LICENSING) REGULATIONS

MALTA STANDARDS AUTHORITY (LICENSING)

SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION 419.02

MALTA STANDARDS AUTHORITY (LICENSING)

REGULATIONS

20th January, 1967

LEGAL NOTICE 1 of 1967, as amended by Legal Notices 3 of 1967, 98

of 1968 and 426 of 2007.

The title of these regulations is Malta Standards Authority

(Licensing) Regulations.

Words and phrases in these regulations shall have the same

meaning as is assigned to them in the Malta Standards Authority

Act, hereinafter in these regulations referred to as "the Act".

Any person wishing to make use of the standard mark shall

apply to the Authority for the grant of a licence authorising him to

make use.

An application to the Authority under regulation 3 shall be

made on a form obtainable at the Department of Industry and shall

contain -

(a) information as to the nature and type of the local goods

in respect of which the application is being made; and

(b) the address or addresses in Malta at which such goods,

or their component parts or ingredients, are assembled,

produced, manufactured or processed.

Any application made in accordance with regulation 4 shall

be accompanied by a fee of one euro and sixteen cents (€1.16).

(1) The Authority, after considering an application made

under regulations 3 shall, if satisfied that -

(a) the local goods, in respect of which the application has

been made, satisfy the standards of quality and fulfil

the conditions prescribed in the standard order or

orders applicable to such goods; and

(b)

(i)

the premises in which such goods are assembled,

produced, manufactured or processed, as the

case may be, and

(ii) the nature of wrappers, cartons, containers or

cans in which such goods are purveyed and other

conditions relating to the transportation,

handling and storage,

comply with the requirements set out in any

regulations made by the Minister under article 18(e) of

the Act,

grant a licence to the applicant authorising him to use the standard

mark in relation to such goods.

MALTA STANDARDS AUTHORITY (LICENSING)

(2) Any licence granted by the Authority in accordance with

subregulation (1) shall be signed by the Chairman of the Authority

for and on behalf of the Authority.

(1) Any licence granted by the Authority shall be valid for

one year from the date of the grant, renewable from year to year.

(2) Prior to the grant or renewal of any such licence, the

applicant shall pay to the Director of Industry a licence fee of

eleven euro and sixty-five cents (€11.65).

(1) Any licensee under these regulations may, at any time,

cease to make use of the standard mark in relation to any local

goods covered by the relative licence.

(2) A licensee who shall have ceased from making any use of

the standard mark in accordance with subregulation (1) shall not be

entitled to any refund of the fee paid for the grant or renewal of the

relative licence or of any part of such fee.

There shall be kept by the Authority a register in which

shall be noted any licence granted by them, the date of its issue, the

name of the licensee, the local goods in respect of which it has been

granted, the date of its expiry and any renewal or renewals thereof.