REGISTRATION, EVALUATION, AUTHORISATION AND RESTRICTION OF CHEMICALS (REACH) (IMPLEMENTATION)

REGISTRATION, EVALUATION, AUTHORISATION AND

RESTRICTION OF CHEMICALS (REACH)(IMPLEMENTATION)

SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION 427.66

REGISTRATION, EVALUATION,

AUTHORISATION AND RESTRICTION OF

CHEMICALS (REACH) (IMPLEMENTATION)

REGULATIONS

12th February, 2008

LEGAL NOTICE 61 of 2008, as amended by Legal Notice 186 of 2009.

The title of these regulations is the Registration,

Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH)

(Implementation) Regulations.

These regulations implement the provisions of Articles

121, 12 5 and 126 of Regul ation (EC) No 1907 /200 6 of th e

European Parliament and of the Council of 18 December 2006

concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and

Restriction of Chemicals (REACH), establishing a European

Chemicals Agency, amending Directive 1999/45/EC and repealing

Council Regulation (EEC) No 793/93 and Commission Regulation

(EC) No 1488/94 as well as Council Directive 76/769/EEC and

Commission Directives 91/55/EEC, 93/67/EEC, 93/105/EC and

2000/21/EC.

The Malta Standards Authority is the competent authority

within the meaning of Article 121 of Regulation (EC) No. 1907/

2006.

The Malta Standards Authority shall be the authority

responsible for the provisions prescribed in Regulation (EC) No.

1907/2006: Title XIV, Enforcement.

The penalties applicable for infringement of the provisions

of Regulation (EC) No.1907/2006 shall be those provided for in

Part IV of the Product Safety Act.

With reference to Article 31(5) of Regulation (EC) No

1907/2006 the safety data sheet shall be supplied in at least one of

the following languages

Maltese, English, Italian.