MARKET SURVEILLANCE AND CE MARKING REGULATIONS

MARKET SURVEILLANCE AND CE MARKING

SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION 427.73

MARKET SURVEILLANCE

AND CE MARKING REGULATIONS

10th May, 2011

LEGAL NOTICE 187 of 2011.

(1) The title of these regulations is the Market Surveillance

and CE Marking Regulations.

(2) These regulations implement the provisions of Regulation

(EC) No 765/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council

of 9 July 2008 setting out the requirements for accreditation and

market surveillance relating to the marketing of products and

repealing Regulation (EEC) No. 339/93, hereinafter referred to as

"the EC Regulation", in so far as products are covered by the

Product Safety Act and the subsidiary legislation enacted

thereunder.

The Market Surveillance Directorate, established by virtue

of the Establishment of Directorates of the Malta Standards

Authority Order, is the national market surveillance authority

within the meaning of Article 17 of the EC Regulation.

For the purposes of paragraph 6 of Article 30 and Article

41 of the EC Regulation, any economic operator who contravenes

the provisions of Article 30 of the EC Regulation, shall, on

conviction, be liable to the penalties established by virtue of article

32(2),(3) and (4) of the Product Safety Act.