STEEL FOR TYHE REINFORCEMENT OF CONCRETE REGULATIONS

STEEL FOR THE REINFORCEMENT OF CONCRETE

SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION 427.74

STEEL FOR TYHE REINFORCEMENT

OF CONCRETE REGULATIONS

10th June, 2011

LEGAL NOTICE 222 of 2011.

(1) The title of these regulations is the Steel for the

Reinforcement of Concrete Regulations.

(2) The provisions of these regulations are applicable to all

imported or locally manufactured reinforcement products used for

the reinforcement of concrete.

Technical Properties

[Regulation 4(1)]

Point

Characteristics

I

Percentage Elongation at maximum force

II

Weldability (Carbon equivalent)

III

Relevant dimensions and mass including the maximum deviations

IV

Bendability or rebendability as relevant

V

Bonding Strength

VI

Stress ratio (tensile strength / yield strength)

VII

Yield strength

VIII

Shear Force

IX

Fatigue

X

Durability (Content of appropriate substances)

For the purposes of these regulations, all the definitions of

the Product Safety Act shall apply, and in addition

"accredited body" means a body which is subject to an attestation

by a member of the body mentioned in Article 14 of Regulation

765/2008/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council setting

out the requirements for accreditation and market surveillance as

regards the product certification of reinforcing products in relation

to one or more of the technical properties listed in Schedule I;

"accredited document" means a certificate issued by a body

which has the approval of an accredited body to issue such

certificates;

"the Act" means the Product Safety Act;

"the Community" means the European Community;

"European Standard" means a standard issued by a National

European Standardisation body, the scope of which includes

reinforcing steel or welded fabric;

"Member State" means any member State of the Community or in

another Contracting State of the European Economic Area (EEA)

or Turkey;

"national certificate" means a document that is recognised by any

member state as being a true declaration of the technical properties

of reinforcement products;

"product certification" includes the compliance with the relevant

clauses of the product standards and the control of the

manufacturing process so as to ensure a consistent level of product

quality;

"reinforcement products" means each batch of reinforcing steel

or welded fabric;

"reinforcing steel" means a steel product with a circular or

pr a ct i ca l l y c ir c u l ar cr o ss - sec t i on w h ic h i s s ui t a bl e fo r t h e

reinforcement of concrete;

"responsible person" means the natural or legal person who

manufactures the reinforcement products in Malta or imports the

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reinforcement products into Malta;

"technical properties" include the mechanical properties,

dimensions, mass, bond strength, surface geometry, chemical

composition and weldability as described in a relevant European

Standard;

"welded fabric" means an arrangement of reinforcing steel of the

same or different nominal diameter and length that are arranged

substantially at right angles to each other and factory electrical

resistance welded together by automatic machines at all points of

intersection.

(1) The technical properties of a reinforcement product

shall be declared in any one of these forms

(a) a national certificate which incontrovertibly pertains

to the reinforcement product;

(b) an accredited document declaring all or some of the

technical properties in accordance with a European

Standard and which incontrovertibly pertain to the

reinforcement product

Provided that the national certificate or accredited

document is valid at the time of marketing.

(2)

A national certificate is considered to be valid where

(a) the certificate is legally acceptable in the Member

State where the certificate was issued; and

(b) the reinforcement product covered by the certificate is

legally marketed in the Member State where it was

issued; and

(c) the certificate is traceable to the reinforcement product

which the certificate is accompanying.

(3) An accredited document is considered to be valid provided

where

(a) the reinforcement product covered by the document

has not been withdrawn from the market in any

Member State for reasons related to the accuracy,

precision or reliability of it technical properties listed

in Schedule I; and

(b) the accredited document has not been withdrawn by

the accredited body; and

(c) the document is traceable to the reinforcement product

which the document is accompanying; and

(d) the technical properties listed in Schedule I are

declared using a standard implemented by a

Standardisation Organisation of a Member State and

the standard has not been withdrawn at the time of

issue of the accredited document.

(1) A reinforcement product shall always be accompanied

by a national certificate or an accredited document which declares

the technical properties of the product from those listed in Schedule

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I.

(2) The technical properties referred to in subregulation (1)

shall be appropriate for the reinforcement product that the national

certificate or accredited document accompanies.

(3) A reinforcement product that is accompanied by a reference

to a certificate or an accredited document mentioned in sub-

regulation (1) is deemed to satisfy the provisions of that sub-

regulation provided that the certificate or accredited document can

be presented within thirty days of a request made by the Director of

Market Surveillance or his delegate or any warrant holder with in

the meaning of the Periti Act.

The documentation referred to in regulations 3 and 4 shall

be kept available by the responsible person for at least seventeen

years.

These regulations shall not apply to reinforcement products

the properties of which are declared by the application of the

Construction Products Regulations, or other legal instrument of a

Member State that implements Directive 89/106/ EEC.

(1) Violations of these regulations or of provisions and

decisions issued in pursuance thereof are construed as

infringements to the Act.

(2) The penalties applicable shall be those provided for in

article 32 of the Act.

(3) The provisions of articles 4, 6, 7, 12, 14, 23, 26, 29 and 32

of the Act shall apply in respect of offences under regulations 3, 4

and 5.

These regulations have been notified in terms of Directive

98/34/EC, as amended by Directive 98/48/EC, as transposed by the

Notification Procedure Regulations.

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