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NOMINAL QUANTITIES FOR PREPACKED PRODUCTS REGULATIONS
Table of Provisions (7)
Statutory Text (7 Articles)
NOMINAL QUANTITIES FOR PREPACKED PRODUCTS
SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION 454.16
NOMINAL QUANTITIES FOR
PREPACKED PRODUCTS REGULATIONS
11th April, 2009 *
LEGAL NOTICE 197 of 2008.
(1) The title of these regulations is the Nominal Quantities
for Prepacked Products Regulations.
(2) These regulations implement the requirements of Directive
2007/45/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5th
September 2007 laying down rules on nominal quantities for
prepacked products.
RANGE OF NOMINAL QUANTITIES OF CONTENTS OF PREPACKAGES
Section 1. Products sold by volume (quantity in ml)
On the interval from 100 ml to 1 500 ml only the following 8
nominal quantitiesn
ml: 100 - 187 - 250 - 375 - 500 - 750 - 1 000 - 1 500
On the interval from 100 ml to 1 500 ml only the following
nominal quantity
ml: 620
On the interval from 125 ml to 1 500 ml only the following 5
nominal quantities
ml: 125 - 200 - 375 - 750 - 1 500
On the interval from 100 ml to 1 500 ml only the following 7
nominal quantities
ml: 100 - 200 - 375 - 500 - 750 - 1 000 - 1500
On the interval from 100 ml to 1500 ml only the following 7
nominal quantities
ml: 100 - 200 - 375 - 500 - 750 - 1 000 - 1 500
On the interval from 100 ml to 2 000 ml only the following 9
nominal quantities
ml: 100 - 200 - 350 - 500 - 700 - 1 000 - 1 500 - 1 750 - 2 000
Section 2. Product definitions
Wine as defined in Article 1(2)(b) of Council Regulation (EC)
No 1493/1999 of 17 May 1999 on the common organisation
of the market in wine (CN code ex 2204).
Wine as defined in Article 1(2)(b) of Regulation (EC) No
1493/1999 (CN code ex 2204) with the designation of origin
'Cotes du Jura', 'Arbois', 'L'Etoile' and 'Chateau-Chalon' in
bo tt le s as de fi ne d in A nn ex I , p oi nt 3 o f Co m mi ssi on
Regulation (EC) No 753/2002 of 29 April 2002 laying down
certain rules for applying Council Regulation (EC) No 1493/
1999 as regards the description, designation, presentation and
protection of certain wine sector products.
Wine as defined in Article 1(2)(b) and in Annex I, points 15,
16, 17 and 18 of Regulation (EC) No 149311999 (CN code
2204 10).
Wine as defined in Article 1(2)(b) and in Annex I, point 14 of
Regulation (EC) No 1493/ 1999 (CN code 2204 21 - 2204
29).
Aromatised wine as defined in Article 2(1)(a) of Council
Regulation (EEC) No 1601/91 of 10 June 1991 laying down
general rules on the definition, description and presentation
of aromatised wines, aromatised wine-based drinks and
aromatised wine-product cocktails (CN code 2205).
NOMINAL QUANTITIES FOR PREPACKED PRODUCTS
Spirit drinks as defined in Article 1(2) of Council Regulation
(EEC) No 1576/89 of29 May 1989 laying down general rules
on the definition, description and presentation of spirit drinks
(CN code 2208).
(1) This regulation lays down rules on the nominal
quantities for products put up in prepackages. It shall apply to
prepacked products and prepackages, as defined in regulation 2 of
the Make-Up by Weight or by Volume of Certain Prepackaged
Products Regulations.
(2) These regulations shall not apply to the products listed in
the Schedule which are sold in duty-free shops for consumption
outside the European Union.
Save as otherwise provided for in regulation 4, no refusal,
prohibition or restriction in the Maltese territory of prepacked
products on grounds relating to the nominal quantities of package
shall be made.
(1) Products listed in section 2 of the Schedule and put in
prepackages in the intervals listed in section 1 shall only be placed
on the market if they are prepacked in the nominal quantities listed
in section 1 of the Schedule.
(2) Aerosol dispensers shall indicate the nominal total capacity
of the container. The indication shall be such as not to create
confusion with the nominal volume of the contents.
(3) By way of derogation from regulation 5.2 of the Aerosol
Dispensers Regulations, products which are sold in aerosol
dispensers need not be marked with the nominal weight of their
contents.
(1) For the purposes of regulation 4(1), where two or more
individual prepackages make up a multipack, the nominal
quantities listed in section 1 of the Schedule shall apply to each
individual prepackage.
(2) Where a prepackage is made up of two or more individual
packages which are not intended to be sold individually, the
nominal quantities listed in section 1 of the Schedule shall apply to
the prepackage.
*See regulation 1(3) of these regulations as originally promulgated.
NOMINAL QUANTITIES FOR PREPACKED PRODUCTS