Batteries and Accumulators (Amendment) Regulations, 2009 (L.N. 88 of 2009)

B 1161VERŻJONI ELETTRONIKA L.N. 88 of 2009 PRODUCT SAFETY ACT (CAP. 427) The Batteries and Accumulators (Amendment) Regulations, 2009 IN exercise of the powers conferred by articles 38 and 39 of the Product Safety Act, the Minister of Finance, the Economy and Investment has, on the advice of the Malta Standards Authority, made the following regulations: 1. The title of these regulations is the Batteries and Accumulators (Amendment) Regulations, 2009, and they shall be read and construed as one with the Batteries and Accumulators Regulations, 2007, hereinafter referred to as “the principal regulations”. 2. These regulations provide additional measures, procedures and guidance to those in the principal regulations as well as implement the provisions of Directive 2008/103/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19th November 2008 amending Directive 2006/66/EC on batteries and accumulators and waste batteries and accumulators as regards placing batteries and accumulators on the market. 3. Definition 6 of regulation 4 of the principal regulations shall be renumbered as definition 7 thereof and immediately after definition 5 there shall be added the following definition: “6. “placing on the market” means supplying or making available, whether in return for payment or free of charge, to a third party within the Community and includes import into the customs territory of the Community.”. 4. Regulation 7 of the principal regulations shall be renumbered as regulation 9 thereof. 5. Immediately after regulation 6 of the principal regulations there shall be added the following new regulation: Citation. L.N. 311 of 2007. Scope. Amends regulation 4 of the principal regulations. Renumbers regulation 7 of the principal regulations. Adds new regulation 7 to the principal regulations. Suppliment tal-Gazzetta tal-Gvern ta’ Malta Nru. 18,393, 24 ta’ Marzu, 2009 Taqsima B B 1162 VERŻJONI ELETTRONIKA 7. Manufacturers shall promote research and improve the overall environmental performance of batteries and accumulators throughout their entire life cycle as well as develop and market batteries and accumulators which contain smaller quantities of dangerous substances or which contain less polluting substances, in particular as substitutes for mercury, cadmium and lead.”. 6. Immediately after the new regulation 7 of the principal regulations, there shall be added the following new regulation: 8. (1) The placing on the market, of batteries and accumulators that meet the requirements of these regulations, shall not be impeded, prohibited or restricted. (2) Batteries or accumulators which do not meet the requirements of these regulations shall not be placed on the market after the commencement of these regulations. Batteries and accumulators which do not meet the requirements of these regulations and which are placed on the market after this date shall be withdrawn from the market.”. “Promotion and improvement of battery performance. Adds new regulation 8 to the principal regulations. “Placing on the market. Ippubblikat mid-Dipartiment tal-Informazzjoni (doi.gov.mt) — Valletta — Published by the Department of Information (doi.gov.mt) — Valletta Mitbugħ fl-Istamperija tal-Gvern fuq karta riċiklata — Printed at the Government Printing Press on recycled paper Prezz/Price €0.09