Cap. 427 Art. 9Assessment of general safety requirement.

(1) In the absence of specific rules, the conformity of a product to the general safety requirement shall be assessed having regard to -

(a) any relevant voluntary National Standards giving effect to a European Standard; or

(b) to any relevant European technical specifications, if any; or

(c) failing the above, to any other relevant National Standards as well as to codes of good practice in respect of health and safety, the state of the art and technology in the sector concerned, and to the standards of safety which consumers are reasonably entitled to expect.

(2) In this article, the terms "National Standard", "European Standard" and "technical specifications" shall have the meaning attributed to them in the Malta Competition and Consumer Affairs

Authority Act.