S.L. 427.67 Art. 3Definitions. Cap. 427. Interpretation.

(1) In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires: "Minister" means the Minister responsible for the Malta Standards Authority; "Act" means the Product Safety Act;

"Chairman" means the Chairman of the Committee;

"competent authority" means the Malta Standards Authority; "committee" means the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restrictions of Chemicals Enforcement (E-REACH) Committee;

"chemical" means a substance or preparation; "substance" means a chemical element and its compounds in the natural state or obtain by any manufacturing proves, including any additive necessary to preserve its stability and any impurity derived from the process used, but excluding any solvent which may be separated without affecting the stability of the substance or changing its composition;

"preparation" means a mixture or solution composed of two or more substances;

"Council Regulation" means Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 December 2006 concerning the Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH), establishing a European Chemicals Agency, amending Directive 1999/45/EC and repealing Council Regulation (EEC) No 793/93 and Commission Regulation

(EC) No 1488/94 as well as Council Directive 76/769/EEC and Commission Directives 91/155/EEC, 93/67/EEC, 93/105/EC and 2000/21/EC.

(2) Any other terminology shall be understood to have the same meaning ascribed to it under the Council Regulation.