S.L. 549.34 ст. 3Definitions.

In these regulations, unless the context otherwise requires:

"Agreement" means an agreement, to which Malta is a party, entered into by a group of states reciprocally granting to citizens of such states or their dependants the right to enter, remain and reside in and leave the territory of such state, to move freely within such states for such period as may be established in the agreement and to work or establish, provide or receive services therein; and "Agreement State" and "citizen of an Agreement State" shall be construed accordingly; and where a state is a party to such an Agreement subject to modifications and adaptations, a citizen of an Agreement State shall be subject to such modifications or adaptations as may be prescribed"Chairman" means the Chairman of the Committee; "chemical substances" means chemical elements and their compounds in the natural state or obtained by any production process, including any additive necessary to preserve the stability of the products and any impurity deriving from the process used, but excluding any solvent which may be separated without affecting the stability of the substance or changing its composition; "chemicals" means chemical substances or preparations; "committee" means the Chemicals Co-Ordinating Committee;

"competent authority" means the Chemicals Co-ordinating Committee;

"main regulations" means the Export and Imports of Certain Dangerous Chemicals Regulations;

"management" means the production, manufacture, transport or storage of chemicals and the ultimate fate into the environment;

"Minister" means the Minister responsible for the environment; "placing on the market" means making available to third parties, whether in return for payment or free of charge; "preparations" means mixtures or solutions composed of two or more substances.

Any other terminology shall be understood to have the same meaning ascribed to it under the main regulations.