Overview

Chemical substances and preparations are the foundation of our world.  Chemicals are part of our daily lives.  They are useful in many different ways.  All chemicals have different, desired or adverse, healing or harmful effects.    

The chemical industry is the most successful and diverse of the manufacturing sectors, with chemicals going into a wide range of consumer products including pharmaceutical substances, paints and inks, plastics and man-made rubber, fertilisers, soap and detergents, perfumes and cosmetics. 

The European Union is the largest chemicals producer in the world accounting for more than half of global trade. Thus the chemicals industry is vital to the success of the world’s economy.

These web pages (Regulatory Affairs / Chemicals) offer you information on the existing legislation on chemicals and on the closed, ongoing and upcoming consultations that are being prepared by the Malta Standards Authority.  Links to guidance documents and FAQs are offered where available and applicable.

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Asbestos, Dangerous Substances, Dangerous Preparations, Market Restrictions, Risk Assessment

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Regulation (EC) No 648/2004 establishes rules designed to achieve the free movement of detergents and surfactants for detergents in the internal market while, at the same time, ensuring a high degree of protection of the environment and human health.

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Placing on the market and supervision of explosives for civil uses.

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Information on amendments to the Explosives Legislation can be accessed at the Commission’s Enterprise website concerning explosives.

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Regulation (EC) No. 2003/2003 on Fertilisers establishes rules designed for products which are placed on the market as fertilisers designated with ‘EC fertiliser’ to ensure that sufficient action of internal market in fertilisers is achieved by Member States as well as circulate freely within the Community, while, at the same time, ensuring a high degree of protection of the environment and human health.

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Classification and labelling of chemicals

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Good laboratory practice (GLP) is a quality system concerned with the organisational process and the conditions under which non-clinical health and environmental safety studies

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REACH Regulation (EC) No. 1907/2006 is designed to manage and control the potential hazards and risks to human health and the environment from the manufacture, import and use of chemicals within the EU and at the same time enhances the competitiveness of European industry by fostering innovation. REACH is an acronym for the Registration, Evaluation and Authorisation of CHemicals. A fourth stage of REACH is restriction.

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