S.L. 427.17 Art. 4Placing on the market.

(1) With regard to placing on the market and putting into service mentioned in the principal regulations the following shall apply:

(a) boilers shall satisfy the efficiency requirements set out in Schedule I, section 1, and the conditions for entry into service laid down on the basis of local climatic conditions and the energy and the occupancy characteristics of the buildings;

(b) however, where back-boilers and, or boilers that are to be installed in the living space are widely installed at the date of the adoption of the Efficiency Requirements for New Hot-Water Boilers Fired with Liquid or Gaseous Fuels Regulations, 2002*, the Malta Standards Authority shall authorise their entry into service, provided that their efficiency both at rated output and at 30% part load is not more than 4% below the requirements laid down in Schedule I, section 1, for standard boilers;

(c) in the case of boilers with a dual function, that of heating premises and also providing sanitary hot water, the efficiency requirements referred to in Schedule I, section 1, concern the heating function only;

(d) where boilers are subject to other regulations

*Legal Notice 62 of 2002, revoked by these regulations. concerning other aspects which also provide for the affixing of the ‘CE’ marking, the latter shall indicate that the boilers in question are also presumed to conform to the provisions of those regulations.

(2) Where one or more of these regulations allow the manufacturer, during a transitional period, to choose which arrangements to apply, the CE marking shall indicate conformity to the provisions only of those regulations applied by the manufacturer. In this case, particulars of the regulations applied, as published in the OJ, must be given in the documents, notices or instructions required by the regulations and accompanying the boilers.