S.L. 627.3 Art. 27Penalties.           Cap. 413.      Cap. 413.   S.L. 601.03. S.L. 601.05.  S.L. 601.08.  S.L. 601.09.

(1) Penalties applicable to infringements of provisions of these regulations, to be enforced by the market surveillance authority, and taking into account the extent of the non-compliance, including its seriousness, and the number of units of non-complying products or services concerned, as well as the number of persons affected, shall be prescribed, and necessary measures to ensure their implementation shall be undertaken by said market surveillance authority, in terms of article

32 of the Equal Opportunities (Persons with Disability) Act.

(2) The penalties referred to in sub-regulation (1) shall also be accompanied by effective remedial action in case of non-compliance of the economic operator, prescribed in terms of the Equal Opportunities

(Persons with Disability) Act.

(3) This regulation shall not apply in respect of procurement procedures which are subject to the Public Procurement Regulations, the

Public Procurement of Entities operating in the Water, Energy, Transport and Postal Services Sectors Regulations, the Emergency Procurement

Regulations or the Concession Contract Regulations, in which respect other applicable legislation as in force from time to time shall apply.

ANNEX I

ACCESSIBILITY REQUIREMENTS FOR PRODUCTS AND SERVICES

Section I

General accessibility requirements related to all products covered by these regulations in accordance with regulation 3(1)

Products must be designed and produced in such a way as to maximise their foreseeable use by persons with disabilities and shall be accompanied where possible in or on the product by accessible information on their functioning and on their accessibility features.