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Tech Watch: New references of harmonised standards for toys

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On 5 April 2023, the European Commission published the Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2023/740 of 4 April 2023 on harmonised standards for toys drafted in support of Directive 2009/48/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council which repeals the Implementing Decision (EU) 2021/1992.

 

The main points of this decision are:

- The updated references of the harmonised standards for toys are listed in Annex:

No.

Title

1 EN 71-1:2014+A1:2018
Safety of toys — Part 1: Mechanical and physical properties
2 EN 71-2:2020
Safety of toys — Part 2: Flammability
3 EN 71-3:2019+A1:2021
Safety of toys — Part 3: Migration of certain elements
4 EN 71-4:2020
Safety of toys — Part 4: Experimental sets for chemistry and related activities
5 EN 71-5:2015
Safety of toys — Part 5: Chemical toys (sets) other than experimental sets
6 EN 71-7:2014+A3:2020
Safety of toys — Part 7: Finger paints — Requirements and test methods
7 EN 71-8:2018
Safety of toys — Part 8: Activity toys for domestic use
8 EN 71-12:2016
Safety of toys — Part 12: N-Nitrosamines and N-nitrosatable substances


Informative note: The limit values in point (a) of Table 2 of clause 4.2 of standard ‘EN 71-12:2016 Safety of toys — Part 12: N-Nitrosamines and N-nitrosatable substances’ are lower than the limit values to be complied with set in point 8 of part III of Annex II to Directive 2009/48/EC. In particular those values are as follows:

Substance Standard EN 71-12:2016 Directive 2009/48/EC
N-nitrosamines 0.01 mg/kg 0.05 mg/kg
N-nitrosatable 0.1 mg/kg 1 mg/kg
9 EN 71-13:2021+A1:2022
Safety of toys — Part 13: Olfactory board games, cosmetic kits and gustative games
10 EN 71-14:2018
Safety of toys — Part 14: Trampolines for domestic use
11 EN IEC 62115:2020
Electric toys — Safety
EN IEC 62115:2020/A11:2020