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Amendments Toy Safety Directive

— Han Zuyderwijk

Amendments Toy Safety Directive 2009/48/EC as published in November 2021: a summary

The European Commission has made changes to the list of harmonized standards under the Toys Safety Directive. These have been published on 16-11-2021. In this article, we summarize the standards on the list that have been amended.

Amendments Toy Safety Directive
Amendments Toy Safety Directive | Graphics: Ellina Goncharova from Alura Group

The following standards are replaced with effect from 28 November 2021:

  • EN 71-7:2014+A2:2018 (Part 7: Finger paints – Requirements and test methods) is replaced by EN 71-7:2014+A3:2020 (Part 7: Finger paints — Requirements and test methods)

Informative note:

For the allowed preservative Climbazole (entry 22 in Table B.1 of Annex B to this standard) the presumption of conformity applies up to a maximum allowed concentration of 0,2 % (not: 0,5 %). (As seen in the ADDENDUM)

  • EN 71-12:2013 (Part 12: N-Nitrosamines and N-nitrosatable substances) wordt vervangen door EN 71-12:2016 (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 N-nitrosamines

  • Standard EN 71-12:2016: 0,01 mg/kg
  • Directive 2009/48/EC: 0,05 mg/kg

Substance N-nitrosatable

  • Standard EN 71-12:2016: 0,1 mg/kg
  • Directive 2009/48/EC: 1 mg/kg

The following standards are replaced with effect from 21 February 2022:

  • EN 62115:2005 (Electric toys – Safety) IEC 62115:2003 (Modified) + A1:2004
  • EN 62115 :2005/A2:2011 (IEC 62115:2003/A2:2010 (Modified)
  • EN 62115:2005/A2:2011/AC:2011
  • EN 62115:2005/A11:2012
  • EN 62115:2005/A11:2012/AC:2013
  • EN 62115:2005/A12:2015

are replaced by EN IEC 62115:2020 (Electric toys — Safety) EN IEC 62115:2020/A11:2020

The following standards are replaced with effect from 15 May 2022:

  • EN 71-2:2011+A1:2014 (Part 2: Flammability) is replaced by EN 71-2:2020 (Part 2: Flammability).
  • EN 71-3:2019 (Safety of toys — Part 3: Migration of certain elements) is replaced by EN 71-3:2019+A1:2021 (Safety of toys — Part 3: Migration of certain elements)
  • EN 71-4:2013 (Safety of toys — Part 4: Experimental sets for chemistry and related activities) is replaced by EN 71-4:2020 (Safety of toys — Part 4: Experimental sets for chemistry and related activities)
  • EN 71-13:2014 (Safety of toys — Part 13: Olfactory board games, cosmetic kits and gustative games) is replaced by EN 71-13:2021 (Safety of toys — Part 13: Olfactory board games, cosmetic kits and gustative games)

Amendments Toy Safety Directive — Source: EUR-lex