UK Announces Standards Showing Presumption of Conformity with Toy Safety Legislation
UK publishes list of toy safety standards for presumption of conformity with toy legislation enforced in Scotland, Wales and England.
- (1888PressRelease) January 15, 2021 - On December 9, 2020, the United Kingdom (UK) Department of Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS) published a list of designated toy safety standards that demonstrate presumption of conformity with Toys (Safety) Regulations 2011.
The list includes:
Mechanical and physical EN 71-1:2014+A1:2018
Flammability EN 71-2:2011+A1:2014
Migration of certain elements EN 71-3:2019
Experimental sets for chemistry and related activities EN 71-4:2013
Chemical toys (sets) other than experimental sets EN 71-5:2015
Finger paints EN 71-7:2014+A2:2018
Activity toys for domestic use EN 71-8:2018
N-Nitrosamines and N-nitrosatable substances EN 71-12:2013
Olfactory board games, cosmetic kits and gustative games EN 71-13:2014
Trampolines for domestic use EN 71-14
Electric toys:
- EN 62115:2005
- EN 62115:2005/A2:2011
- EN 62115:2005/A11:2012
- EN 62115:2005/A12:2015
- EN 62115:2005/A2:2011/AC:2011
- EN 62115:2005/A11:2012/AC:2013
Stakeholders should be aware, in relation to finger paints, that the limit for climbazole (entry 22 in Table B.1 to Annex B) has been revised from 0.5% to 0.2%. This revision was based on opinion SSC/1506/13 of the Scientific Committee on Consumer Safety (SCCS), which was adopted after the standard was published.
The UK has published the list following the end of the transition period following Brexit the UK officially left the European Union (EU) in January 2020 with a transition period that ended on December 31, 2020.
The BEIS has previously published guidance to stakeholders about placing products onto the market in Great Britain (Wales, Scotland and England). For more information, review SGS SafeGuard 143/20.
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