The European Union (EU) has made three changes to its list of standards demonstrating presumption of conformity with Directive 2009/48/EC, the so-called Toy Safety Directive (TSD).

The changes were published on May 31, 2021, in Implementation Decision (EU) 2021/867. The three changes are:

• Inclusion of EN 71-7:2014+A3:2020 for finger paints. There is a six-month transitional period after which EN 71-7: 2014 + A2:2018 may not be used (November 28, 2021)
• Inclusion of EN 71-12:2016 for N-nitrosamines and N-nitrosatable substances. Contains a completely new set of four toy categories and their limit values for N-nitrosamines and N-nitrosatable substances in elastomers. Includes more stringent migration limits for N-nitrosamines and N-Nitrosatable substances from elastomeric materials in toys intended for use by children under 36 months and intended or likely to be placed into the mouth when compared to the migration limits in the TSD. There is a six-month transitional period after which EN 71-12: 2013 may not be used (November 28, 2021)
• Replaces set of eight standards for electric toys with EN IEC 62115:2020 and EN IEC 62115:2020/A11:2020. There is a nine-month transition period (February 21, 2022)

These toy safety standards came into effect on May 31, 2021, with their publication in the Official Journal of the European Union (OJEU).

To see a more comprehensive list of standards that demonstrate compliance with the TSD, view SGS’s original SafeGuard 074/21.

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