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Proposal for EU to Release New Toy Safety Regulations

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2023-08-18

The European Commission released the "Proposal for Toy Safety Regulations". The regulatory proposal revised the current rules to protect children from potential risks from toys.

On July 28, 2023, the European Commission released the "Proposal for Toy Safety Regulations". The regulatory proposal revised the current rules to protect children from potential risks from toys. The deadline for submitting feedback is September 25, 2023.

Currently, toys on the EU market are regulated by Directive 2009/48/EC on toy safety. The directive applies to products designed or designed for children under 14 years old, whether or not specifically designed for children under 14 years old games. The directive sets a series of toy safety standards, covering physical and mechanical properties, flammability, chemical properties, electrical properties, hygiene, and radioactivity.

Chemicals: In order to better protect children from harmful chemicals, the regulatory proposal will not only retain the current ban on the use of carcinogenic, mutagenic, or reproductive toxic substances (CMR) in toys, but also recommend the prohibition of chemicals that affect the endocrine system (endocrine disruptors), as well as chemicals that are toxic to specific organs (including the immune, nervous, or respiratory systems). These chemicals may interfere with children's hormones, cognitive development, or affect their health.

Product passport and digitization: Manufacturers will be required to create a product passport for toys, including relevant compliance information, which will replace the EU's declaration of conformity. The introduction of product passports containing compliance information is expected to effectively reduce the number of non compliant toys in the EU market, including toys sold online. Future regulations will ensure that any toy submitted to customs can only be released for free circulation and enter the EU market with the corresponding product passport. Although the introduction of product passports will result in costs for businesses in establishing systems and creating digital passports, the European Commission stated that this will also save costs in producing necessary documents in digital rather than paper form and in responding to authorities' inspections. The product passport will meet the same technical requirements as the product passport recommended in the Sustainable Product Ecological Design Regulations (ESPR) to avoid duplication of industry digitization work and ensure interoperability with product passports created according to other EU regulations.

It is expected that the digitization of conformity declarations, product technical information, and toy technical archives will improve the efficiency of conformity assessment procedures while not hindering market surveillance activities.

Replacing the term 'warning': The proposed regulation replaces the term 'warning' with a universal pictogram (currently required to be translated into the language of member states). This will simplify the industry without affecting the protection of children. Therefore, according to this regulation, where applicable, there will be a pictogram (or any other warning) after the CE mark, indicating special risks or uses.

Product Scope: Except for slings and catapults that are no longer excluded from the scope of the proposed regulations, exempted products remain the same as the current directive.