EU releases list of toy safety coordination standards
Recently, the “Official Gazette†of the European Union published the latest European list of harmonized standards for toy safety. This list is based on Toy Safety Directive 2009/48/ec and publishes the following three first published harmonized standard names and reference numbers: Dog Rope & Tug Toys,Dog Plush Toys,Dog Chew Toys,Dog Fetch Toys,Dog Interactive Toys Ningbo New Glory International Trading Co.,Ltd , https://www.newglory-pet.com
1.en71-1:2014—Safety of Toys—Part I: Mechanical and Physical Characteristics. The new standard will replace the bsen71-1:2011+a3:2014 standard, but it will only contain a few new technical requirements. One of the technical amendments relating to Article 5.4 “Toys with automatic retrieval of drawstrings†is particularly noteworthy. Originally such drawstrings could not be automatically recovered under certain test conditions. New standards allow such drawstrings to be automatically recovered. And the upper limit is 6 mm.
2.en71-3:2013+a1:2014—Safety of toys—Part three: Migration of several elements. The new standard sets specific migration regulations and test methods for various elements in toy materials and other toy parts, including aluminum, gallium, arsenic, antimony, boron, cadmium, trivalent chromium, hexavalent chromium, cobalt, copper, lead. , manganese, mercury, nickel, selenium, tellurium, tin, organotin, and zinc. Unless packaging materials are intended for use in games, they are not toy parts.
3.en71-14:2014—Safety of Toys—Part 14: Home Elastic Beds. This standard sets out specific regulations and test methods for domestic missile beds and related equipment. This kind of trampoline can be used by one person outdoors or on the ground inside the house. Various types of missile beds, including the use of bullet beds for fitness equipment, inflatable floating springs, and bullet beds used in public playgrounds, are not regulated by standards.
Therefore, to remind relevant toy exporters to strengthen communication with foreign customers, and in addition to a detailed understanding of the latest list of EU's safety coordination standards, to strengthen quality monitoring and testing to ensure that their own toys meet the latest standards, with high quality and safe products. Win the trust of the international toy market.