EU Updates List of Harmonised Standards for Toy Safety Directive

2023-04-28

On 5 April 2023, the European Commission published the "Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2023/740 of 4 April 2023 on harmonised standards for toys drafted in support of Directive 2009/48/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council". This latest list of standards can be used for presumption of conformity with the Toy Safety Directive (2009/48/EC) in the EU CE Marking System.

Compared with the last Decision (EU) 2021/1992, the only change is on the revised standards for "olfactory board games, cosmetic kits and gustative games" as shown in the table below.

Latest list of Standards:

No	Standards in New Decision	Titles	Last Decision
1	EN 71-1:2014 + A1:2018	Safety of toys – Part 1: Mechanical and physical properties	*
2	EN 71-2:2020	Safety of toys – Part 2: Flammability	*
3	EN 71-3:2019 + A1:2021	Safety of toys – Part 3: Migration of certain elements	*
4	EN 71-4:2020	Safety of toys – Part 4: Experimental sets for chemistry and related activities	*
5	EN 71-5:2015	Safety of toys – Part 5: Chemical toys (sets) other than experimental sets	*
6	EN 71-7:2014 + A3:2020	Safety of toys – Part 7: Finger paints – Requirements and test methods	*
7	EN 71-8:2018	Safety of toys – Part 8: Activity toys for domestic use	*
8	EN 71-12:2016	Safety of toys – Part 12: N-Nitrosamines and N-nitrosatable substances	*
9	EN 71-13:2021 + A1:2022	Safety of toys – Part 13: Olfactory board games, cosmetic kits and gustative games	EN 71-13:2021
10	EN 71-14:2018	Safety of toys – Part 14: Trampolines for domestic use	*
11	EN IEC 62115:2020 EN IEC 62115:2020 / A11:2020	Electric toys – Safety	*

*No change (same standards) compared with the last Decision (EU) 2021/1992

Effective Date:

Effective 4 May 2023 – the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the EU (OJEU)

Reference:

https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A32023D0740

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EU Updates List of Harmonised Standards for Toy Safety Directive