G/TBT/N/BWA/66  
 
12 October 2017  
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Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original: English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6  
 
1. Notifying Member: BOTSWANA   
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2  and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:  
Ministry of Investment Trade and Industry  
Private Bag 004  
Gaborone  
Tel: (+267) 3601200  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers, email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:   
Botswana Bureau of Standards  
Private Bag BO 48  
Gaborone  
Botswana  
Tel: (+267) 3903200  
Fax: (+267) 3903120  
Toll Free Number: (0800 600 900)  
Email: infoc@hq.bobstandards.bw  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [ X], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [   ], 5.7.1 [   ], other:  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable): Toys 
(ICS 97.200.50).  
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document: BOS ISO 8124 -
3:2010 Saf ety of toys – Part 3: Migration of certain elements (52 page(s), in English)    
6. Description of content: This part of ISO  8124 specifies maximum acceptable levels and 
methods of sampling and extraction prior to analysis for the migration of the elements 
antimony, arsenic, barium, cadmium, chromium, lead, mercury and selenium from toy 
materials and from parts of toys.  
1.2 Maximum acceptable levels are specified for the migration of the elements listed in 1.1 
from the following toy materials:  
 coatings of paints, varnishes, lacquers, printing inks, polymers and similar 
coatings (see  8.1); 
 polymeric and similar materials, including laminates, whether textile -reinforced 
or not, but excluding other textiles and non -woven textiles (see  8.2); 
 paper and paperboar d, up to a maximum mass per unit area of 
400 g/m2  (see 8.3); 
 natural, artificial or synthetic textiles (see  8.4); G/TBT/N/BWA/66  
 
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   glass/ceramic/metallic materials, excepting lead solder when used for electrical 
connections (see  8.5); 
 other materials, whether mass -coloured  or not (e.g. wood, fibreboard, 
hardboard, bone and leather) (see  8.6); 
 materials intended to leave a trace (e.g. the graphite materials in pencils and 
liquid ink in pens) (see  8.7); 
 pliable modelling materials, including modelling clays and gels (see  8.8); 
 paints to be used as such in the toy, including finger paints, varnishes, lacquers, 
glazing powders and similar materials in solid or liquid form (see  8.9). 
1.3 The requirements in this part of ISO  8124 apply to the following toys and toy 
components of t oys and toy materials (see C.2.1):  
 all intended food and oral contact toys, cosmetic toys and writing instruments 
categorized as toys, irrespective of any age grading or recommended age 
labelling;  
 all toys intended for or suitable for children up to 72  months of age;  
 accessible coatings, irrespective of any age grading or recommended age 
labelling;  
 accessible liquids, pastes, gels (e.g. liquid paints, modelling compounds), 
irrespective of any age grading or recommended age labelling.  
1.4 Packaging materials  are not included, unless they are intended to be kept, e.g. boxes, 
containers, or unless they form part of the toy or have intended play value (see C.2.2).  
NOTE   No requirements are given for toys and parts of toys which, due to their 
accessibility, funct ion, mass, size or other characteristics, are obviously unlikely to be 
sucked, licked or swallowed, bearing in mind the normal and foreseeable behaviour of 
children (e.g. the coating on the crossbeam of a swing set, the tyres of a toy bicycle).  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable: Consumer information, labelling; Prevention of deceptive practices and 
consumer protection; Quality requirements  
8. Relevant documents:  The following referenced documents a re indispensable for the 
application of this document. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For 
undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any 
amendments) applies.  
 ISO 8124-1, Safety of toys  – Part 1: Safe ty aspects related to mechanical and 
physical properties  
 ISO 3696, Water for analytical laboratory use  – Specification and test methods   
9. Proposed date of adoption: 27 November 2017  
Proposed date of entry into force: 27 November 2017  
10. Final date for comments: 27 November 2017  
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available, of other body:   
Botswana Bureau of Standards  
Information Centre  
Private Bag  BO 48  
Gaborone  
Botswana  
Tel: (+267) 3903200  
Fax: (+267) 3903120  
Toll Free Number: (0800 600 900)  
Email: infoc@hq.bobstandards.bw