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L.N. 215 of 2019
PRODUCT SAFETY ACT
(CAP. 427)
Safety of Toys (Amendment) Regulations, 2019
IN EXERCISE of the powers conferred by articles 38 and 39 of
the Product Safety Act, the Minister for Justice, Culture and Local
Government, on the advice of the Director General (Technical
Regulations), has made the following regulations:-
Citation.
S.L. 427.40.1. The title of these regulations is the Safety of Toys
(Amendment) Regulations, 2019 and these regulations shall be re ad
and construed as one with the Safety of Toys Regulations, hereinafter
referred to as "the principal regulations".
Amends 
regulation 1 of 
the principal regulations. 2. Sub-regulations (2), (3) and (4) of regulation 1 of the
principal regulations shall be substituted by the following:
"(2) These regulations lay dow n rules on the safety of toys
and on their free movement in the Community and transpose the
following:
(a) Directives 88/378/EEC, 2008/112/EC, 2009/48/
EC, and 2012/7/EU;
(b) Commission Directive (EU) 2015/2115 of 23
November 2015 amending, for the purpose of adoptingspecific limit values for che micals used in toys, Appendix
C to Annex II to Directive 2009/48/EC of the European
Parliament and of the Council on the safety of toys, as
regards formamide;
(c) Commission Directive (EU) 2015/2116 of 23
November 2015 amending, for the purpose of adoptingspecific limit values for che micals used in toys, Appendix
C to Annex II to Directive 2009/48/EC of the European
Parliament and of the Council on the safety of toys, as
regards benzisothiazolinone;
(d) Commission Directive (EU) 2015/2117 of 23
November 2015 amending, for the purpose of adoptingspecific limit values for che micals used in toys, Appendix
C to Annex II to Directive 2009/48/EC of the European
Parliament and of the Council on the safety of toys, as
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regards chloromethylisothiazolinone and
methylisothiazolinone, both individually and in a ratio of
3:1;
(e) Council Directive (EU) 2017/738 of 27 March
2017 amending, for the purpose of adapting to technicalprogress, Annex II to Directive 2009/48/EC of theEuropean Parliament and of the Council on the safety of
toys, as regards lead;
(f) Commission Directive (EU) 2017/774 of 3 May
2017 amending, for the purpose of adopting specific limit
values for chemicals used in toys, Appendix C to Annex IIto Directive 2009/48/EC of the European Parliament and of
the Council on the safety of toys, as regards phenol; 
(g) Commission Directive (EU) 2017/898 of 24
May 2017 amending, for the purpose of adopting specificlimit values for chemicals used in toys, Appendix C to
Annex II to Directive 2009/48/EC of the EuropeanParliament and of the Council on the safety of toys, as
regards bisphenol A; and 
(h) Commission Directive (EU) 2018/725 of 16
May 2018 amending, for the purpose of adaptation totechnical and scientific developments, point 13 of part III
of Annex II to Directive 2009/48/EC of the EuropeanParliament and of the Council on the safety of toys, as
regards chromium VI.
(3) These regulations shall apply to toys falling under the
scope of the principal regulations.
(4) Regulation 1(2)(h) shall come into force on the 18th
November 2019.".
Amends 
Schedule I to 
the principal regulations. 3. In the table under point 15 of Part IV of Schedule I to the
principal regulations, the entry for ‘Chromium (VI)’ shall be
substituted by the following:
Element: mg/kg in dry, 
brittle, powder-
like or pliable 
toy material:mg/kg in 
liquid or 
sticky toy 
material:mg/kg in 
scraped-off 
toy material:
"Chromium (VI) 0.02 0.005 0.053".
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