Commission Communication in the framework of the implementation of Council Directive 88/378/EEC of 3 May 1998 concerning the approximation of the laws of the Member States referring to the safety of toys (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2001-09-14
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: approximation of laws, product safety, toy industry

C 256/4

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

14.9.2001

Commission Communication in the framework of the implementation of Council Directive
88/378/EEC of 3 May 1998 concerning the approximation of the laws of the Member States
referring to the safety of toys (1)

(2001/C 256/04)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(Publication of titles and references of European harmonised standards under Directive 88/378/EEC)

European
standards
organisation

Reference

Title of the standard and
reference document

Reference of the superseded
standard

Date of cessation
of presumption
of conformity of
the superseded
standard

Date
of first publi-
cation

CEN

EN 71-1:1998

Safety
of
Mechanical
properties

1:
toys-Part
and physical

EN 71-1:1988 (2)

31.1.2001

28.7.1999 (3)

CEN

EN 71-1998/
A5:2000

1:
toys-Part
of
Safety
Mechanical
and physical
properties (cid:151) Amendment
5

EN 71-1:1998, clauses 3.7,
4.4, 4.15.1.4, 4.16, 5.4,
7.18, 8.2, 8.4.2.2, 8.11.3,
8.15, 8.17, 8.26.2.2, C.5,
C.10, C.30, C.32

31.5.2001 This is the first

publication

CEN

EN 71-1:1998/
A1:2001

1:
toys-Part
Safety
of
Mechanical
and physical
properties (cid:151) Amendment

EN 71-1:1998,
4.15.1, 7.11, C.19

clauses

31.7.2001 This is the first

publication

In accordance with the Commission Decision of 30 July 2001 (4), clause 4.20(d) of EN 71-1:1998, concerning the
C-weighted peak emission sound pressure level produced by a toy using percussion caps, grants presumption of
conformity only as from 1 August 2001.

CEN

EN 71-2:1993

Safety
Flammability

of

toys-Part

2:

EN 71-2:1988 (5)

30.4.1994

11.5.1999 (6)

CEN

EN 71-3:1994

Safety
of
Migration
elements

toys-Part
of

3:
certain

CEN

EN 71-3:1994/
A1:2000

3:
Safety
of
Migration
certain
elements (cid:151) Amendment 1

toys-Part
of

CEN

EN 71-4:1990

of

Safety
Experimental
chemistry
activities

toys-part
sets

4:
for
related

and

CEN

EN 71-4:1990/
A1:1998

CEN

EN 71-5:1993

CEN

EN 71-6:1994

(1) OJ L 187, 16.7.1988.

of

toys-Part
sets

4:
Safety
for
Experimental
chemistry
related
activities (cid:151) Amendment 1

and

of

toys-Part

5:
Safety
Chemical toys (sets) other
than experimental sets

of
Safety
Graphical symbol
warning labelling

toys-Part

6:
for age

EN 71-3:1988 (7)

30.6.1995

12.10.1995 (8)

31.10.2000 This is the first

publication

EN 71-3:1994,
clauses
8.71, 8.72, 8.8.1, 8.9.1,
8.9.2, 6.1.6, Annex A,
8.3.1,
D.5.1,
8.4.1, 8.6.1, 8.7.1, 8.7.2,
8.9.1, 8.9.2, D.3

8.2.1,

5,

Not applicable

Not
applicable

9.2.1991 (9)

EN 71-4:1990, clauses 6.1,
6.2, 6.3, 6.5, 7.1, 7.3.2,
9.1, 9.3

31.10.1998

5.9.1998 (10)

Not applicable

Not
applicable

1.9.1993 (11)

Not applicable

Not
applicable

22.6.1995 (12)

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EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

C 256/5

European
standards
organisation

Reference

Title of the standard and
reference document

Reference of the superseded
standard

Cenelec

EN 50088:1996

Safety of electric toys

Not applicable

Cenelec

EN 50088:1996/
A2:1997

Safety of electric toys (cid:151)
Amendment 2

EN 50088:1996, clauses 1,
3.2.2, H.1, H.5, H.7.1,
H.7.4, H.8, H.9.4, H.9.6,
H.9.9, H.11, H.12, H.13,
H.14, H.15

Date of cessation
of presumption
of conformity of
the superseded
standard

Date
of first publi-
cation

Not
applicable

21.6.1997 (13)

1.3.2000

27.11.1999 (14)

Cenelec

EN 50088:1996/
A1:1996

Safety of electric toys (cid:151)
Amendment 1

EN 50088:1996,
14.2

clause

1.10.2001

21.6.1997 (15)

(1) ESO (European standardisation organisation):

(cid:151) CEN: rue de Stassart/Stassartstraat 36, B-1050 Brussels; tel. (32-2) 550 08 11, fax (32-2) 550 08 19;
(cid:151) Cenelec: rue de Stassart/Stassartstraat 35, B-1050 Brussels; tel. (32-2) 519 68 71, fax (32-2) 519 69 19;
(cid:151) ETSI: F-06921 Sophia-Antipolis Cedex France, tel. (33-0) 492 94 42 00, fax (33-0) 493 65 47 16.

(2) OJ C 155/2, 23.6.1989.
(3) OJ C 215/4, 28.7. 1999.
(4) OJ L 205/39, 31.7.2001.
(5) OJ C 155/2, 23.6.1989.
(6) OJ C 129/13, 11.5.1994.
(7) OJ C 155/2, 23.6.1989.
(8) OJ C 265/23, 12.10.1995.
(9) OJ C 34/4, 9.2.1991.
(10) OJ C 277/2, 5.9.1998.
(11) OJ C 237/2, 1.9.1993.
(12) OJ C 156/4, 22.6.1995.
(13) OJ C 190/8, 21.6.1997.
(14) OJ C 340/69, 27.11.1999.
(15) OJ C 190/8, 21.6.1997.

NOTE:

(cid:151) Any information concerning the availability of the standards can be obtained either from the European
standardisation organisations (1) or from the national standardisation bodies of which the list
is
annexed to European Parliament and Council Directive 98/34/EC (2), as amended by Council
Directive 98/48/EC (3).

(cid:151) Publication of the references in the Official Journal of the European Communities does not imply that the

standards are available in all the Community languages;

(cid:151) This list replaces all the previous lists published in the Official Journal of the European Communities.

(cid:151) The Commission ensures the updating of this list.

(1) www.cenorm.be, www.cenelec.be
(2) OJ L 204/37, 21.7.1998.
(3) OJ L 217/18, 5.8.1998.