Commission Communication in the framework of the implementation of Council Directive 88/378/EEC of 3 May 1988 concerning the approximation of the laws of the Member States referring to the safety of toys (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2003-03-15
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: European standard, approximation of laws, harmonisation of standards, product safety, safety standard, technical standard, toy industry

C 62/4

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

15.3.2003

Commission Communication in the framework of the implementation of Council Directive
88/378/EEC of 3 May 1988 concerning the approximation of the laws of the Member States
referring to the safety of toys (1)

(2003/C 62/03)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(Publication of titles and references of European harmonised standards under the Directive)

ESO (1)

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Reference of the superseded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the superseded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
publication

CEN EN 71-1:1998

Safety of
Mechanical
properties

toys — Part 1:
physical

and

EN 71-1:1988 (2)

31.1.2001

28.7.1999 (3)

CEN EN 71-1:1998/
A5:2000

toys — Part 1:
Safety of
Mechanical
physical
properties — Amendment 5

and

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

14.9.2001 (4)

CEN EN 71-1:1998/
A1:2001

toys — Part 1:
Safety of
Mechanical
physical
properties — Amendment 1

and

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

clauses

31.7.2001

14.9.2001 (5)

CEN EN 71-1:1998/
A2:2002

toys — Part 1:
Safety of
Mechanical
physical
properties — Amendment 2

and

EN 71-1:1998,
4.20, 7.8, 8.31.2.4

clauses

31.8.2002

8.8.2002 (6)

CEN EN 71-1:1998/
A6:2002

toys — Part 1:
Safety of
physical
Mechanical
properties — Amendment 6

and

EN 71-1:1998, clauses 1,
4.17, C.23

30.9.2002

8.8.2002 (7)

CEN EN 71-1:1998/
A7:2002

Safety of
toys — Part 1:
physical
Mechanical
properties — Amendment 7

and

EN 71-1:1998,
8.41,
4.14.1,
8.41.2, C.17

clauses
8.41.1,

30.11.2002

8.8.2002 (8)

In accordance with the Commission Decision of 30 July 2001 (9), 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 of
Flammability

toys — Part 2:

EN 71-2:1988 (10)

30.4.1994

11.5.1994 (11)

CEN EN 71-2:1993/
AC:1995

toys — Part 2:
Safety of
Flammability — corrigendum

Not applicable

Not applicable

8.8.2002 (12)

CEN EN 71-3:1994

toys — Part 3:
Safety of
Migration of certain elements

EN 71-3:1988 (13)

30.6.1995

12.10.1995 (14)

(1) OJ L 187, 16.7.1988.

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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
publication

CEN EN 71-3:1994/
AC:2002

Safety of
toys — Part 3:
Migration of certain elements
— corrigendum

Not applicable

Not applicable This is the first

publication

CEN EN 71-3:1994/
A1:2000

Safety of
toys — Part 3:
Migration of certain elements
— Amendment 1

31.10.2000

14.9.2001 (15)

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,

CEN EN 71-3:1994/
A1:2000/
AC:2000

toys — Part 3:
Safety of
Migration of certain elements
— Amendment 1 — corri-
gendum

Not applicable

Not applicable

8.8.2002 (16)

CEN EN 71-4:1990

CEN EN 71-4:1990/
A1:1998

Safety of
Experimental
chemistry
activities

toys — part 4:
for
sets
related

and

Safety of
Experimental
chemistry
activities — Amendment 1

toys — Part 4:
for
sets
related

and

Not applicable

Not applicable

9.2.1991 (17)

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 (18)

CEN EN 71-5:1993

Safety of
Chemical
than experimental sets

toys — Part 5:
(sets) other
toys

Not applicable

Not applicable

1.9.1993 (19)

CEN EN 71-6:1994

Safety of
Graphical
warning labelling

toys — Part 6:
age
symbol

for

Not applicable

Not applicable 22.6.1995 (20)

CEN EN 71-7:2002

toys — Part 7:
Safety of
Finger paints – Requirements
and test methods

Not applicable

Not applicable This is the first

publication

Cenelec EN

Safety of electric toys

Not applicable

Not applicable 21.6.1997 (21)

50088:1996

Cenelec EN

50088:1996/
A2:1997

Safety of
Amendment 2

electric

toys —

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

1.3.2000

27.11.1999 (22)

Cenelec EN

50088:1996/
A1:1996

Safety of
Amendment 1

electric

toys —

EN 50088:1996,
14.2

clause

1.10.2001

21.6.1997 (23)

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ESO (1)

Reference

Title of the standard and
reference document

Reference of the superseded
standard

Cenelec EN

50088:1996/
A3: 2002

Safety of
Amendment 3

electric

toys —

EN 50088:1996, clauses 1,
2.3.1.6, 3.1.8., 3.2.3, 3.5.1,
3.5.4, 5.1.4, 5.1.5, 6, 6.1,
6.2, 7.1.1, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4,
7.7, 9.2, 9.3, 9.4, 9.5,
9.8, 9.8.2, 9.9, 11.1, 13,
14.6, 14.7, 14.10, 14.12,
16.3, 17.1, 19.2.1, 19.2.2,
19.2.3, 20, Annexes

(1) European standardisation organisation:

Date of cessation
of presumption
of conformity of
the superseded
standard

Date of first
publication

1.3.2005

This is the first
publication

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(3) OJ C 215, 28.7.1999, p. 4.
(4) OJ C 256, 14.9.2001, p. 4.
(5) OJ C 256, 14.9.2001, p. 4.
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(9) OJ L 205, 31.7.2001, p. 39.
(10) OJ C 155, 23.6.1989, p. 2.
(11) OJ C 129, 11.5.1994 p. 13.
(12) OJ C 188, 8.8.2002, p. 8.
(13) OJ C 155, 23.6.1989, p. 2.
(14) OJ C 265, 12.10.1995, p. 23.
(15) OJ C 256, 14.9.2001, p. 4.
(16) OJ C 188, 8.8.2002, p. 8.
(17) OJ C 34, 9.2.1991, p. 4.
(18) OJ C 277, 5.9.1998, p. 2.
(19) OJ C 237, 1.9.1993, p. 2.
(20) OJ C 156, 22.6.1995, p. 4.
(21) OJ C 190, 21.6.1997, p. 8.
(22) OJ C 340, 27.11.1999, p. 69.
(23) OJ C 190, 21.6.1997, p. 8.

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