Commission communication in the framework of the implementation of the Council Directive 88/378/EEC of 3 May 1988 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States concerning the safety of toys   (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2005-08-02
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: harmonisation of standards, product safety, safety standard, toy industry

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Commission communication in the framework of the implementation of the Council Directive
88/378/EEC of 3 May 1988 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States concerning the
safety of toys

(2005/C 188/02)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(Publication of titles and references of harmonised standards under the directive)

Reference and title of the harmonised standard
(and reference document)

Reference of
superseded standard

Date of cessation of presump-
tion of conformity of super-
seded standard
Note 1

ESO (1)

CEN

EN 71-1:1998 (2) (4)
Safety of toys — Part 1: Mechanical and physical
properties

EN 71-1:1988

EN 71-1:1998/A5:2000

EN 71-1:1998/A1:2001

EN 71-1:1998/A2:2002

EN 71-1:1998/A6:2002

EN 71-1:1998/A7:2002

EN 71-1:1998/A8:2003 (3)

EN 71-1:1998/A4:2004

EN 71-1:1998/A10:2004

EN 71-1:1998/A11:2004

Note 3

Note 3

Note 3

Note 3

Note 3

Note 3

Note 3

Note 3

Note 3

CEN

CEN

EN 71-2:2003
Safety of toys — Part 2: Flammability

EN 71-2:1993

EN 71-3:1994
Safety of toys — Part 3: Migration of certain elements

EN 71-3:1988

EN 71-3:1994/A1:2000

Note 3

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

EN 71-3:1994/AC:2002

CEN

EN 71-4:1990
Safety of toys — Part 4: experimental sets for chem-
istry and related activities

EN 71-4:1990/A1:1998

EN 71-4:1990/A2:2003

—

Note 3

Note 3

Date expired
(31.1.2001)

Date expired
(31.5.2001)

Date expired
(31.7.2001)

Date expired
(31.8.2002)

Date expired
(30.9.2002)

Date expired
(30.11.2002)

Date expired
(31.3.2004)

31.12.2005

31.12.2005

31.12.2005

Date expired
(31.3.2004)

Date expired
(30.6.1995)

Date expired
(31.10.2000)

Date expired
(31.10.1998)

Date expired
(31.1.2004)

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ESO (1)

CEN

CEN

CEN

CEN

Reference and title of the harmonised standard
(and reference document)

Reference of
superseded standard

Date of cessation of presump-
tion of conformity of super-
seded standard
Note 1

EN 71-5:1993
Safety of toys — Part 5: Chemical toys (sets) other
than experimental sets

EN 71-6:1994
Safety of toys — Part 6: Graphical symbol for age
warning labelling

EN 71-7:2002
Safety of toys — Part 7: Finger paints — Require-
ments and test methods

EN 71-8:2003
Safety of toys — Part 8: Swings, slides and similar
activity toys for indoor and outdoor family domestic
use

—

—

—

—

CENELEC

EN 50088:1996
Safety of electric toys

None

—

Amendment A2:1997 to EN 50088:1996

Note 3

Amendment A1:1996 to EN 50088:1996

Note 3

Amendment A3:2002 to EN 50088:1996

Note 3

Date expired
(1.3.2000)

Date expired
(1.10.2001)

Date expired
(1.3.2005)

(1) ESO: European Standardisation Organisation:

— CEN: rue de Stassart 36, B-1050 Brussels, tel. (32-2) 550 08 11; fax (32-2) 550 08 19 (http://www.cenorm.be)
— CENELEC: rue de Stassart 35, B-1050 Brussels, tel. (32-2) 519 68 71; fax (32-2) 519 69 19 (http://www.cenelec.org)
— ETSI: 650, route des Lucioles, F-06921 Sophia Antipolis, tel. (33) 492 94 42 00; fax (33) 493 65 47 16 (http://www.etsi.org)
(2) Notice: In accordance with the Commission Decision of 30 July 2001 (OJ L 205, 31.7.2001, p. 39), 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.

(3) Notice: The standard EN 71-1:1998/A8:2003 only addresses the risks caused by ‘small balls’ (as defined in the standard as ‘spherical,
ovoid, or ellipsoidal object’) that are designed or intended to be thrown, hit, kicked, rolled, dropped or bounced. Toys containing
small balls which are not covered by the standard shall undergo an EC type-examination certificate before placed on the market.
(4) Notice: In accordance with the Commission Decision of 9 March 2005 (OJ L 63, 10.3.2005, p. 27), Clause 4.6 of standard EN 71-
1:1998 and Clause 8.14 thereof, in so far as it relates to the 24-hour period during which a toy must be submerged in a container,
do not cover all the risks presented by toys and component parts of toys made of expanding materials. The standard does not give a
presumption of conformity in that respect.

Note 1 Generally the date of cessation of presumption of conformity will be the date of withdrawal
(‘dow’), set by the European Standardisation Organisation, but attention of users of these standards
is drawn to the fact that in certain exceptional cases this can be otherwise.

Note 3 In case of amendments, the referenced standard is EN CCCCC:YYYY, its previous amendments, if
any, and the new, quoted amendment. The superseded standard (column 3) therefore consists of
EN CCCCC:YYYY and its previous amendments, if any, but without the new quoted amendment.
On the date stated, the superseded standard ceases to give presumption of conformity with the
essential requirements of the directive.

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NOTE:

— Any information concerning the availability of the standards can be obtained either from the European
Standardisation Organisations or from the national standardisation bodies of which the list is annexed
to Directive 98/34/EC (1) of the European Parliament and of the Council amended by Directive
98/48/EC (2).

— Publication of the references in the Official Journal of the European Union does not imply that the stan-

dards are available in all the Community languages.

— This list replaces all the previous lists published in the Official Journal of the European Union. The

Commission ensures the updating of this list.

More information about harmonised standards on the Internet at
http://europa.eu.int/comm/enterprise/newapproach/standardization/harmstds/

(1) OJ L 204, 21.7.1998, p. 37.
(2) OJ L 217, 5.8.1998, p. 18.