Commission communication in the framework of the implementation of the Council Directive 88/378/EEC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States concerning the safety of toys (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2007-06-08
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: European standard, approximation of laws, harmonisation of standards, product safety, safety standard, toy industry

8.6.2007

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

C 127/5

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

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2007/C 127/02)

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

ESO (1)

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

Reference of
superseded standard

Date of cessation of
presumption of confor-
mity of superseded
standard
Note 1

Date of first
publication

CEN

EN 71-1:2005 (2) (3) (4) (5)

Safety of toys — Part 1: Mechanical and physical properties

EN 71-1:1998

The date of this
publication

This is the first
publication

EN 71-1:2005/A3:2006

EN 71-1:2005/AC:2006

CEN

EN 71-2:2006

Safety of toys — Flammability

EN 71-2:2006/AC:2006

Note 3

The date of this
publication

This is the first
publication

EN 71-2:2003

Date Expired
(31.7.2006)

31.5.2006

CEN

EN 71-3:1994

Safety of toys — Part 3: Migration of certain elements

EN 71-3:1988

Date Expired
(30.6.1995)

EN 71-3:1994/A1:2000

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

EN 71-3:1994/AC:2002

Note 3

Date Expired
(31.10.2000)

CEN

EN 71-4:1990

Safety of toys — Part 4: Experimental sets for chemistry and
related activities

EN 71-4:1990/A1:1998

EN 71-4:1990/A2:2003

CEN

EN 71-5:1993

Safety of toys — Part 5: Chemical toys (sets) other than experi-
mental sets

EN 71-5:1993/A1:2006

CEN

EN 71-6:1994

Safety of toys — Part 6: Graphical symbol for age warning label-
ling

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Note 3

Note 3

—

Note 3

—

Date Expired
(31.10.1998)

Date Expired
(31.1.2004)

Date Expired
(31.7.2006)

31.5.2006

12.10.1995

14.9.2001

8.8.2002

15.3.2003

9.2.1991

5.9.1998

9.12.2003

1.9.1993

31.5.2006

22.6.1995

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EN

Official Journal of the European Union

8.6.2007

ESO (1)

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

Reference of
superseded standard

CEN

EN 71-7:2002

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

CEN

EN 71-8:2003

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

—

—

Date of cessation of
presumption of confor-
mity of superseded
standard
Note 1

Date of first
publication

15.3.2003

9.12.2003

EN 71-8:2003/A1:2006

Note 3

30.11.2006

26.10.2006

(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.cen.eu)
— 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.eu)

(2) Notice: ‘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’ — Commission Decision 2001/579/EC (OJ L 205, 31.7.2001, p. 39).

(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: ‘Cup-shaped, bowl-shaped or one half of an egg-shaped toys having a nearly round, oval or elliptical opening which are intended for drinking, such as toy tea sets,
may present a risk for children health. These toys are not covered by the standard, therefore, these products must have an EC type examination certificate and the confor-
mity with the approved model must have been certified by the affixation of the EC marking.’ — Commission Decision of 23 March 2005 (OJ L 85, 27.3.2007, p. 7).
(5) Notice: ‘In case of projectiles toys with suction cups with an impact area, the requirement laid down in clause 4.17.1 (b), according to which the tension test is performed

in accordance with clause 8.4.2.3, does not cover the risk of asphyxiation presented by these toys.’ — Commission Decision of 4 April 2007, (1.4.2007, p.18).

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.

Note:

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

— 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.

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