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: 2008-09-16
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: European standard, approximation of laws, harmonisation of standards, product safety, safety standard, toy industry

C 237/14

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

16.9.2008

NOTICES FROM MEMBER STATES

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)

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

(2008/C 237/13)

ESO (1)

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

Reference of
superseded
standard

Date of cessation
of presumption of
conformity of
superseded
standard
(Note 1)

Date of first
publication

CEN

CEN

CEN

EN 71-1:2005 + A6:2008 (2)
Safety of toys — Part 1: Mechanical and physical properties

EN 71-1:2005 +
A4:2007

30.11.2008

This is the first
publication

EN 71-2:2006 + A1:2007
Safety of toys — Flammability

EN 71-2:2006

The date of this
publication

This is the first
publication

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

EN 71-3:1988

Date expired
(30.6.1995)

12.10.1995

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)

14.9.2001

8.8.2002

15.3.2003

9.2.1991

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

EN 71-4:1990/A3:2007

CEN

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

Note 3

Note 3

Note 3

—

Date expired
(31.10.1998)

5.9.1998

Date expired
(31.1.2004)

9.12.2003

Date expired
(30.11.2007)

4.10.2007

1.9.1993

EN 71-5:1993/A1:2006

Note 3

Date expired
(31.7.2006)

31.5.2006

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Official Journal of the European Union

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ESO (1)

CEN

CEN

CEN

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

Reference of
superseded
standard

Date of cessation
of presumption of
conformity of
superseded
standard
(Note 1)

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 — Requirements 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

—

—

—

Date of first
publication

22.6.1995

15.3.2003

9.12.2003

EN 71-8:2003/A1:2006

Cenelec

EN 62115:2005
Electric toys — Safety
(IEC 62115:2003 + A1:2004 (Modified))

Note 3

EN50088:1996
and its
amendments
Note 2

Date expired
(30.11.2006)

Date expired
(1.1.2008)

26.10.2006

8.3.2006

(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.eu),
— 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: ‘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 2007/224/EC (OJ L 96, 11.4.2007, 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 2 The new (or amended) standard has the same scope as the superseded standard. On the date stated,
the superseded standard ceases to give presumption of conformity with the essential requirements
of the directive.

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 the European
Standardisation Organisations or from the national standardisation bodies of which the list is annexed to
the Directive 98/34/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (1) amended by the 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://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/newapproach/standardisation/harmstds/

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