UK Updated Designated Standards for Toys (Safety) Regulations 2011
On 2 September 2022, the UK’s Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has published Notice 0063/22 to update the references to the designated standards under the Toys (Safety) Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011 No. 1881). The update has applied on 1 September 2022.
This update affects standards EN 71-2, EN 71-3, EN 71-4, EN 71-7, EN 71-12 and EN 71-13.
The full list of designated standards for Toys (Safety) Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011 No. 1881) as of 1 September 2022 is as below:
| No |
Reference of the standard |
Reference of superseded standard |
Date of withdrawal of superseded standard |
| 1. |
EN 71-1:2014+A1:2018 |
-- |
-- |
| 2. |
EN 71-2:2020 |
EN 71-2:2011+A1:2014 |
1 September 2022 |
| 3. |
EN 71-3:2019+A1:2021
(Notice: The interpretation of clause 7 of the standard should be taken to require that test portions should not be made up of combined materials prior to the migration and analysis stages of the test) |
EN 71-3:2019 |
1 September 2022 |
| 4. |
EN 71-4:2020 |
EN 71-4:2013 |
1 September 2022 |
| 5. |
EN 71-5:2015 |
-- |
-- |
| 6. |
EN 71-7:2014+A3:2020 |
EN 71-7:2014+A2:2018
(Note: For the allowed preservative Climbazole, the presumption of conformity applies up to a maximum allowed concentration of 0.2 % (not: 0.5 %))
|
1 September 2022
|
| 7. |
EN 71-8:2018 |
-- |
-- |
| 8. |
EN 71-12:2016(*note) |
EN 71-12:2013
|
1 September 2022
|
| 9. |
EN 71-13:2021 |
EN 71-13:2014 |
1 September 2022 |
| 10. |
EN 71-14:2018 |
-- |
-- |
| 11. |
EN 62115:2005
EN 62115:2005/A2:2011
EN 62115:2005/A11:2012
EN 62115:2005/A12:2015
EN 62115:2005/A2:2011/AC:2011
EN 62115:2005/A11:2012/AC:2013 |
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|
-- |
*Note: The limit values in point (a) of Table 2 of clause 4.2 of standard EN 71-12:2016 (i.e. limits for elastomers toys intended for use by children under 36 months and intended or likely to be placed into the mouth) are lower than the limit values to be complied with set in Point 8 of Part 3 of Schedule 2 of Toys (Safety) Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011 No. 1881). In particular those values are as follows:
| Substance |
Standard EN 71-12:2016 |
Toys (Safety) Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011 No. 1881) |
| N-nitrosamines |
0.01 mg/kg |
0.05 mg/kg |
| N-nitrosatable |
0.1 mg/kg |
1 mg/kg |
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