CEN Published Multiple Toy Standards
| Targeted audience | EU/EEA manufacturers, EU/EEA importers and their upstream providers, EU/EEA distributors |
| Products concerned | Toys |
| Key industries concerned with this insight |
Toys |
| Application date | Various |
| Main content or requirements | Up to now (October 2025), CEN has published 11 new toys standards. Four (4) toys standards are expected to be approved in November 2025, to support the EU Toy Safety Directive 2009/48/EC (and the coming EU Toy Safety Regulation) |
| Reference | link1，link2 |
On 24 October 2022, the European Commission gave standardisation mandate M/589 (C(2022)7410) to the European Committee for Standardisation (CEN) and the European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardisation (CENELEC) to draft new harmonised standards and revise existing harmonised standards on toys. Up to now (October 2025), CEN has published 11 new standards, and four (4) standards are expected to be approved in November 2025.
If the standards are considered to be able to satisfy the requirements which they aim to cover and which are set out in the EU Toy Safety Directive 2009/48/EC (and the coming EU Toy Safety Regulation) by the European Commission, the standards will become harmonised standards after their references are published on the Official Journal of the European Union (OJEU).
Intertek Insight on the coming EU Toy Safety Regulation:
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EU/EEA manufacturers and EU/EEA importers and their upstream providers are advised to conduct the tests on toys with the new standards to assess conformity in advance.
List of EU Toys Standards (October 2025)
| No. | Harmonised Standard | Latest Standard | Title | Remark |
| 1 | EN 71-1:2014+A1:2018 * | (same) | Mechanical and physical properties | FprEN 71-1:2025 is under approval on 13 November 2025 |
| 2 | EN 71-2:2020 | EN 71-2:2020+A1:2025 | Flammability | -- |
| 3 | EN 71-3:2019+A1:2021 | EN 71-3:2019+A2:2024 | Migration of certain elements | -- |
| 4 | EN 71-4:2020 | EN 71-4:2020+A1:2025 | Experimental sets for chemistry and related activities | -- |
| 5 | EN 71-5:2015 | (same) | Chemical toys (sets) other than experimental sets | FprEN 71-5:2025 is under approval on 17 November 2025 |
| 6 | EN 71-7:2014+A3:2020 | EN 71-7:2025 | Finger paints | -- |
| 7 | EN 71-8:2018 | (same) | Activity toys for domestic use | FprEN 71-8:2025 is under approval on 10 November 2025 |
| 8 | EN 71-12:2016 ** | (same) | N-Nitrosamines and N-nitrosatable substances | -- |
| 9 | EN 71-13:2021+A1:2022 | EN 71-13:2021+A2:2024 | Olfactory board games, cosmetic kits and gustative games | -- |
| 10 | EN 71-14:2018 | EN 71-14:2025 | Trampolines for domestic use | -- |
| 11 | EN IEC 62115:2020+A11:2020 | (same) | Electric toys | New version of EN IEC 62115 is under draft |
| 12 | -- | EN 71-15:2025 | Formamide in foam toy materials (content) | -- |
| 13 | -- | EN 71-16:2025 | Certain chlorinated phosphorus flame retardants (TCEP, TCPP, TDCP) in toy materials | -- |
| 14 | -- | EN 71-17:2025 | Certain isothiazolinones (MIT, CIT, BIT) in aqueous toy materials | -- |
| 15 | -- | EN 71-18:2024 | Phenol in aqueous (content) and polymeric (migration) toy materials | -- |
| 16 | -- | EN 71-19:2024 | Migration of bisphenol A from toy materials | -- |
| 17 | -- | -- | Microbiological safety of toys containing accessible aqueous media | FprEN 71-20:2025 is under approval on 24 November 2025 |
| 18 | -- | EN 71-10:2005 | Organic chemical compounds - Sample preparation and extraction | -- |
| 19 | -- | EN 71-11:2005 | Organic chemical compounds - Methods of analysis | -- |
Note:
* As regards Clauses 3.19 (definition of “driving mechanism”) and 4.15.1 for wave rollers (a ride-on toy where the child is seated, the steering and propulsion of which are controlled with the feet, and which have wheels within reach during use), EN 71-1:2014+A1:2018 does not confer a presumption of conformity with the essential safety requirements set out in Article 10(2) of the EU TSD (Directive 2009/48/EC) and Part I, Point 3, of Annex II to the EU TSD.
** The limit values in Point (a) of Table 2 of Clause 4.2 of 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 III of Annex II to the EU TSD (Directive 2009/48/EC):
| Substance | Standard EN 71-12:2016 | Directive 2009/48/EC |
| N-Nitrosamines | 0.01 mg/kg | 0.05 mg/kg |
| N-Nitrosatable | 0.1 mg/kg | 1 mg/kg |
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