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Europe | Amending Annex I of General Product Safety Directive

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Amending Annex I of General Product Safety Directive

 

On 1st December 2020, the European Commission published the following amendments related to General Product Safety Directive:

 

“Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2020/1808 of 30 November 2020 amending Implementing Decision (EU) 2019/1698 as regards European standards for certain child care articles, children’s furniture, stationary training equipment, and the ignition propensity of cigarettes

 

This amendment affects Annex I to Implementing Decision (EU) 2019/1698 with the following points:

 

  • Row 37 is replaced by:

37

EN ISO 12863:2010

 

Standard test method for assessing the ignition propensity of cigarettes (ISO 12863:2010)

 

EN ISO 12863:2010/AC:2011

 

EN ISO 12863:2010/A1:2016’

 

  • Rows 52a, 52b and 52c are inserted:

52a

EN 16890:2017

 

Children’s furniture – Mattresses for cots and cribs – Safety requirements and test methods

52b

EN 17022:2018

 

Childcare articles – Bathing aids – Safety requirements and test methods

52c

EN 17072:2018

 

Childcare articles – Bath tubs, stands and non-standalone bathing aids – Safety requirements and test methods’

 

  • Row 57 is replaced by:

‘57

EN ISO 20957-9:2016

 

Stationary training equipment – Part 9: Elliptical trainers, additional specific safety requirements and test methods (ISO 20957-9:2016)

 

EN ISO 20957-9:2016/A1:2019’

 

This Decision entered into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.