New references of harmonised standards for toys

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New references of harmonised standards for toys

On 5^th April 2023, the European Commission published the Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2023/740 of 4 April 2023 on harmonised standards for toys drafted in support of Directive 2009/48/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council which repeals the Implementing Decision (EU) 2021/1992.

The main points of this decision are:

The updated references of the harmonised standards for toys are listed in Annex:

No	Reference of the standard
1.	EN 71-1:2014+A1:2018 Safety of toys — Part 1: Mechanical and physical properties
2.	EN 71-2:2020 Safety of toys — Part 2: Flammability
3.	EN 71-3:2019+A1:2021 Safety of toys — Part 3: Migration of certain elements
4.	EN 71-4:2020 Safety of toys — Part 4: Experimental sets for chemistry and related activities
5.	EN 71-5:2015 Safety of toys — Part 5: Chemical toys (sets) other than experimental sets
6.	EN 71-7:2014+A3:2020 Safety of toys — Part 7: Finger paints — Requirements and test methods
7.	EN 71-8:2018 Safety of toys — Part 8: Activity toys for domestic use
8.	EN 71-12:2016 Safety of toys — Part 12: N-Nitrosamines and N-nitrosatable substances Informative note: The limit values in point (a) of Table 2 of clause 4.2 of standard ‘EN 71-12:2016 Safety of toys — Part 12: N-Nitrosamines and N-nitrosatable substances’ are lower than the limit values to be complied with set in point 8 of part III of Annex II to Directive 2009/48/EC. In particular those values are as follows:
	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.
9.	EN 71-13:2021+A1:2022 Safety of toys — Part 13: Olfactory board games, cosmetic kits and gustative games
10.	EN 71-14:2018 Safety of toys — Part 14: Trampolines for domestic use
11.	EN IEC 62115:2020 Electric toys — Safety EN IEC 62115:2020/A11:2020