The European Committee for Standardization (CEN) has published a new safety standard for the migration of 19 elements from toy products – EN 71-3:2019+A1:2021.

Issued in April 2021, the new standard contains several important updates to its predecessor – EN 71-3:2019. These include:

• Adapting the new legal migration limits for aluminum, issued in November 2019 and coming into effect in May 2021, for all three categories of toy materials:
o Category I: 5,625/2,250 mg/kg
o Category II: 1,406/560 mg/kg
o Category III: 70,000/28,130 mg/kg
• Indicating that the user of the standard may determine whether a toy would fall under the scope of EN 71 Parts 1 to 5 and 7 to 14 and to apply each applicable standard accordingly
• Informing that the following technical documents have been published:
o CEN/TR 15071 ‘Safety of toys – National translations of warnings and instructions for use in EN 71 series’
o CEN/TR 15371 Parts 1 and 2 ‘Safety of toys – Interpretations’
o CEN/TR 16918 ‘Safety of toys – Children’s mouthing behavior in contact with toys’
o CEN ISO/TR 8124-8 ‘Safety of toys – Age determination guidelines’
• Clarifying the meaning of V1 and V2 in the formula for calculating chromium (VI) migration (clause F.6.2)

Stakeholders should be aware the toy material categories are:
• Category I: dry, brittle, powder-like or pliable (chalk, crayons, plasticine, etc.)
• Category II: liquid or sticky (bubble solutions, finger paints, etc.)
• Category III: scraped-off (ceramics, elastomers, polymers, metals, glass, etc.)

It is presumed the new standard will be cited in the Official Journal of the European Union (OJEU) for presumption of conformity with Directive (EU) 2019/1922, the so-called Toy Safety Directive (TSD).

EN 71-3:2019+A1:2021 with be harmonized with the TSD upon acceptance by the European Commission and publication in the OJEU. It will be given the status of a national standard by October 2021 and conflicting national standards must be withdrawn by this date.

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