29 January 2019
Chemicals compliance
The Legislative Decree No. 54 of 11 April 2011 on the safety of toys has been modified to incorporate the latest updates of the following directives:
- Directive (EU) 2017/738 regarding lead modifies Annex II, part III, point 13 of the Toys Directive, decreasing the limits of lead migration, as shown in the following table:
Element mg/kg of toys material dry, fragile, powdered or flexible mg/kg of liquid or gluey material for toys mg/kg of material removable from the toy by scraping
|
Element |
mg/kg of toys material dry, fragile, powdered or flexible |
mg/kg of liquid or gluey material for toys |
mg/kg of material removable from the toy by scraping |
|
Lead |
2,0 |
0,5 |
23 |
- Directive (EU) 2017/774 regarding phenol;
- Directive (EU) 2017/898 concerning bisphenol A.
therefore modify Annex II, Appendix C, of the Toys Directive by adding the entry relating to phenol and modifying the one of bisphenol A, as follows:
|
Substamce |
CAS number |
Limit value |
|
Phenol |
108-95-2 |
5 mg/l (migration limit) in polymeric materials according to the methods indicated in the standards EN 71-10: 2005 and EN 71-11: 2005 10 mg/kg (limit content) as a preservative according to the methods indicated in the standards EN 71-10: 2005 and EN 71-11: 2005 |
|
Bisphenol A |
80-05-7 |
0,04 mg/l (migration limit) according to the methods indicated in the standards EN 71-10: 2005 and EN 71-11: 2005 |
The provisions on lead are applied from 28 October 2018, those on phenol from 4 November 2018 and those on bisphenol A from 26 November 2018, as required by European directives.
04 April 2024
Chemicals compliance
On 3 April 2024, Regulation 2024/996 amending Annexes II, III, V and VI of Regulation (EC) No 1223/2009 was published. Below is the list of the amendments: Annex II (prohibited substances): the substance...