16 December 2019
Chemicals compliance
Directive (EU) 2019/1922 has been published which amends Annex II as regards aluminum.
Annex II of the Toys Directive establishes "Particular safety requirements" and in particular part III relates to "Chemical Properties".
In particular, the item relating to aluminum, for which the migration limits indicated below by the toys or their components must not be exceeded, is changed as follows:
CHROME VI:
2250 mg / kg mg / kg of dry, brittle, powdered or flexible toy material
560 mg / kg of liquid or sticky toy material
28130 mg / kg of material removable from the toy by scraping
The Directive entered into force on 9 December 2019 and will have to be adopted by the Member States by 19 May 2021 in order to apply its provisions from 20 May 2021.
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...