News Express丨UK proposes to update the list of standards specified in the Toys (Safety) Regulations

On 3 August 2022, the UK Department of Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) published Bulletin 0063/22, proposing to update the list of specified standards for the UK Toys (Safety) Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011 No. 1881). This proposal is scheduled to be implemented on September 1, 2022, unless the proposal is withdrawn or amended before this date.

The update involves six toy standards, EN 71-2, EN 71-3, EN 71-4, EN 71-7, EN 71-12 and EN 71-13.

The full list of designated standards to which the proposed UK Toys (Safety) Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011 No. 1881) refer (from 1 September 2022) is as follows:

*Note: Limits in point a, table 2, clause 4.2 of the standard EN 71-12:2016 (i.e. limits for elastomer toys intended for use by children under 36 months and intended or likely to be placed in the mouth) Below the compliance limit specified in point 8 of Part 3 of Schedule 2 to the UK Toys (Safety) Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011 No. 1881). These limits are as follows:

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