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Follow on Google News | Egypt’s Toy Standards Harmonized with Europe’s Toy Safety Directive 2009/48/ECThe World Trade Organization has circulated 2 notifications from Egypt announcing the country’s amendments on requirements for toy safety and standard methods. The toy safety requirements comply with the European Toy Safety Directive 2009/48/EC.
In May 2010, the WTO circulated Notification G/TBT/N/EGY/ • P1 ‘Mechanical and physical properties’ • P2 ‘Flammability’ • P3 ‘Migration of certain elements’ The toy safety standards P1-P3 are mandatory and comply with EN 71 parts 1-3 for presumption of conformity with the former European Toy Safety Directive 88/378/EEC In March 2015, the WTO circulated 2 additional notifications from Egypt announcing amendments to toy safety requirements: • The essential requirements for safety of toys (G/TBT/N/EGY/ • Certain standard methods for demonstration of compliance (G/TBT/N/EGY/ Import and Manufacture of Toys Subject to Egypt’s New Standards Under Notification G/TBT/N/EGY/ The Notification G/TBT/N/EGY/ • ES 3123-2 for flammability (in conformity with EN 71-2:2011+A1: • ES 3123-3 for the migration of certain elements (in conformity with EN 71-3:2013 for 19 elements) Highlights of the 2 notifications are summarized in a table within the latest SafeGuards bulletin (http://www.sgs.com/ About SGS Services for Toys and Juvenile Products Throughout its global network of laboratories, SGS is able to provide a range of services, including analytical testing, flammability tests (http://www.sgs.com/ Website: www.sgs.com/ SGS is the world’s leading inspection, verification, testing and certification company. SGS is recognized as the global benchmark for quality and integrity. With more than 80,000 employees, SGS operates a network of over 1,650 offices and laboratories around the world. End
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