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Follow on Google News | European Union Adapts EN 71-5:2015 to Conform with the Toy Safety DirectiveThe European Union (EU) has harmonized EN 71-5:2015 to give presumption of conformity with the Toy Safety Directive 2009/48/EC.
In November 2015, SGS informed [1] readers that the new toy safety standard EN 71-5:2015 for 'Chemical toys (sets) other than experimental sets' was published by the Comité Européen de Normalisation (CEN, European Committee for Standardization) Harmonized Toy Safety Standard EN 71-5:2015 On November 13, 2015, Commission communication 2015/C 378/01 [3] was published in the OJEU harmonizing the toy safety standard EN 71-5:2015 to give presumption of conformity with the TSD. According to the communication, EN 71-5:2013 will cease to give presumption of conformity with the TSD on May 31, 2016. Highlights of the communication for standards cited in the OJEU for the first time in 2015 to give presumption of conformity with the TSD are summarized in Table 1 (http://www.sgs.com/ References: [1] SGS Safeguards Bulletin. CEN Publishes EN 71-5:2015 for Chemical Toys (Sets) other than Experimental Sets – 11 November 2015 (http://www.sgs.com/ [2] Official Journal of the European Union. Directive 2009/48/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 June 2009 on the safety of toys. (http://eur- [3] Official Journal of the European Union. Commission communication in the framework of the implementation of Directive 2009/48/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 June 2009 on the safety of toys (http://eur- About SGS Toy Testing Services SGS offers a wide range of services to ensure that products comply with the EU Toy Safety Directive (http://www.sgs.com/ Please do not hesitate to contact an SGS expert for further information. Contact details: SGS Consumer and Retail Global Hardlines Information and Innovation Manager SGS Hong Kong Limited 1/F On Wui Centre 25 Lok Yip Road Fanling, N.T., Hong Kong, China Website: www.sgs.com/ LinkedIn: www.linkedin.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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