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06/30/2023 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 06/30/2023 03:36

UK Amends List of Toy Safety Standards for Great Britain

SG 84/23

The United Kingdom (UK) has issued the latest list of toy safety standards for presumption of conformity with its toy legislation in relation to Great Britain. These became effective on June 22, 2023

On June 22, 2023, the UK's Department for Business and Trade (DBT) announced Notice of Publication 0084/23 (the Notice) to revise the list of designated toy safety standards for demonstrating compliance with Toys (Safety) Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/1811) in relation to Great Britain (GB - England, Wales and Scotland).

The Notice amends one standard (EN 71-13:2021+A1:2022, SafeGuardS 72/22) and provides a complete list of references for toy safety standards that are designated under S.I. 2011/1881, as on June 22, 2023.

The complete list of standards is summarized in Table 1.

Entry Standard Title
1 EN 71-1:2014+A1:2018 Mechanical and physical properties
2 EN 71-2:2020 Flammability
3 EN 71-3:2019+A1:2021 Migration of certain elements
4 EN 71-4:2020 Experimental sets for chemistry and related activities
5 EN 71-5:2015 Chemical toys (sets) other than experimental sets
6 EN 71-7:2014+A3:2020 Finger paints
7 EN 71-8:2018 Activity toys for domestic use
8 EN 71-12:2016 N-Nitrosamines and N-nitrosatable substances
9 EN 71-13:2021+A1:2022 Olfactory board games, cosmetic kits and gustative games
10 EN 71-14:2018 Trampolines for domestic use
11 EN 62115:2005
EN 62115:2005/A2:2011
EN 62115:2005/A11:2012
EN 62115:2005/A12:2015
EN 62115:2005/A2:2011/AC:2011
EN 62115:2005/A11:2012/AC:2013 		Electric toys

Effective date: June 22, 2023

Table 1