SG 143/26
The United Kingdom (UK) has published an updated list of toy safety standards for presumption of conformity with its toy legislation for Great Britain.
On October 22, 2026, the UK’s Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade (BIST) published Notice of Publication 0143/26 (NoP 0143/26), updating its list of designated standards for demonstrating compliance with the Toys (Safety) Regulations 2011 (UK S.I. 2011/1881) in Great Britain (England, Scotland and Wales).
NoP 0143/26 amends the list of standards in Part 2 of Annex I to NoP 0131/26 of February 13, 2026 (SafeGuardS 35/26).
What does the notice require?
Key changes in NoP 0143/26 include:
- Replacing EN 71-4:2020 with EN 71-4:2020+A1:2025 for ‘Experimental sets for chemistry and related activities’
- Adding EN 71-15:2025 and EN 71-16:2025 as new entries 12 and 13, respectively
The complete list of standards is summarized in Table 1.
| Item | Standard |
| 1 | EN 71-1:2014+A1:2018 ‘Mechanical and physical properties’ Restriction: this standard does not confer a presumption of conformity with the essential safety requirements for clauses 3.19 (definition of ‘driving mechanism’) and 4.15.1 for wave rollers under S.I. 2011/1881 |
| 2 | EN 71-2:2020 ‘Flammability’ |
| 3 | EN 71-3:2019+A2:2024 ‘Migration of certain elements’¹ |
| 4 | EN 71-4:2020+A1:2025 ‘Experimental sets for chemistry and related activities’² |
| 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+A2:2024 ‘Olfactory board games, cosmetic kits and gustative games’¹ |
| 10 | EN 71-14:2018 ‘Trampolines for domestic use’ |
| 11 | EN IEC 62115:2020 and EN IEC 62115:2020/A11:2020 ‘Electric toys’, with an informative note encouraging users of EN 62115 to follow the indicated additional voluntary measures for toys that contain a coin or button battery (see Part 2 of Annex I to NoP 0143/26 for additional details) |
| 12 | EN 71-15:2025 ‘Formamide in foam toy materials (content)’ |
| 13 | EN 71-16:2025 ‘Certain chlorinated phosphorus flame retardants (TCEP, TCPP, TDCP) in toy materials’ |
| ¹EN 71-3:2019+A1:2021 and EN 71-13:2021+A1:2022 will be removed for presumption of conformity with the Toys (Safety) Regulations 2011 on June 16, 2027 ²EN 71-4:2020 will be removed for presumption of conformity with the Toys (Safety) Regulations 2011 on March 14, 2028 | |
Table 1. Designated toy safety standards for Great Britain
Who is impacted?
The update impacts stakeholders in Great Britain’s toy supply chain, including manufacturers, importers, distributors, retailers and other intermediaries that place toys on the market in England, Scotland and Wales.
When does it apply?
NoP 0143/26 became effective on October 22, 2026.
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