SG 035/26
The United Kingdom (UK) announces the latest list of toy safety standards for demonstrating compliance with its toy legislation in relation to Great Britain.
On February 13, 2026, the UK’s Department for Business and Trade (DBT) issued Notice of Publication 0131/26 (the Notice) to update the list of designated toy safety standards for presumption of conformity with the Toys (Safety) Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/1881) in relation to Great Britain (GB – England, Scotland and Wales).
The Notice contains three important changes:
- Adding a note for wave rollers in EN 71-1:2014+A1:2018 for ‘Mechanical and physical properties.’ This restriction note is also indicated in Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2025/1728 on harmonized standards for wave rollers in support of Directive 2009/48/EC on toy safety (SafeGuardS 158/25)
- Replacing EN 71-3:2019+A1:2021 with EN 71-3:2019+A2:2024 for ‘Migration of certain elements’
- Substituting EN 71-13:2021+A1:2022 with EN 71-13:2021+A2:2024 for ‘Olfactory board games, cosmetic kits and gustative games’
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 ‘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+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 the Notice for additional details) |
| ¹EN 71-3:2019+A1:2021 and EN 71-13:2021+A1:2022 will be removed for presumption of conformity with S.I. 2011/1881 on June 16, 2027 | |
The latest list of toy safety standards became effective on February 13, 2026.
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