The TSR affects manufacturers and importers. Manufacturers must ensure that their toys placed on the market have been designed and manufactured in accordance with the TSR’s essential safety requirements. Importers must ensure that the toys they place on the market are TSR compatible.
From design and production to the final product in store, toys must meet and demonstrate compliance to a complex combination of requirements.
Our global network of experts and testing laboratories can support toy manufacturers, importers and retailers to understand and fulfill their obligations at every stage of the supply chain.
The Toy Safety Directive aims to reduce toy related accidents by identifying hazards in toys, taking into account their foreseeable use and bearing in mind children’s behavior. It requires:
- Economic operators to meet specific obligations
- Compliance with stringent requirements (heavy metals, fragrances, etc.)
- A safety assessment
- A conformity assessment procedure
- A complete technical documentation
- A complete EC Declaration of Conformity (DoC)
- Specific statements on the warnings
We can help. Our dedicated services for the EU Toy Safety Directive and EU Toy Safety Regulation cover all your needs, from the concept/design stage of a product to its intended market:
- Product testing (chemical, physical, mechanical, flammability, electrical safety, etc.)
- Safety assessments (chemical, physical/mechanical, etc.)
- Labeling and warnings review
- Technical documentation review
- Consultancy
- Training
- Audits and inspections
The new EU Toy Safety Regulation 2025/2509
The European Union (EU) has now published the latest Toy Safety Regulation (2025/2509), introducing the Digital Product Passport and new chemical requirements.
The current Toy Safety Directive 2009/48/EC shall be repealed on August 1, 2030. From that date, the new Toy Safety Regulation 2025/2509 will apply.
Why choose EU Toy Safety Directive and EU Toy Safety Regulation compliance services from SGS?
With a global network of toy laboratories, and EU Notified Bodies for toys in France and Germany, we can help you to ensure full compliance with the EU Toy Safety Directive and EU Toy Safety Regulation. Partner with us to complete toy testing according to harmonized standards, including:
- EN 71-1 to EN 71-5
- EN 71-7 and EN 71-8
- EN 71-12 to EN 71-20
- EN 62115
With expertise in all areas, we can provide assistance at any stage of the process/supply chain, from training to documentation reviews and inspections.
Our toy laboratories are internationally recognized by accreditation bodies. In addition, our toy labs are strategically located in key manufacturing zones and transit points worldwide. No matter in which European country your toy is to be sold, we can help you comply with all applicable requirements.
Protect children and your brand by contracting us to ensure that your toys meet the complex requirements of the EU Toy Safety Directive. Contact us to find out more.
FAQ
The TSR entered into force on January 1, 2026, with a transition period up to August 1, 2030. Manufacturers may consider compliance based on TSR during the transition period once there are EN 71 series standards harmonized under the TSR. Toys that are first placed on the market after August 1, 2030 must comply with the TSR.
Conformity with the Toy Safety Regulation can be demonstrated by:
- Applying harmonized standards which have been referenced in the Official Journal of the European Union (OJEU)
- EC-type examination
Currently there are no standards harmonized under the TSR.
Harmonized standards would include the EN 71 series standard and EN IEC 62115.
To further ensure protection from hazardous chemicals and reduce the number of unsafe and non-compliant toys, the TSR now includes:
- Introduction of the Digital Product Passport (DPP)
- Requirements for connected and smart toys
- Enhanced chemical requirements
- Updated mechanical, electrical and physical safety requirements
- Introduction of a generic pictogram as an option to replace the word “Warning”
The DPP will replace the EC Declaration of Conformity. It aims to reduce the number of non-compliant toys, including those sold online, and ensure more efficient customs surveillance by enabling automatic controls.
The DPP must be accessible via a data carrier (e.g. QR code) and physically present on the toy or on a label attached to the toy. Details of the information it must include can be found at Understanding the EU Toy Digital Product Passport (DPP) | SGS
Internet-connected toys must incorporate safeguards in relation to cybersecurity and protection from fraud in accordance with Directive 2014/53/EU. Toys with digital elements must comply with Regulation (EU) 2024/2847. Toys using artificial intelligence must comply with Regulation (EU) 2024/1689. The particular vulnerabilities of children, in relation to the use of such toys as intended, should be taken into account when assessing and addressing the hazards that the toy may present.
The EU Toy Safety Regulation adds many restrictions/prohibitions for hazardous chemicals in toys:
- Expansion of prohibited substances list
- Prohibition of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and bisphenol if added intentionally
- Expansion of the scope of requirements for particular chemical substances in Appendix C of Annex II of the previous TSD
- Updated limits for N-nitrosamines and N-nitrosatable substances
- Updated fragrance lists
The prohibited substances list has been expanded to include not only those substances classified as carcinogenic, mutagenic or reprotoxic (CMR) 1A, 1B or 2, but also those classified as:
- Endocrine disruptors for human health (ED HH) Category 1
- Specific target organ toxicity (STOT) Category 1, either in single exposure (SE) or repeated exposure (RE)
- Respiratory sensitization (Resp sen.) Category 1
- Skin sensitization Category 1A
The scope of the TSR now covers all:
- Toys
- Toy components
- Micro-structurally distinct parts of toys
Chemical substances covered include:
- Bisphenol A migration
- TCEP, TCPP, TDCP
- Formamide
- BIT
- CMIT
- Acrylonitrile migration (new)
- Butadiene migration (new)
- Styrene migration (new)
- Vinyl chloride migration (new)
The TSR specifies new limits for N-nitrosamines and N-nitrosatable substances in:
- Toys intended for use by children under 36 months and intended or likely to be placed into the mouth
- Other toys intended for use by children under 36 months
- Toys intended for use by children of 36 months and over and intended to be placed into the mouth
- Balloons
- Finger paints, slimes and putties
The TSR includes two updated fragrance lists:
- Prohibited list: prohibits 59 fragrances in toys
- Labeling list: mandates the names of 65 fragrances to be listed on toys intended for use by children under 36 months or other toys intended to be placed in the mouth.
The TSD requires toys designed to emit a sound to be designed and manufactured in such a way that the sound from them cannot impair a children’s hearing. The TSR expands on this requirement to include toy mechanisms that are activated by a child and emit a reproducible sound, for example, toy gun discharge mechanisms.