SG 181/24
CEN has published amendment 2 to EN 71-3:2019 for the migration of certain elements from toys. Conflicting national standards are to be withdrawn by June 2025.
On December 4, 2024, the European Committee for Standardization (Comité Européen de Normalisation, CEN) published EN 71-3:2019+A2:2024, the new toy safety standard for the migration of 19 elements. This new standard contains several important changes when compared to its previous version, EN 71-3:2019+A1:2021. These include:
According to EN 71-3:2019+A2:2024, this standard will be given the status of a national standard by June 2025 and conflicting national standards are to be withdrawn by this date at the latest. This standard is expected to be harmonized under Directive 2009/48/EC on toy safety upon official acceptance by the European Commission and by publication in the Official Journal of the EU (OJEU).
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