Georgia has made several amendments to its resolution on approving the technical regulation on toy safety. Important provisions include the addition of toy books into the scope of toys and the establishment of two lists of toy categories for compliance requirements
In January 2020, Georgia issued Resolution No. 47/2020 – a piece of legislation containing the technical regulation on toy safety and where the safety requirements are based on Directive 2009/48/EC (the European Toy Safety Directive, TSD, SafeGuardS 20/20).
Since its publication, Georgia has amended the technical regulation on toy safety on several occasions:
Resolution No. 438/2021 amending Resolution No. 47/2020 ‘On the Approval of the Technical Regulation on Toy Safety’ | ||||
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No. | Toy Category | No. | Toy Category | |
1 | Physical activity |
| 7 | Flying and shooting toys with projectiles |
2 | Creative activity | 8 | Toys for role-playing games | |
3 | Intellectual and educational | 9 | Audio/visual equipment and specially designed computer toys | |
4 | Toys for children under three years old | 10 | Toys with dual purposes | |
5 | Dolls | 11 | Others | |
6 | Slot machines |
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Table 1
Resolution No. 438/2021 amending Resolution No. 47/2020 ‘On the Approval of the Technical Regulation on Toy Safety’ | ||||
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No. | Toy Category | No. | Toy Category | |
1 | Creative toys for activities |
| 5 | Toys with dual purposes |
2 | Intellectual and educational toys for activities | 6 | Toys designed for children under the age of three | |
3 | Role-playing toys for games | 7 | Second-hand toys | |
4 | Toys for physical activities | 8 | Others | |
Table 2
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