On the 18th of September 2012 the EU published REGULATION (EU) No 836/2012 to regulate lead in jewelery, which is contained in Reach XVII entry 63 ,and has been enforced since the 9th of October 2013. On the 25th of September 2014 the European Commission notified the WTO of a draft Commission Regulation to expand the restriction
Phthalates has always been the focus of EU Customs inspection on imported toys and childcare articles, and as the EU REACH Regulation comes into force, the number of recalls concerning toys and childcare articles containing phthalates is much more than heavy metals. . According to the statistics of EU Rapid Alert System for Non-Food Consumer Products
On the 4th of August 2014 the German committee on consumer products (AfPS) published new requirements on the control of PAHs in products which are subject to the GS-Mark. Compared with the old standard the new standard is a lot and stricter. The new standard has superseded ZEK 01.4-08 and came into force on the 1st
The European Commission has published two revised directives (EU) 2015/573 and (EU) 2015/574 to amend Annex IV of Directive 2011/65/EU on the 10th of April 2015, The two items are added to Annex IV. The annex is specific to the medical devices and monitoring and control instruments of RoHS 2. Amendments In Annex IV of
Phthalates has always been the focus of EU Customs inspection on the imported toys and childcare articles, and as the EU REACH Regulation comes into force, the number of recalls concerning toys and childcare articles containing phthalates is much more than heavy metals. . According to the statistics of EU Rapid Alert System for Non-Food
On the 18th of September 2012, The EU published REGULATION (EU) No 836/2012 to regulate lead in jewelery, contained in Reach XVII entry 63, and has been enforced since the 9th of October 2013. On the 25th of September 2014, the European Commission notified the WTO of a draft Commission Regulation to expand the restriction of lead in jewellery
On the 31st of January the European Electro technical Standardization Committee（CENELEC） published the new amended electric toys-safety standard EN 62115:2005+A12:2015. EN 62115:2005+A11:012 will be withdrawn on the 4th of June 4. The main details of amendment:1) Added Annex ZC, Toys with an integrated field source generating EMF shall comply with EN 62233:2008.In EN 62233:2008, Clause A.1
The list of harmonized standards under the new toys safety directive 2009/48/EC has been updated in the Official Journal of the European Union C087/02 on the 13th of March 13th. The new standards of EN71-1:2014 — EN 71-3:2013+A1:2014 and EN71-14:2014 have been added and become part of the harmonized standards, EN71-1:2014 and EN 71-3:2013+A1:2014 will
On the 3rd of March the European Commission published Regulation (EU) No 2015/326 in its Official Journal. This amends REACH Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 Annex XVII (entry 50 for polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and entries 51 and 52 for phthalates ) , The amended regulation will come into force on the 23rd of March 2015. Amendment Details 1. Amendment for
European Union The EU RAPEX systems notified 32 cases of which 84% were because of the risk of strangulation or other injury. 27 children’s clothes do not comply with drawstring regulation. 1 children’s shoe was recalled because the small pompoms can easily detach. In Chemical risks, 3 Gloves were recalled because they contain Chromium VI, and may