Commercial Information Circular

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Ref.: EIC 230/2/12

8 June 2017

Dear Sirs,

Commercial Information Circular No. 467/2017

European Union (EU)* : Amendments to Directive on the Safety of Toys

Further to Commercial Information Circular No. 1151/2015 dated 9 July 2014, the Council of the European Union has adopted a Directive to amend Annex II of Directive 2009/48/EC on the safety of toys regarding lead. Details are set out in the Council Directive (EU) 2017/738, which can be accessed through the following link:
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32017L0738&from=EN

DETAILS

2.Directive 2009/48/EC lays down migration limits for toys or components of toys, for a range of elements, including lead, in dry, liquid and scraped-off toy material. Now, Directive 2017/738 is adopted to revise the limits for lead to 2.0 mg/kg, 0.5 mg/kg and 23 mg/kg in each toy material, respectively.

3.The Directive 2017/738 entered into force on 17 May 2017. Member States shall adopt and publish, by 28 October 2018 at the latest, the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive.

ENQUIRIES

4.For enquiries concerning the content of this circular, please contact the undersigned at telephone number 2398 5556.

Yours faithfully,

(Charles LO)
for Director-General of Trade and Industry

* The EU member countries are Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom.