What changed between the adopted text of 13 Mar 2024 and the adopted text of 25 Nov 2025

Removed:(e) reproductions of real fire arms;

Removed:3. sports equipment, including roller skates, inline skates, and other means of transport, such as skateboards and scooters intended for children with a body mass of more than 20 kg; [Am. 201]

Removed:4. bicycles with a maximum saddle height of more than 435 mm, measured as the vertical distance from the ground to the top of the seat surface, with the seat in a horizontal position and with the seat pillar set to the minimum insertion mark;

Removed:5. scooters and other means of transport designed for sport or which are intended to be used for travel on public roads or public pathways; [Am. 202]

Removed:6. electrically driven vehicles which are intended to be used for travel on public roads, public pathways, or the pavement thereof;

Removed:7. aquatic equipment intended to be used in deep water, and swimming learning devices for children, such as swim seats and swimming aids;

Removed:8. puzzles with more than 500 pieces;

Removed:9. guns and pistols using compressed gas, with the exception of water guns and water pistols, and bows for archery over 120 cm long;

Removed:10. fireworks, including percussion caps which are not specifically designed for toys;

Removed:11. products and games using sharp-pointed missiles, such as sets of darts with metallic points;

Removed:12. Functional educational products, such as electric ovens, irons or other functional products operated at a nominal voltage exceeding 24 volts which are sold exclusively for teaching purposes under adult supervision.

Removed:13. products intended for use for educational purposes in schools or other pedagogical contexts under the surveillance of an adult instructor, such as science equipment;

Removed:14. electronic equipment, such as personal computers and game consoles, used to access interactive software and their associated peripherals or components, unless the electronic equipment or the associated peripherals or components are specifically designed for and targeted at children and have a play value on their own, such as specially designed personal computers, key boards, joy sticks or steering wheels; [Am. 203]

Removed:15. interactive software, intended for leisure and entertainment, such as computer games, and their storage media;

Removed:16. babies’ soothers;

Removed:17. child-appealing luminaires;

Removed:18. electrical transformers for toys;

Removed:19. fashion accessories for children which are not for use in play;

Removed:19a. Books intended for children older than 36 months, that are made entirely of paper or cardboard, without additional materials or components. [Am. 204]

Removed:Annex II

Removed:PARTICULAR SAFETY REQUIREMENTS

Removed:Part I – Physical and Mechanical Properties

Removed:1. Toys and their parts and, in the case of fixed toys, their anchorages, shall have the requisite mechanical strength and, where appropriate, stability to withstand the stresses to which they are subjected during use without breaking or becoming liable to distortion at the risk of causing physical injury.

Removed:2. Accessible edges, protrusions, cords, cables and fastenings on toys shall be designed and manufactured in such a way that the risks of physical injury from contact with them are reduced as much as possible.

Removed:3. Toys shall be designed and manufactured in such a way as not to present any risk to health and safety or only the minimum risk inherent to their use which could be caused by the movement of their parts.

Removed:4. (a) Toys and their parts shall not present a risk of strangulation.

Removed:(b) Toys and their parts shall not present a risk of asphyxiation by closing off the flow of air as a result of airway obstruction external to the mouth and nose.

Removed:(c) Toys and their parts shall be of such dimensions as to not present a risk of asphyxiation by closing off the flow of air as a result of internal airway obstruction by objects wedged in the mouth or pharynx or lodged over the entrance to the lower airways.

Removed:(d) Toys which are clearly intended for use by children under 36 months, and their component parts and any of their detachable parts, shall be of such dimensions as to prevent them being swallowed or inhaled. This also applies to other toys which are intended to be put in the mouth, and to their component parts and any of their detachable parts.

Removed:(e) The packaging in which toys are contained for retail sale shall not present a risk of strangulation or asphyxiation caused by airway obstruction external to the mouth and nose.

Removed:(f) Toys contained within food or co-mingled with food shall have their own packaging. This packaging, as it is supplied, must be of such dimensions as to prevent it from being swallowed and/or inhaled.

Removed:(g) Toy packaging, as referred to in points (e) and (f), which is spherical, egg-shaped or ellipsoidal, and any detachable parts of this or of cylindrical toy packaging with rounded ends, shall be of such dimensions as to prevent it from causing airway obstruction by being wedged in the mouth or pharynx or lodged over the entrance to the lower airways.

Removed:(h) Toys firmly attached to a food product at the moment of consumption, in such a way that the food product needs to be consumed in order to get direct access to the toy, shall be prohibited. Parts of toys otherwise directly attached to a food product shall fulfil the requirements set out in points (c) and (d).

Removed:5. Aquatic toys shall be designed and manufactured so as to reduce as much as possible, taking into account the recommended use of the toy, any risk of loss of buoyancy of the toy and loss of support afforded to the child.

Removed:6. Toys which it is possible to get inside and which thereby constitute an enclosed space for occupants shall have a means of exit which the intended user can open easily from the inside.

Removed:7. Toys conferring mobility on their users shall, as far as possible, incorporate a braking system which is suited to the type of toy and is commensurate with the kinetic energy generated by it. Such a system shall be easy for the user to operate without risk of ejection or physical injury for the user or for third parties.

Removed:For electrically driven ride-on toys, the maximum representative potential operating speed determined by the design of the toy shall be limited so as to minimise the risk of injury.

Removed:8. The form and composition of projectiles and the kinetic energy they may generate when fired from a toy designed for that purpose shall be such that, taking into account the nature of the toy, there is no risk of physical injury to the user or to third parties.

Removed:9. Toys shall be manufactured so as to ensure that:

Removed:(a) the maximum and minimum temperature of any accessible surfaces does not cause injury when touched;

Removed:(b) liquids and gases contained within the toy do not reach temperatures or pressures which are such that their escape from the toy, other than for reasons essential to the proper functioning of the toy, might cause burns, scalds or other physical injury.

Removed:10. Toys that are designed to emit a sound shall be designed and manufactured in such a way, in terms of the maximum values for impulse noise and continuous noise, that the sound from them is not able to impair children’s hearing. The limit values shall be set through a delegated act, while the maximum values shall not exceed those set in Directive 2003/10/EC. [Am. 205]

Removed:11. Activity toys shall be manufactured so as to reduce the risk of crushing or trapping of body parts or trapping of clothing and the risk of falls, impacts and drowning as much as possible. In particular, any surface of such a toy that is accessible for one or more children to play on shall be designed to bear their load.

Removed:Part II – Flammability

Removed:1. Toys shall not constitute a dangerous flammable element in the child’s environment. They shall therefore be composed of materials which fulfil one or more of the following conditions:

Removed:(a) they do not burn if directly exposed to a flame or spark or other potential source of fire;

Removed:(b) they are not readily flammable (the flame goes out as soon as the fire cause disappears);

Removed:(c) if they do ignite, they burn slowly and present a low rate of spread of the flame;

Removed:(d) irrespective of the toy’s chemical composition, they are designed so as to mechanically delay the combustion process.

Removed:Combustible materials in the toy shall not constitute a risk of ignition for other materials used in the toy.

Removed:2. Toys meeting both conditions below shall not, as such, contain substances or mixtures which may become flammable due to the loss of non-flammable volatile components:

Removed:(a) toys which, for reasons essential to their functioning, contain substances or mixtures that meet the classification criteria of any of the following hazard classes or categories set out in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008:

Removed:(1) hazard classes 2.1 to 2.4, 2.6 and 2.7, hazard class 2.8 types A and B;

Removed:(2) hazard classes 2.9, 2.10 and 2.12, hazard class 2.13 categories 1 and 2;

Removed:(3) hazard class 2.14, categories 1 and 2, hazard class 2.15 types A to F; hazard classes 3.1 to 3.6, 3.7 adverse effects on sexual function and fertility or on development;

Removed:(4) hazard class 3.8 effects other than narcotic effects;

Removed:(5) hazard classes 3.9, and 3.10 and 3.11; [Ams 206 and 253]

Removed:(6) hazard class 4.1, 4.2, 4.3 and 4.4; [Am. 254]

Removed:(7) hazard class 5.1;

Removed:(b) and toys containing materials and equipment for chemistry experiments, model assembly, plastic or ceramic moulding, enamelling, photography or similar activities.