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

Removed:Article 19 Digital product passport registry [Am. 151]

Removed:1. Before placing a toy on the market, and following the adoption of delegated acts in accordance with Article 17(10) of this Regulation, economic operators shall upload, in the registry established under Article 12(1) of Regulation (EU) …/… [POOJ insert serial number for Ecodesign Requirements for Sustainable Products] (the ‘registry’), the unique product identifier and unique operator identifier for that toy. [Am. 152]

Removed:2. The Commission, market surveillance authorities and customs authorities shall have efficient access to the information stored in the registry referred to in paragraph 1 for carrying out their duties pursuant to this Regulation. [Am. 153]

Removed:Article 20 Customs controls relating to the digital product passport [Am. 154]

Removed:1. Toys entering the Union market shall be subject to verifications and other measures laid down in this Article.

Removed:2. Declarants as defined in Article 5, point (15), of Regulation (EU) No 952/2013 shall include the unique product identifier in the customs declaration for release for free circulation of any toy.

Removed:3. Customs authorities shall verify whether the unique product identifier indicated by the declarant in accordance with paragraph 2 of this Article corresponds to a unique product identifier included in the registry in accordance with Article 19(1).

Removed:4. In addition to the verification referred to in paragraph 3 of this Article, customs authorities shall verify the consistency of information made available to customs by declarants with other information stored in the registry and listed in the delegated act referred to in Article 46(3).

Removed:5. The verifications referred to in paragraphs 3 and 4 of this Article shall take place electronically and automatically using the interconnection between the registry referred to in Article 19(1) and the EU Customs Single Window Certificates Exchange System referred to in [Article 13 of [P.O. insert serial number for Regulation (EU) …/… on Ecodesign Requirements for Sustainable Products]].

Removed:6. Paragraphs 3, 4 and 5 of this Article shall apply from the day when the interconnection between the registry and the EU Customs Single Window Certificates Exchange System referred to in [Article 13 of [P.O. insert serial number for Regulation (EU) …/… on Ecodesign Requirements for Sustainable Products]] becomes operational.

Removed:The Commission shall publish a notice in the Official Journal of the European Union to that effect indicating the date when the interconnection is operational.

Removed:7. Customs authorities may retrieve and use the information on toys included in the digital product passport and in the registry for carrying out their duties pursuant to Union legislation, including for risk management in accordance with Articles 46 and 47 of Regulation (EU) No 952/2013. [Am. 155]

Removed:8. The verifications and other measures laid down in this Article shall be carried out on the basis of the list of commodity codes and product descriptions set out in Annex VII.

Removed:9. The verifications and measures laid down in this Article shall not affect the application of other Union legal acts governing the release for free circulation of products, including Articles 46, 47 and 134 of Regulation (EU) No 952/2013, and the controls referred to in Chapter VII of Regulation (EU) 2019/1020.

Removed:Article 20a Assistance for SMEs

Removed:1. The Commission shall provide comprehensive assistance, in cooperation with the relevant national authorities, to SMEs that are required to establish a digital product passport for toys, by providing them with tailor-made guidance on how to efficiently set up and operate a digital product passport for toys and an automatic translation tool for the languages referred to in Article 17(2) point (e).

Removed:This support, referred to in the first subparagraph, shall be provided no later than ... [12 months after the entry into force of this Regulation].

Removed:2. The Commission shall evaluate the possibility of setting up an online tool to provide SMEs with the basic information and functions necessary to establish a digital product passport for their products. [Am. 156]

Removed:CHAPTER V CONFORMITY ASSESSMENT

Removed:Article 21 Safety assessment

Removed:1. In order to demonstrate that a toy complies with the essential safety requirements, manufacturers shall, before placing a toy on the market, carry out a safety assessment including an analysis of the hazards that the toy may present, as well as an assessment of the potential exposure to such hazards.which shall at least the following:

Removed:(a) cover all the chemical, physical, mechanical, electrical, flammability, hygiene and radioactivity hazards and the potential exposure to such hazards;

Removed:(b) in relation to chemical hazards, take account of the possible exposure to individual chemicals, and any known additional hazards from combined exposure to the different chemicals present in the toy, taking into account the obligations under Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 and the conditions set out therein;

Removed:(c) be updated whenever additional relevant information is available.

Removed:The safety assessment shall be included in the technical documentation referred to in Article 23. [Am. 157]

Removed:2. The safety assessment shall in particular :

Removed:(a) cover all the chemical, physical, mechanical, electrical, flammability, hygiene and radioactivity hazards and the potential exposure to such hazards;

Removed:(b) in relation to chemical hazards, take account of the possible exposure to individual chemicals, and any known additional hazards from combined exposure to the different chemicals present in the toy, taking into account the obligations under Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 and the conditions set out therein;

Removed:(c) be updated whenever additional relevant information is available.

Removed:The safety assessment shall be included in the technical documentation referred to in Article 23. [Am. 158]

Removed:Article 22 Conformity assessment procedures

Removed:1. Manufacturers shall use the conformity assessment procedures referred to in paragraphs 2 and 3.

Removed:2. If the manufacturer has applied harmonised standards, the reference of which has been published in the Official Journal of the European Union, or common specifications covering all relevant safety requirements for the toy, the manufacturer shall use the internal production control procedure set out in Part I of Annex IV.

Removed:3. In the following cases, the manufacturer shall use the EU-type examination procedure set out in Part II of Annex IV together with the conformity to type procedure set out in Part III of that Annex:

Removed:(a) where harmonised standards, the reference of which has been published in the Official Journal of the European Union, or common specifications covering all relevant safety requirements for the toy, do not exist;

Removed:(b) where harmonised standards or common specifications referred to in point (a) exist but the manufacturer has not applied them or has applied them only in part;

Removed:(c) where one or more of the harmonised standards referred to in point (a) has been published with a restriction, in the event that the restriction is relevant to the toy in question; [Am. 159]

Removed:(d) where the manufacturer considers that the nature, design, construction or purpose of the toy necessitates third party verification.

Removed:4. The EU-type examination certificate issued in accordance with Part II, point 6, of Annex IV shall be reviewed whenever necessary, in particular in case of a change to the manufacturing process, the raw materials or the components of the toy, and, in any case, every five years.

Removed:Article 23 Technical documentation

Removed:1. The technical documentation shall contain all relevant data or details of the means used by the manufacturer to ensure that the toy complies with the essential safety requirements. It shall, in particular, contain the documents listed in Annex V.

Removed:2. The technical documentation shall be drawn up in one of the official languages of the Union.

Removed:3. Following a reasoned request from the market surveillance authority of a Member State, the manufacturer shall provide a translation of the relevant parts of the technical documentation into the language of that Member State.

Removed:When a market surveillance authority requests the technical documentation or a translation of parts thereof from a manufacturer, it may fix a deadline for receipt of such file or translation, which shall be 30 days, unless a shorter deadline is justified in the case of serious and immediate risk to health and safety.

Removed:4. If the manufacturer does not comply with the requirements set out in paragraphs 1, 2 and 3, the market surveillance authority may require the manufacturer to have a test performed by a notified body at its own expense within a specified period in order to verify compliance with the essential safety requirements.

Removed:CHAPTER VI NOTIFICATION OF CONFORMITY ASSESSMENT BODIES

Removed:Article 24 Notification

Removed:Member States shall notify the Commission and the other Member States of bodies authorised to carry out third-party conformity assessment tasks under this Regulation.

Removed:Article 25 Notifying authorities

Removed:1. Member States shall designate a notifying authority that shall be responsible for setting up and carrying out the necessary procedures for the assessment and notification of conformity assessment bodies for the purposes of this Regulation, and for the monitoring of notified bodies, including compliance with Article 30.

Removed:2. Member States may decide that the assessment and monitoring referred to in paragraph 1 shall be carried out by a national accreditation body within the meaning of and in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 765/2008.

Removed:3. Where the notifying authority delegates or otherwise entrusts the assessment, notification or monitoring referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article to a body which is not a governmental entity, that body shall be a legal entity and shall comply mutatis mutandis with the requirements laid down in Article 26. In addition, that body shall have arrangements to cover liabilities arising out of its activities.

Removed:4. The notifying authority shall take full responsibility for the tasks performed by the body referred to in paragraph 3.

Removed:Article 26 Requirements relating to notifying authorities

Removed:1. A notifying authority shall be established in such a way that no conflict of interest with conformity assessment bodies occurs.

Removed:2. A notifying authority shall be organised and operated so as to safeguard the objectivity and impartiality of their activities.

Removed:3. A notifying authority shall be organised in such a way that each decision relating to notification of a conformity assessment body is taken by competent persons different from those who carried out the assessment.

Removed:4. A notifying authority shall not offer or provide any activities that conformity assessment bodies perform, nor shall they offer or provide consultancy services on a commercial or competitive basis, however the notifying authority shall provide information to the economic operators about the procedures for the assessment and the conformity assessment bodies if requested to do so. [Am. 160]

Removed:5. A notifying authority shall safeguard the confidentiality of the information they obtain.

Removed:6. A notifying authority shall have a sufficient number of competent personnel and adequate resources at their disposal for the properefficient performance of their tasks. [Am. 161]