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Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs

Short name:

Toy safety

Base:

Directive 2009/48/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 June 2009 on the safety of toys
OJ L 170, 30 June 2009

Modification:

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Directives repealed:

Council Directive 88/378/EEC of 3 May 1988 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States concerning the safety of toys
OJ L 187 of 6 July 1988
Directive 88/378/EEC, except Article 2(1) and Part 3 of Annex II, is repealed with effect from 20 July 2011. Article 2(1) thereof and Part 3 of Annex II thereto are repealed with effect from 20 July 2013.

Guide for application:

European
Commission contact point:

Directorate-General for Internal Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs
GROW-TOYSatec [dot] europa [dot] eu (Email)
Webpage on toys

For information about the content and availability of European standards, please contact the European Standardisation Organisations.

Since 1 December 2018 the references of harmonised standards are published in, and withdrawn from the Official Journal of the European Union by means of 'Commission implementing decisions'.

The references published under Directive 2009/48/EC on toy safety are found in the Commission Implementing Decision(s) listed below. The summary list below gives a consolidated overview on all publications in the Official Journal.

Publications

Publications in the Official Journal:

Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2023/740 of 4 April 2023 on harmonised standards for toys drafted in support of Directive 2009/48/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council OJ L 96, 5 April 2023

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Summary list of titles and references of harmonised standards under Directive 2009/48/EC for Toys

The summary below consolidates the references of harmonised standards published by the Commission in the Official Journal of the European Union (OJ). It reproduces information already published in the L or C series of the OJ. It contains all references which, when the summary was generated, still provided a presumption of conformity together with references already withdrawn from the OJ.

The Commission services provide this summary for information purposes only. Although they take every possible precaution to ensure that the summary is updated regularly and is correct, errors may occur and the summary may not be complete at a certain point in time. The summary does not as such generate legal effects.