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Translations of guidelines from the European Commission's Expert Group on Toy Safety

These guidelines are non-binding documents intended to set out rules to assist Member States and stakeholders in classifying toys and resolving other uncertainties in the application of the Toy Safety Directive or national legislation transposing the Directive. These documents reflect the views of the majority of the members of the Toy Safety Expert Group.

As it was not within the European Commission's power to grant the rights to use the images to the translations of the guidelines, the translations of the guidelines do not include the images used in the original guidelines. The images are therefore replaced in the translations by a reference to the location in the original guideline. The figures are examples intended to facilitate decision making in the classification of toys. However, this does not imply that the products depicted are in conformity.

The current original guidelines (European Union publications) are published on this European Commission website:

Guidance - European Commission (europa.eu)

 

Instructions on the application of the Directive on toy safety

Version of the original [1]

č.

Subject of the instruction

1.

WHEELCHAIRS (PDF 111 kB)

20/01/2012

2.

COMMUNITY LEGISLATION APPLICABLE TO "FLOATING SEATS" (PDF 18 kB)

26/04/2001

4.

THE GREY AREA PROBLEM: DOES A PRODUCT FALL UNDER DIRECTIVE 88/378/EHS OR NOT? (PDF 100 kB)

14/03/2007

5.

THE GREY AREA PROBLEM: CRITERIA FOR THE CLASSIFICATION OF PRODUCTS CONSISTING OF MINIATURES TO BE ASSEMBLED AND COLOURED AND THEIR ACCESSORIES (PDF 282 kB)

13/02/2003

6.

THE GREY AREA PROBLEM: CRITERIA FOR DISTINGUISHING ADULT DOLLS FROM TOYS (PDF 273 kB)

13/02/2003

7.

TOYS USED IN AND ON WATER (PDF 100 kB)

09/07/2012

8.

SWIMMING POOLS COVERED BY THE TOY SAFETY DIRECTIVE (PDF 84 kB)

30/06/2008

9.

CLASSIFICATION OF BOOKS (PDF 105 kB)

06/04/2009

10.

MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS (PDF 99 kB)

21/12/2010

11.

TOYS FOR OLDER AND YOUNGER CHILDREN

36 MONTHS (PDF 162 kB)

06/04/2009

12.

PACKAGING (PDF 100 kB)

09/07/2012

13.

HANDICRAFT PRODUCTS (PDF 91 kB)

19/04/2011

14.

SPORTING GOODS VERSUS TOYS (PDF 386 kB)

18/01/2012

15.

COLOURING AND PAINTING SUPPLIES, WRITING AND DRAWING SUPPLIES AND STATIONERY (PDF 103 kB)

09/10/2012

16.

ELECTRONIC DEVICES (PDF 119 kB)

09/07/2012

17.

CARNIVAL COSTUMES (DISGUISES, FANCY DRESS COSTUMES)  (PDF 369 kB)

04/12/2012

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AN INSTRUCTION PROVIDING GUIDANCE ON THE INTERPRETATION OF THE TERM

'WHICH MAY BE PLACED IN THE MOUTH', WHICH IS REFERRED TO IN POINT 52 OF ANNEX XVII TO REGULATION 1907/2006

(PDF 120 kB)

23/07/2012

[1] The original guidelines are updated as needed. The translations referenced in this table are based on the guidelines updated and published as of the date listed in this column. However, more recent versions may be published on the European Commission's website listed above that have not yet been incorporated into the translations.