New rules for safer toys in the EU
The European Commission welcomes the provisional political agreement between the European Parliament and the Council on the new toy safety rules, following the Commissions proposal for a Regulation on Toy Safety from 28 July 2023.
The new rules will ban harmful chemicals such as PFAS, endocrine disruptors, and bisphenols in toys. All toys will have a Digital Product Passport to prevent unsafe toys from entering the EU both online and offline. The Regulation sets stricter rules on online sales and gives inspectors more power to remove dangerous toys from the market. This ensures that imported toys are as safe for consumers as those made in the EU.
Executive Vice-President for Prosperity and Industrial Strategy, Stéphane Séjourné, stated: “The new rules make toys sold online and offline safer for children. They ban harmful chemicals and introduce a Digital Product Passport providing broader information to consumers and helping market inspectors detect and remove dangerous toys, especially at EU borders. This will help create fairer competition and a level playing field for EUs toy manufacturers.”
A press release is available online.
(For more information: Lea Zuber – Tel.: +32 2 295 62 98; Federica Miccoli — Tel.: + 32 2 295 83 00)
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