TOYS DIRECTIVE
The Toy Safety Directive (Directive 2009/48/EC) was published in June 2009, and the previous version of theDirective (88/368/EEC) was repealed in July 2011.
The Directive is intended to provide a common standard for the safety of toys throughout the whole of the EEA. All toyswhich are sold within the EEA are required to meet the requirements of the Directive, and may be sold without any further local legal controls so long as they are legitimately CE marked.
Scope and exemptions
Toys are defined in the Directive as:
“Products designed or intended, whether or not exclusively, for use in play by children under 14 years of age”
With the exception of the following products;
Playground equipment intended for public use
Automatic playing machines, whether coin operated or not, intended for public use
Toy vehicles equipped with combustion engines
Toy steam engines
Slings and catapults
