The Structure of the Toy Safety Directive 88/378/EEC

The Toy Safety Directive 88/378/EEC has 16 Articles and 4 Annexes. The Articles cover general items such as scope and definitions, placing products on the market and putting them into service, free movement of CE-marked goods in EU member states, reference to harmonized standards, vigilance and incident reporting, conformity assessment procedures, safety, authorized representative, consequences of wrongly affixed CE Marking etc.

Annex I: contains a list of items specifically excluded from the scope of the 88/378/EEC Toy Safety Directive.
Annex II: details the mandatory safety requirements for all toy manufacturers. It touches on such elements as: physical and mechanical properties of toys, flammability, chemical properties, electrical properties, hygiene, and radioactivity.

Last updated Apr 22, 2009

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