Danimarca: nuovo ordine esecutivo sui giocattoli

 

Denmark, the motherland of the Lego bricks, has published a new Executive order on toys.

The Executive order regulates construction and marking of toys. It also contains, among others, chemical requirements on toys.

Products covered by the Order are:

• Toys;
• Tricycles, scooters, pedal cars and similar wheeled toys;
• Dolls’ carriages; dolls; other toys; reduced-size “scale” recreational models, working or not;
• Puzzles of all kinds (HS 9503);
• Billiards of all kinds and accessories (HS 950420);
• Playing cards (HS 950440);
• Articles and equipment for table-tennis (HS 950640);
• Tennis, badminton or similar rackets, whether or not strung (HS 95065);
• Balls, other than golf balls and table-tennis balls (HS 95066)
• Other (HS 95069)
• Roundabouts, swings, shooting galleries and other fairground amusements;
• Travelling theatres (excl. travelling circuses and travelling menageries, booths, incl. the goods on sale, goods for distribution as prizes, gaming machines accepting coins or tokens, and tractors and other transport vehicles, incl. normal trailers) (HS 950890)

The Executive Order implements Directive 2009/48/EC on safety requirements for toys, as last amended by Commission Directive (EU) 2020/2088 as regards the labeling of allergenic fragrances in toys, and Commission Directive (EU) 2020/2089 as regards the prohibition of allergenic fragrances in toys.  

The proposed date of entry into force is the 1 July 2022. Some of the chemical requirements will entry into force on the 5 July 2022.

The original text of the Order can be accessed QUI.

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