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Document Ares(2022)5210062

Initiative summary:
Current legal provision on toy safety lay down the safety and other requirements that toys must meet before they can be marketed in the EU. The main objective of the initiative is to better protect children against risks in toys, in particular from chemicals. It builds on the work on chemicals (in particular Fitness Check on Chemicals and Chemicals Strategy for Sustainability) as well as an evaluation of the current rules completed in 2020.
EuroVoc thesaurus:
single market; child; safety standard; toy industry; European standard; market approval; technical standard; free movement of goods; product safety; EC conformity marking