On 27 March, the EU’s Council of Ministers adopted the amendments to Annex II of the 2009/48/EC toy safety Directive, which bring into force lower limits for lead in toys.

The new rules will:

※ Tighten the limit for dry, brittle, powder-like pliable toy material, from 13.5mg/kg to 2mg/kg;

※ Lower the limit for liquid or sticky toy material, from 3.4mg/kg to 0.5mg/kg; and

※ Reduce  the value for scraped-off toy material, from 160mg/kg to 23mg/kg.

The Directive will enter into force 20 days after publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

You can see more details on

http://data.consilium.europa.eu/doc/document/ST-7742-2017-INIT/en/pdf

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