TIE Articles on Toy Safety Requirements and Standardisation

These articles provide a non-exhaustive overview of the latest developments related to toy safety requirements and the standards that are needed to ensure compliance with the Toy Safety Directive. As toy safety requirements are subject to changes, we recommend that you consult the latest available information.

• “Safety Assessment” of Toys – a Requirement? (31.10.2017)
• Toy or not (12.10.2017)
• Age Classification of Toys (24.06.2016)
• What are accredited test laboratories? (15.02.2016)
• What is a Notified Body Under the TSD? (27.10.2015)
• Standards and presumption of conformity with legal requirements (08.06.2015)
• Nickel: triply regulated in toys (18.03.2015)
• What is the ’candidate list’ (21.05.2013)
• Is it a toy? (21.11.2011)
• Safety of toys: Chemical safety assessment (06.05.2011)
• An introduction to safety assessment of the mechanical, physical, flammability and electrical properties of toys as well as hygiene and radioactivity properties (01.04.2011)