Ensuring Child Safety: The EU Toy Safety Directive
Directive 2009/48/EC sets some of the strictest toy safety requirements in the world. ARTEM provides the data-driven platform to manage the complex documentation and assessment process, ensuring your products are safe, compliant, and ready for the EU market.
What is the Toy Safety Directive?
The Toy Safety Directive is the EU's legal framework ensuring all toys intended for children under 14 are safe to play with. It goes beyond general product safety to address specific risks inherent in toys, from chemical exposure to physical hazards.
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Who is Affected?
Manufacturers, importers, and distributors of toys placed on the EU market.
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What is the Goal?
To protect children from all foreseeable risks during play, including physical, chemical, electrical, flammability, hygiene, and radioactivity hazards.
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The CE Marking Mandate
Compliance is a mandatory prerequisite for affixing the CE mark and selling toys in the European Union.
Pillars of Toy Safety
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Physical & Mechanical
Toys must be built to withstand use without breaking into dangerous pieces. They cannot have sharp edges or small parts that pose a choking hazard for young children or present risks of strangulation.
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Flammability
Toys must not be a dangerous flammable element. Materials must not ignite easily, and if they do, the flame must spread slowly to allow a child to get away from the toy safely.
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Chemical Safety
Strict limits are placed on harmful chemicals, including heavy metals like lead and mercury, certain allergenic fragrances, and CMR substances (carcinogenic, mutagenic, or toxic for reproduction).
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Electrical Properties
Electrical toys must be designed to prevent risks of electric shock or burns, with voltage limits and secure battery compartments to protect children from accessing batteries.
The Artem Pathway toToy Safety Compliance
Achieving compliance requires a robust, documented process. ARTEM's platform provides a structured workflow to manage the critical steps for CE marking your toys.
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Conduct a Comprehensive Safety Assessment
Use our guided modules to analyze and document all potential chemical, physical, mechanical, electrical, flammability, and hygiene risks your toy may present.
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Compile the Technical Documentation
Systematically gather and organize all required documents—from design drawings and risk assessments to test reports (e.g., EN 71 series) and material declarations—into a single, audit-ready Technical File.
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Generate the EU Declaration of Conformity & Manage Labeling
Automatically create an accurate Declaration of Conformity based on your verified data and manage all necessary warnings and traceability information for your product labels.
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Gestión centralizada del cumplimiento
Gestione toda su documentación de cumplimiento en una plataforma única, segura y auditable.
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Industries Impacted by Toy Safety
Estas son las industrias que entran en el ámbito de aplicación de este reglamento y pueden verse directamente afectadas por sus requisitos.