Toys Safety Directive 2009/48/EC chemical requirements

Safety assessment in 2009/48/ECThe three partsThe safety assessment can be divided in three parts:• Mechanical & physical, flammability and electrical hazards forwhich harmonized standards exist• Hygiene and radioactivity hazards for which currently there are noharmonized standards available and the safety assessment is usedinstead• Chemical hazards for which some standards exist and where themandatory safety assessment is considered to be an alternative toEC Type examination for chemical hazards that are not covered byharmonized standards• The European Commission has published a guidance document:http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/sectors/toys/documents/guidance/index_en.htm