European standard EN 71 specifies safety requirements for toys. Compliance with the standard is legally required for all toys sold in the European Union.
The standard has been published in 11 parts:
EN 71-1: Mechanical and physical properties
EN 71-2: Flammability
EN 71-3: Specification for migration of certain elements
EN 71-4: Experimental sets for chemistry and related activities
EN 71-5: Chemical toys (sets) other than experimental sets
EN 71-6: Graphical symbols for age warning labelling
EN 71-7: Finger paints
EN 71-8: Swings, slides and similar activity toys for indoor and outdoor family domestic use
EN 71-9: Organic chemical compounds – Requirement
EN 71-10: Organic chemical compounds – Sample preparation and extraction
EN 71-11: Organic chemical compounds – Methods of analysis
EN71 test standard and content of the
EN71-1: 2005 Safety of toys - Part 1: Physical and mechanical properties of the parts include drop testing, testing of small parts, sharp edges testing, tensile testing, stress testing, seam testing, ear, nose pulling eye , torque testing.
EN71-2: 2006 Safety of toys - Part 2: Flame retardant properties of the provisions of this section prohibit the use of all flammable materials, toys and certain types of toys small fire burning performance requirements. Require the burning rate of the test material shall not exceed the standards prescribed limits. Worn on the head comes to toys, clothes and fancy toys for children to wear in the play in the toys, toys for children to enter, or textile fabrics with a soft plush stuffed toys.
EN71-3: 2001/AC: 2002 Safety of toys - Part 3: Some elements of the transfer of some of the provisions of the toys that can touch the components or materials could be relocated elements (antimony, arsenic, barium, cadmium, chromium, lead, mercury , tin) the maximum limits. The test principle is: the soluble elements are simulated material constant contact with the acid after swallowing a period of time under the conditions of material extracted from the toys the dissolution matter. With a detection limit of quantitative determination of the appropriate method of the content of soluble elements.
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