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Children's toys are an integral part of children's daily lives, so their safety is paramount. By applying for EN71 certification, you can ensure that the children's toys on the shelves meet the safety standards of the European Union, so as to protect the health and safety of children.
EN71 certification is the European Union's safety standard for children's toys, and its purpose is to ensure that children's toys do not cause harm or danger to children during use. The standard covers all aspects of toys and children's products, including mechanical and physical properties, flammability, chemical properties, etc., and has corresponding testing requirements for various types of toys.
Children's toys EN71 certification mainly covers the following parts:
EN71-1: Mechanical and Physical Properties. This part mainly includes drop detection, small parts detection, sharp edge detection, tensile detection, pressure detection, seam detection, torque detection, etc. Standards ensure that toys are free of sharp edges, clamping points, or moving parts that could cause injury.
EN71-2: Flame retardant properties. This part stipulates the types of flammable materials that are prohibited for all toys and the requirements for the combustion performance of toys with certain small ignition sources. It involves toys worn on the head, toy costumes and toys for children to wear while playing, toys for children to enter, soft padded toys with plush or textile fabrics, etc.
EN71-3: Transfer of certain elements. This section specifies the maximum limits for migratory elements (antimony, arsenic, barium, cadmium, chromium, lead, mercury, tin) in accessible parts or materials of toys.
In addition, there is EN71-4: Experimental Setup and Experimental Methods, which describes the experimental setup and experimental methods required to perform safety testing.
In terms of the EN71 certification process, it generally includes the following steps:
Submit an application: First, you need to submit an application to the appropriate certification body and fill out the application**.
Product testing: The certification body will test the applied product to assess whether it meets the requirements of the EN71 standard.
Evaluation report: The certification body will issue an evaluation report based on the test results to evaluate whether the product meets the standards.
Obtain a certificate: If the product meets the requirements of the EN71 standard, the certification body issues the corresponding certificate.