CE certification: Toys Directive certification requirements and testing items.
With the increasing attention to children's growth and safety, toys are indispensable companions in the process of children's growth, and their safety and quality requirements have also been paid more and more attention. In order to ensure the safety of toys, the European Union has issued the Toys Directive, which requires all toys entering the EU market to be CE certified and meet relevant standards and regulations. This article will introduce the certification requirements and testing items of the Toys Directive in detail.
1. Certification requirements.
1.Comply with the essential requirements of the Toy Safety Directive.
The basic requirements of the Toy Safety Directive include the following:
ensure that toys do not pose a health hazard to children;
ensure the safety of toys;
Ensure the environmental protection of toys;
Ensure fair competition with toys.
2.Comply with relevant standards and regulations.
The EU has issued a series of standards and regulations for toys, such as EN71, EN62115, etc., and all toys entering the EU market must meet these standards and regulations. When applying for CE marking, manufacturers need to provide documentation of compliance with the relevant standards and regulations.
3.Establish a compliance assessment system.
In order to ensure that toys comply with the requirements of the Directive, manufacturers need to establish a conformity assessment system to fully control the design and production process of their products. The evaluation system should include the following:
Determination of the compliance of products with the standards and provisions required by the Directive;
Detect and control the raw materials and parts of the product;
Comprehensive monitoring of the production process of the product;
The finished product is inspected and tested.
4.Apply for CE certification and affix the CE mark.
After establishing a conformity assessment system, manufacturers can apply to the European Commission for CE certification. The European Commission will review the application and, if it is deemed that the product meets the requirements of the Directive, will issue a CE marking certificate and allow the product to be affixed with the CE mark.
Second, the test items.
In order to ensure that toys comply with the requirements of the directive, a series of testing items need to be carried out, mainly including the following aspects:
1.Mechanical and physical property testing.
Mechanical and physical performance testing is to test the performance of toys under certain external forces, such as whether the edges, tips, and small parts of the toy will cause harm to children. In addition, it is also necessary to test the stability and weight-bearing capacity of the toy.
2.Combustion performance test.
The combustion performance test is to test the performance of toys when burning, so as to avoid safety accidents such as fires caused by toy burning. The test items include testing the flame retardancy of the material, the speed of flame spread, etc.
3.Chemical performance testing.
Chemical performance testing is to test whether the chemical substances contained in toys comply with relevant standards and regulations, such as heavy metal content, phthalate and other harmful substance content, etc. These substances can be harmful to children's health and therefore need to be strictly controlled.