EN 71-3 Safety of Toys - Part 3: Migration of Specific Items

In the EN 71-3 standard, a European standard, from toy materials and toy parts, aluminum, antimony, arsenic, barium, boron, cadmium, chromium (III), chromium (VI), cobalt, copper, lead, manganese, mercury, nickel, Requirements for selenium, strontium, tin, organic tin and zinc migration are described and test methods described. The requirements in this standard are also included in the directive on the safety of toys in force in the European Union countries.

The EN 71-3 standard contains requirements for the migration of certain items from the following categories of toy materials:

• Category I: Dry, brittle, powder-like or pliable materials
• Category II: Liquid or sticky materials
• Category III: Scrapped materials

The requirements of that standard expressly exclude any hazard due to their accessibility, function, volume or mass, from sucking, licking or swallowing or prolonged skin contact when part of the toy or toy, and as intended or foreseeable, taking into account the behavior of children It does not apply to toys or toy parts used.

For the purposes of this standard, the possibility of sucking, licking or swallowing toys is considered significant for the following toys and toy parts:

• to the mouth All toys intended to be taken, cosmetic toys and writing instruments classified as toys are sucked, licked or swallowed.
• All accessible parts and components of toys for children up to 6 years of age can be considered to come into contact with the mouth. The possibility of mouth contact with parts of toys intended for older children is not considered significant in most cases.

For the purposes of this standard,

• Base material refers to the material on which coatings can be formed or deposited.
• Coating refers to a layer of material formed or deposited on a base material that can be removed by scraping. Coatings may contain paints, varnishes, varnishes, inks, polymeric coatings or other substances of a similar nature, regardless of the form of application, whether or not they contain metallic particles.
• Toy material refers to the accessible materials found in toys as determined in the EN 71-1 standard.

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