Council of the European Union and European Parliament 18 June 2009, Directive 2009/48/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 June 2009 on the safety of toys (Text with EEA relevance)

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Directive 2009/48/EC establishes harmonised safety requirements for products designed or intended for use in play by children under 14 years of age to guarantee the free movement of toys within the Community while ensuring child health and safety. It defines obligations for manufacturers, importers, and distributors, sets out essential safety criteria concerning physical, mechanical, chemical, electrical, and flammability properties, and prescribes conformity assessment procedures along with rules for CE marking and mandatory warnings. Member States are tasked with market surveillance, establishing notification regimes for conformity assessment bodies, and enforcing compliance through proportionate penalties and provisional restrictive measures.AI