EU - EN 71-3:2019+A1:2021

On April 14, 2021, the European Committee for Standardization CEN published EN 71-3:2019+A1:2021 as a new version of the standard “Safety of toys - Part 3: Migration of certain elements". This standard supersedes the current version EN 71-3:2019.

Changes compared to the previous version

The main reason for the adaptation was the inclusion of the new migration limits for aluminium, which were introduced by COMMISSION DIRECTIVE (EU) 2019/1922 and came into force on May 20, 2021. For this purpose, the new limit values have been added to Table 2 - Migration limits from toy materials and an explanatory note on the legal amendment introduced below. Furthermore, the above-mentioned amending directive has been added to Table ZA.1 - Correspondence between this European Standard and Directive 2009/48/EC, and to the Bibliography as a literature reference [19].

In addition, various editorial additions/revisions have also been made:

For example, the foreword includes now additional information that it has to be determined whether or not a toy is included in the scope of other parts of the EN 71-series. Furthermore, a number of technical reports (CEN/TR) published by CEN are listed.

In the course of the revision, in Annex F - Analytical methods for chromium (VI) at clause F.6.2 a formal adaptation of Formula (F.2.) as well as the associated definitions for V₁ (volume of migration solution) and V₂ (volume after neutralisation and final dilution) to clause F.4 in the previous version has been done. Indeed this has no practical effect.

Timeline for implementation

EN 71-3:2019+A1:2021 shall be given the status of a national standard at the latest by October 31, 2021; conflicting national standards shall be withdrawn by this date.

Germany has published DIN EN 71-3:2021-06 in June 2021. This document replaces DIN EN 71-3:2019-08.

Harmonization (citation in the EU Official Journal as the basis for presumption of conformity with Directive 2009/48/EC on the safety of toys) is assumed to take place with the next edition, which is expected in August 2021. At the end of the transitional period for harmonization (probably in 3-6 months), the standard will be mandatory for presumption of conformity with Directive 2009/48/EC.