EU - Commission Decision (EU) 2023/1338 Safety Requirements to be Met by European Standards for Certain Children's Products Pursuant to GPSD 2001/95/EC

​Recently the ​Commission Decision (EU) 2023/1338 was published on June 30, 2023, stipulating the safety requirements to be met by European standards for certain children’s products and related products pursuant to Directive 2001/95/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council.

This Decision applies to the European standards referred to in Article 4(1) of General Product Safety Directive (GPSD) 2001/95/EC for the following products:

(a) children’s products intended to be worn by children;

(b) children’s products intended to facilitate or protect the seating function, sleeping function, bathing function, body care, relaxation, transportation and early learning;

(c) children’s products intended to facilitate the feeding, drinking or sucking of children;

(d) children’s products that offer one or several functions listed in points (a), (b) and (c) and one or several other functions;

(e) products related to children’s products, including the following products:

(i) products and accessories specifically designed for use with children’s products referred to in points (a) to (d) or in combination with those products;

(ii) products to be used and mounted or installed by adults which are accessible to a child or offer a protective function to a child.

Refer to Annex for the details of the safety requirements.