EU - Draft Commission Regulation (EU) Regards Substances Classified as Carcinogenic, Mutagenic or Toxic for Reproduction (CMR) Category 1a or 1b in Childcare Products

This draft Regulation would introduce a new entry into Annex XVII to Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006.It would prohibit the placing on the market of CMRs 1A and 1B in childcare products. 

For the purpose of this draft Regulation, childcare products are defined as any product other than a substance or mixture on their own, designed to facilitate seating, sleep, relaxation, hygiene, feeding, sucking, transportation or protection of children. 

The prohibition would only apply when generic or – where applicable – specific concentration limits are exceeded. A transition period of 3 years is foreseen. Exemptions would apply for

(1) second-hand childcare products, 

(2) homogeneous material in childcare products, which is inaccessible to children, where the CMR is not released, 

(3) childcare products that are also devices with an intended medical purpose or their accessories and 

​(4) childcare products, which are intended to come into contact with food (food contact materials).