Some members of this list may be interested to know that a new toy safety directive was published in the OJ on Tuesday this week.
Directive 2009/48/EC replaces 88/378/EEC from 20 July 2011. So far as I can see on the basis of a quick read, the practical differences between the old and new directives are fairly minor, although the new directive introduces a requirement for a Declaration of Conformity for the first time and furthermore (and this really is a novelty) the Declaration will be required to have a colour photo of the toy on it to aid identification. The OJ reference is L170, of 30 June 2009, available from here: http://eur-lex.europa.eu/JOIndex.do?ihmlang=en Nick. - This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to <[email protected]> All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc Graphics (in well-used formats), large files, etc. can be posted to that URL. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ Instructions: http://listserv.ieee.org/request/user-guide.html List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Scott Douglas <[email protected]> Mike Cantwell <[email protected]> For policy questions, send mail to: Jim Bacher: <[email protected]> David Heald: <[email protected]>
