In January, the European Commission issued its proposed revision of the toy safety Directive. The European Parliament is currently reviewing those proposals and the French government is expected to push for the revised law to be adopted during its presidency of the EU in the second half of the year.
Industry association Toys Industries of Europe (TIE) expects the Parliament to discuss the revision in September at the earliest: "We will then know more about the issues people want addressed," says the association’s secretary general Anne Starkie-Alves. She says there is a greater focus on chemicals in the revision, including provisions to limit all substances classified as carcinogenic, mutagenic and toxic to reproduction (CMR).
While the toy industry makes safety its first concern, the association says, it believes the revision will raise many challenges, in particular regarding the practical implementation of the new rules. For instance, there will be changes in the definition and extent of the information that companies are expected to have to record on the materials used in toys.
According to Ms Starkie-Alves, TIE is now trying to persuade MEPs to introduce amendments to improve the definition of some aspects of the revised law. "As an industry we agree on the need for a fresh approach. How this will be applied and enforced, however, will have a big impact on SMEs which needs to be taken into account.
"There is the need for further clarification on how companies will be required to demonstrate conformity and a transition period for implementation of the changes. We think the industry will require a certain amount of guidance - we need more clarity now to save confusion afterwards."
In addition to the work undertaken by the Commission’s DG Enterprise, the health and consumer directorate (DG Sanco) also turned its attention to toy safety following last summer’s run of toy recalls. In November it completed a stocktaking exercise to review the strengths and weaknesses of toy safety mechanisms currently in place in Europe CW Newslink 22 November 2007. It found that most problems were associated with non-branded products.
Despite the agreement, pressure on the industry is likely to be maintained. The European Consumers’ Organisation (BEUC) has called for a greater number of chemicals to be restricted in toys. It wants to see allergens, sensitisers and other substances of very high concern included in the revised Directive. In a report published in April it demanded greater use of the precautionary principle and for the Directive to be based on the comitology procedure to allow it to be adapted more quickly.
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