EU Amends European Standards for Child Care Articles and Children’s Furniture

2022-09-22

On 2022-08-12, the EU published the Decision "(EU) 2022/1401", amending the Implementing Decision (EU) 2019/1698 as regards European standards for certain childcare articles and children’s furniture, as well as some other non-toy products. A product that complies with these standards is to be presumed safe as defined in the General Product Safety Directive (2001/95/EC).

 

Standard Updates:

Annex I to the Implementing Decision (EU) 2019/1698 has been amended as in the following table, for those items related to “Child Care Articles and Children’s Furniture”:

Row

                 Standard                

Title

1a

EN 716-1:2017+AC:2019

Furniture – Children’s cots and folding cots for domestic use – Part 1: Safety requirements

3

EN 914:2020

Gymnastic equipment – Parallel bars and combination asymmetric/parallel bars – Requirements and test methods including safety

11, 12

EN 1130:2019/AC:2020

Children’s furniture – Cribs – Safety requirements and test methods

12a

EN 1272:2017

Child care articles – Table mounted chairs – Safety requirements and test methods

13a

EN 1400:2013+A2:2018

Child use and care articles – Soothers for babies and young children – Safety requirements and test methods

14

EN 1466:2014/AC:2015

Child use and care articles – Carry cots and stands – Safety requirements and test methods

27

EN ISO 9994:2019

Lighters – Safety specification (ISO 9994:2018)

48a

EN 14988:2017+A1:2020

Children’s high chairs – Requirements and test methods

48b

EN 16120:2012+A2:2016

Child use and care articles – Chair mounted seat

 

Note: row numbers ending with ‘a’ or ‘b’ means the insertion of new items, otherwise means replacement.

 

Effective Date:

This Decision enters into force on the day of its publication (2022-08-12) in the Official Journal of the European Union.

 

References:

https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/PDF/?uri=CELEX:32022D1401&from=EN

 

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