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Turkey Begins Harmonizing Toy Safety Regulations with European Standards
Turkey has published a new set of Toy Safety Regulations, Oyuncak Güvenliği Yönetmeliği, bringing them into line with European Toy Safety Directive 2009/48/EC (TSD). Published on October 4, 2016, under Number 29847 in the Resmi Gazete, the Official Gazette of the Republic of Turkey, the new regulation is enforced by the Minister of Customs and Trade and will become effective on April 4, 2017.The new law introduces several important requirements, including:
• EC declaration of conformity (DOC)
• New requirements for chemical, physical and mechanical, flammable and electrical properties
• Obligations for economic operators
• Safety assessments
• Technical documentation
• The use of chemicals that are classified as carcinogenic, mutagenic or reprotoxic (CMRs)
• The use of European (EN) standards for presumption of conformity
In addition to the rules laid out in Oyuncak Güvenliği Yönetmeliği, toys must also conform to Regulation Number 29263, dated January 14, 2015, which prescribes the conditions relating to hazardous chemicals, including azo dyes and phthalates. Currently, no legislation has been put forward to regulate formamide, certain preservatives, bisphenol (A) BPA and flame retardants for certain toys that are stipulated in Appendix C of the TSD. These substances may be regulated, at a later date, by amendment.
SGS EU Toy Safety Directive Services
SGS offers a wide range of services to ensure that your products comply with the EU Toy Safety Directive. We offer training, safety/risk assessment, technical documentation checks, labelling reviews, harmonised standards testing, SVHC screening, inspections and audits. SGS has the largest network of toy experts and testing facilities in the world - around 20 toy labs worldwide including 3 EU Notified Bodies (France, Germany and Netherlands). Learn more about SGS’s EU Toy Safety Directive Services (www.sgs.com/en/Consumer-Goods-Retail/Toys-and-Juvenile-Products/Toys/EU-Toy-Directive.aspx)
SGS SafeGuardS keep you up to date with the latest news and developments in the consumer goods industry. Read the full Turkey Regulates Toys to European Standards SafeGuardS. (www.sgs.com/en/news/2016/10/safeguards-16716-turkey-regulates-toys-to-european-standards)
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Hing Wo Tsang
Global Hardlines Information and Innovation Manager
Tel:(+852) 2774 7420
Email: cts.media@sgs.com
Website: www.sgs.com/toys
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