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Default Safety standards for toys

On 03/11/2020 22:05, Tim Lamb wrote:
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On 02/11/2020 21:26, wrote:
It's the time of year when many of us start thinking about making
toysÂ* for kids and grandkids (and then panic in 4 weeks because
there's beenÂ* no progress!) so I was just looking around for detailed
safety specÂ* guidance and was surprised that a copy of EN71.1 is
freely availableÂ* he
https://law.resource.org/pub/eu/toys/en.71.1.2014.html
If you're not familiar with ENs they can be slightly hard going but,
inÂ* this case, the general principles are given in Annex 2 of the
"toysÂ* Directive". The Directive is tough but the annex is fairly
easy going:
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-cont...ELEX:32009L004
8&from=ENÂ*Â* Hope that's some use to someone other than me.


When I were a lad, toys were more Darwinistic.


We had catapults and bows and arrows before progressing to air rifles
and then shotguns/rifles. Somewhere I still have my sisters smooth bore
Webly air pistol!


I was thinking about sharp edged tinplate toys. :-)

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Colin Bignell