NEWSupdate:2012-05-15NO.: DOC120501-01EU Allows Germany to Maintain Stricter Chemical Limits in ToysOn 1 March 2012 the European Commission published Decision 2012/160/EU concerning the national provisions notified by the German Federal Government maintaining the limit values for lead, barium, arsenic, antimony, mercury and nitrosamines and nitrosatable substances in toys beyond the entry into application of Directive 2009/48/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the safety of toys. The German limits set in the Consumer Goods Ordinance (Bedarfsgegenständeverordnung) are expressed in terms of bioavailability, whereas Directive 2009/48/EC establishes migration limits. The limits of these elements are set according to the prior Toy Safety Directive (No. 88/378/EEC Directive). The maximum daily bioavailability of lead is 0.7μg, arsenic 0.1μg mercury 0.5μg, barium 25μg, antimony 0.2μg. At the same time, in Directive 2009/48/EC ,per the toys for children under 36 months or toys can be placed in the mouth , nitrosamines and nitrosatable substances migration limits shall not be equal to or higher than 0.05 mg / kg and 1 mg / kg. Germany further requested the release amount of such substances must be very small. In its consumer Regulations, the migration limits of nitrosamines and nitrosatable substances must be less than 0.01 mg / kg and 0.1 mg / kg. An overview of German Request and Decision 2012/160/EU and contrast
with 2009/48/EC as below:
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