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update:2021-01-05 NO.: DOC210101-01

CEN Published New Edition EN 71-2:2020: Flammability

On December 9, 2020, European Committee for Standardization (CEN) published EN 71-2: 2020, the new edition toy safety standard for flammability.

This standard is expected to be harmonized before Dec. 2021 under Directive 2009/48/EC Toy Safety Directive (TSD), upon official acceptance by the European Commission (EC) and by publication in the Official Journal of the European Union (OJEU).

Significant technical changes between this European and the previous version：

Clause/paragraph/table/figure
 Change
3
 Added new definitions for: Cleansing, flowing elements (replaces "material with similar features" in previous version and now includes hair), highly flammable solid, toy disguise costume, toys intended to be entered by a child and washing.
4.1
 Highly flammable solids have replaced “materials with similar behaviour in fire as celluloid” in the previous version.
4.2
 Requirements for flowing elements (“material with similar features” in previous version) have been reworded to aid clarity.
4.2.5
 Revised application to apply to all toys to be worn on the head if not covered by preceding clauses of 4.2.
4.3
 New requirements for toy disguise costumes which contain loose stuffing which would otherwise fall out during testing (to 5.4.1.2.).
5.4.1.1
 Added requirements for toy disguise costumes to be tested before and after washing even if instructions state not to wash.
5.4.1.2
 Fully revised to increase testing of smaller specimens by allowing combined specimens or half-sized specimens and narrow materials as well as specifying testing of fillings, trims and embellishments. Inclusion of “Figure 1 - Orientation of combined test specimen pieces” within the normative text (within the informative Annex of previous version).
5.4.2
 Addition of wire mesh to test specimen holder to allow testing of narrow materials.
5.4.6
 Revised expression of results.
5.5
 Inclusion of soft-filled parts of disguise costumes if they contain loose filling which would otherwise fall out during testing under 5.4.1.2.
5.5.3
 Clarified that the measurement of maximum unhindered dimension refers to the part(s) that are soft-filled regardless of whether the toy has a head or not. Clarified that timings are made to the top of the soft-filled parts and not to the top of the entire toy unless the top of the toy is also a soft filled part.

For further details, please refer to the below link:
https://standards.cen.eu/dyn/www/f?p=204:110:0::::FSP_PROJECT,FSP_ORG_ID:63708,6036&cs=1EAA7FA966D95566950DCEABAD3BB728B
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