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update:2014-11-03 NO.: DOC141101-01

German Changed PAHs Limits Under GS-Mark

Recently the German committee on product safety agreed on amended PAHs Limits under the voluntary German GS-Mark to reflect changed legal requirements and scientific progress. The changed limits will become applicable on 1 July 2015.

Under Regulation 1907/2006/EC (Reach) plastic and rubber parts of articles shall not contain eight specific PAHs with more than 1 mg/kg if these parts are in prolonged skin contact or 0.5 mg/kg if the article is a toy or childcare article. These limits will become applicable on 27 December 2015.

The German GS-Mark on product safety (“Geprüfte Sicherheit”) established 18 PAHs Limits which is much stricter than Reach regulation specific 8 PAHs. Main changes are:

   • Changed scope of category 1 (all toys with intended and prolonged skin contact added).
   • Lowered limits of PAHs in categories 2 and 3.
   • Raised limits in Category 1 for Naphthalene and 8 other PAHs.
   • Migration approach for articles, which exceeded the limits of category 1 has been deleted.

Table: German GS-Mark 18 PAHs Limits

Parameter
Category 1 (mg/kg)
Category 2 (mg/kg)
Category 3 (mg/kg)
 
Materials indented to be put in the mouth, or materials of toy with intended and prolonged skin contact ( longer than 30 s )
Materials not covered by category 1, with foreseeable skin contact for longer than 30s (long-term skin contact) or short-term repeated skin contact Materials not covered by category 1 or 2, with foreseeable skin contact up to 30 s (short term skin contact)
Toy
Other product
Toy
Other product
Benzo[a]pyren
<0.2
<0.2
<0.5
<0.5
<1
Benzo[e]pyren
<0.2
<0.2
<0.5
<0.5
<1
Benzo[a]anthracen
<0.2
<0.2
<0.5
<0.5
<1
Benzo[b]fluoranthen
<0.2
<0.2
<0.5
<0.5
<1
Benzo[j]fluoranthen
<0.2
<0.2
<0.5
<0.5
<1
Benzo[k]fluoranthen
<0.2
<0.2
<0.5
<0.5
<1
Chrysen
<0.2
<0.2
<0.5
<0.5
<1
Dibenzo[a,h]anthracen
<0.2
<0.2
<0.5
<0.5
<1
Benzo[ghi]perylen
<0.2
<0.2
<0.5
<0.5
<1
lndeno[1‚2,3-cd]pyren
<0.2
<0.2
<0.5
<0.5
<1
Acenaphthylen, Acenaphthen, Fluoren, Phenanthren, Pyrene, Anthracen, Fluoranthen
<1
Sum
<5
Sum
<10
Sum
<20
Sum
<50
Sum
Naphthalin
<1
<2
<10
Sum 18 PAH
<1
<5
<10
<20
<50

For more information:
http://www.baua.de/de/Produktsicherheit/Marktueberwachung/pdf/GS-Spezifikation-PAK.pdf?__blob=publicationFile&v=3

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