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update:2018-07-23 NO.: DOC180703-01

EU Toy Safety Standard EN71-3:2013+A3:2018 published

On June 2018, European Committee for Standardization published a new version of standard EN71-3:2013+A3:2018 Safety of toys - Part 3: Migration of certain elements to supersede the previous EN71-3:2013+A2:2017. The EN71-3:2013+A3:2018 edition only revised the limits of the migration of lead element. According to EU directive 2017/738/EU, the new limit requirements for lead will come into force in October 28, 2018.

The revised contents are as follows:

Pb limit (mg/kg)	Category I (dry, brittle, powder-like or pliable toy material)	Category II (liquid or sticky toy material)	Category III (scraped-off toy material)
EN71-3:2013+A2:2017	13.5	3.4	160
EN71-3:2013+A3:2018	2.0	0.5	23

More information, please refer below link:
https://standards.cen.eu/dyn/www/f?p=204:110:0::::FSP_PROJECT,FSP_ORG_ID:66771,6036&cs=1EF044343CB155E7AB0967DC1B33D17C8

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