Brazil has revised two pieces of
legislation to change the country’s requirements for toys and school supplies.
The Brazilian National Institute of
Metrology, Quality and Technology (INMETRO) has published Ordinance No. 217 of
June 18, 2020 (the ‘Ordinance’). It came into effect on June 24, 2020 – the
date of publishing – and revises:
- Ordinance
No. 481 of December 7, 2010 ‘Assessment Requirements for Compliance with School
Supplies’ (Ordinance 481/2010) - Ordinance
No. 563 of December 29, 2016 ‘Technical Regulation and Conformity Assessment
Requirements for Toys’ (Ordinance 563/2016)
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There is also a comprehensive set of changes relating
to toys, under Ordinance 563/2016. These include:
- New
compliance dates set for domestic manufacturers, importers, distributors and
other businesses that carry out trade activities for compliance with the
Ordinance on toy safety - Setting a
new compliance date of January 1, 2022 for toys containing expanded
ethylene-vinyl acetate (EVA) copolymer to comply with the more stringent limit
for formamide content (from 0.5% to 0.3%) - A new set
of complementary standards and documents, including a completely new standard
for laser product safety, to be adopted for Technical Quality Regulation:
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- ABNT NBR
NM 300-1:2011 ’General, mechanical and physical properties’ - ABNT NMR
NM 300-2:2004 ‘Flammability’ - ABNT NBR
NM 300-3:2011 ‘Migration of certain elements’ - ABNT NBR
NM 300-4:2004 ‘Experimental sets for chemistry and related activities’ - ABNT NBR
NM 300-5:2004 ‘Chemical toys (sets) other than chemistry sets - ABNT NBR
NM 300-6:2004 ‘Electric toys’ - ABNT NBR
13793:2012 ‘Feeding bottles and nipples’ - ABNT NBR
11786:1998 ‘Specifications’ – this cancelled standard is used for 2 tests in
this RTQ on a normative basis - ABNT NBR
16040:2018 ‘Phthalates – determination of phthalic plasticizers by gas
chromatography’ - ABNT
ISO/TR 8124-8:2017 ‘Age determination guidelines’ - IEC
60825-1:2014 ‘Safety of laser products’ - Inmetro
Ordinance No. 250, 2016
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- New
definitions – includes a new definition for ‘toy’ – any product designed or
clearly intended for use in play by children under fourteen years of age - Extending
the validity of the Certificate of Conformity (CoC) from ‘3 years’ to ‘5 years’ - Extending
the maintenance evaluation period (audit and tests) from ‘6 months’ to ’12
months’ after the CoC has been issued - A
completely new requirement for all packaging to contain the supplier’s
identification (ID), containing the company name or when available, the trade
name and/or registered trademark and address. This ID and address can be
abbreviated but must be clearly identified - New
warnings and statements, including those for marbles for the 0-3 age group - New
warning on packaging for aquatic toys - New
warnings for teethers and a completely new set of warnings for toy swings
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The Ordinance has also modified the list of products
that are not considered to be toys.
The latest amendment stipulates that toys must
comply with the Ordinance on ‘Technical Regulation and Conformity Assessment Requirements
for Toys’ by the following dates:
- January 1,
2022 – domestic manufacturers and importers - January 1,
2023 – manufacturers and importers selling toys - July 1,
2025 – businesses marketing toys
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