On March 24, 2020, SGS will hold a webinar entitled, “Focus
on EN IEC 62115:2020 for Electric Toys.”
On February 21, 2020, the European Committee for
Electrotechnical Standardization (CENELEC) published EN IEC 62115:2020. This is
the European Union (EU) version of IEC 62115:2017, an electric toy standard
that aims towards worldwide harmonization.
CENELEC needed to publish an EU version to ensure it
complied with the formal requirements of Directive 2009/48/EC, the so-called
European Toy Safety Directive (TSD). These are included in a separate amendment
– A11:2020.
Amendments include:
- References to other relevant European standards, like the EN 71-series, and relevant European directives
- The relationship between the standard and the essential safety requirements of the TSD
- A rationale explaining the standard’s requirements
Once the standard has been harmonized, i.e. accepted
by the European Commission and Members States and it is published in the
Official Journal of the EU (OJEU), it can be used to show compliance with the
TSD.
The current harmonized standard is EN 62115:2005/A12:2015.
The new standard, EN IEC 62115:2020 and A11:2020, although technically the same
as IEC 62115:2017, is considerably different to EN 62115:2005/A12:2015.
Differences include:
- Changes regarding preconditioning (tests are to be performed with or without preconditioning, whatever is most unfavorable)
- Button and coin batteries: new requirements and new warnings. Button and coin batteries are likely to be ingested by children. The new requirements should make them less accessible
- New requirements for the safety of remote controls supplied with electrical ride-on toys
- New requirements and instructions for electric toys to be connected to class 1 equipment
- New requirements for supply via USB connection
- Clarification of humidity and moisture requirements
- Change of requirements regarding impact resistance for enclosures, the impact energy reduced from 0.7J to 0.5J
- Assessment of LED is modified using LED technical data sheet
Currently the transition
period between old and amended standard is unknown but is expected to be two
years when announced.
To help manufacturers
and suppliers of electric toys onto EU markets, SGS is inviting stakeholders to
a free webinar on March 24, 2020. The sixty-minute webinar will cover all
relevant aspects of EN IEC
62115:2020 and A11:2020 and will include a question
and answer session. It will be held in English.
Local times for the webinar are:
- 09:00 London
- 10:00 Paris, Berlin, Madrid, Amsterdam
- 17:00 Hong Kong
To register: https://bit.ly/3d8NFEj
SGS EU Toy Directive Services
SGS offers
a wide range of services to ensure that products comply with the EU Toy Safety
Directive. They offer training, safety/risk assessment, technical documentation
check, labelling review, testing according to harmonized standards, SVHC
screening, inspections and audits. They have the world’s largest network of toy
experts and testing facilities, including around 20 toy laboratories and three
3 EU Notified Bodies (France, Germany and Netherlands). Learn more about SGS’s
EU Toy Directive Services.
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For further information contact:
Sanda Stefanovic
Toys Expert
Tel: +318 821 44617
Email: crs.media@sgs.com
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