Ukraine has
published a draft resolution that, if accepted, will bring its toy safety
legislation into closer alignment with the European Union’s Directive
2009/48/EC, the so-called European Toy Safety Directive (TSD).
The draft
resolution – Draft Resolution of the Cabinet of Ministers of Ukraine On
Amendments to the Technical Regulations for Toy Safety – was published by the
Ukrainian Ministry for Development of Economy, Trade and
Agriculture on September 15, 2020. Among several important changes, it aims to:
- Strengthen the migration of aluminum 2.5-fold for all
three categories of toy materials. The proposed migration limits are:
- Category I – 2,250 mg/kg
- Category II – 560 mg/kg
- Category III – 28,130 mg/kg
- Strengthen the migration of chromium (VI) by approximately
4-fold for category III toy materials – to 0.053 mg/kg
- Add three levels of requirement for formaldehyde
(migration, emission and content) in toys for children under 36 months or in
other toys intended to be placed in the mouth:
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- Formaldehyde migration in
polymeric materials – no more than 1.5 mg/l - Formaldehyde emission in
resin-bonded wood – no more than 0.1 ml/m³ - Formaldehyde content in
each of textile, leather and paper materials – no more than 30 mg/kg - Formaldehyde content in
water-based toys – no more than 10 mg/kg
The three
categories of toy material are:
- Category I – dry, brittle, powder-like or pliable
(e.g. chalk, bouncing putties, crayons, plasticine)
- Category II – liquid or sticky toys (e.g. bubble
solutions, finger paints, slimes)
- Category III – scraped-off (e.g. ceramics, textiles,
wood, bone, leather, polymers, elastomers)
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Ukraine originally
approved its ‘
Technical
Regulations on the Safety of Toys’ in 2018. If accepted, the draft proposal
will come into effect six months after it is published in Ukraine’s Official Journal.
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