Regulation (EU) 2025/2509 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 Nov... (32025R2509)
Regulation (EU) 2025/2509 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 November 2025 on the safety of toys and repealing Directive 2009/48/EC (Text with EEA relevance)
- REGULATION (EU) 2025/2509 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL
- of 26 November 2025
- on the safety of toys and repealing Directive 2009/48/EC
- (Text with EEA relevance)
- CHAPTER I
- GENERAL PROVISIONS
- Article 1
- Subject matter
- Article 2
- Scope
- Article 3
- Definitions
- Article 4
- Free movement
- Article 5
- Essential safety requirements
- Article 6
- Warnings
- CHAPTER II
- OBLIGATIONS OF ECONOMIC OPERATORS
- Article 7
- Obligations of manufacturers
- Article 8
- Authorised representatives
- Article 9
- Obligations of importers
- Article 10
- Obligations of distributors
- Article 11
- Obligations of fulfilment service providers
- Article 12
- Cases in which obligations of manufacturers apply to other persons
- Article 13
- Identification of economic operators
- CHAPTER III
- OBLIGATIONS OF PROVIDERS OF ONLINE MARKETPLACES
- Article 14
- Specific obligations related to toy safety of providers of online marketplaces
- CHAPTER IV
- CONFORMITY OF TOYS
- Article 15
- Presumption of conformity of toys
- Article 16
- Common specifications
- Article 17
- General principles of the CE marking
- Article 18
- Rules and conditions for affixing the CE marking
- CHAPTER V
- DIGITAL PRODUCT PASSPORT
- Article 19
- Digital product passport
- Article 20
- Technical design and operation of the digital product passport
- Article 21
- Data carriers and unique identifiers
- Article 22
- Digital product passport registry
- Article 23
- Customs controls relating to the digital product passport
- Article 24
- Assistance for micro-, small and medium-sized enterprises
- CHAPTER VI
- CONFORMITY ASSESSMENT
- Article 25
- Safety assessment
- Article 26
- Conformity assessment procedures
- Article 27
- Technical documentation
- CHAPTER VII
- NOTIFICATION OF CONFORMITY ASSESSMENT BODIES
- Article 28
- Notification
- Article 29
- Notifying authorities
- Article 30
- Requirements relating to notifying authorities
- Article 31
- Information obligation of notifying authorities
- Article 32
- Requirements relating to notified bodies
- Article 33
- Presumption of conformity of notified bodies
- Article 34
- Subsidiaries of and subcontracting by notified bodies
- Article 35
- Application for notification
- Article 36
- Notification procedure
- Article 37
- Identification numbers and lists of notified bodies
- Article 38
- Changes to notifications
- Article 39
- Challenge to the competence of notified bodies
- Article 40
- Operational obligations of notified bodies
- Article 41
- Appeals against decisions of notified bodies
- Article 42
- Information obligation of notified bodies
- Article 43
- Exchange of experience
- Article 44
- Coordination of notified bodies
- CHAPTER VIII
- MARKET SURVEILLANCE
- Article 45
- Procedure for dealing with toys presenting a risk at national level
- Article 46
- Union safeguard procedure
- Article 47
- Formal non-compliance
- Article 48
- Commission action concerning toys that present a risk
- CHAPTER IX
- DELEGATED POWERS AND COMMITTEE PROCEDURE
- Article 49
- Delegated powers
- Article 50
- Exercise of the delegation
- Article 51
- Requests for assessment for the purposes of Article 49(6)
- Article 52
- Opinions from ECHA
- Article 53
- Committee procedure
- CHAPTER X
- CONFIDENTIALITY AND PENALTIES
- Article 54
- Confidentiality
- Article 55
- Penalties
- CHAPTER XI
- FINAL PROVISIONS
- Article 56
- Repeal
- Article 57
- Transitional provisions
- Article 58
- Evaluation and review
- Article 59
- Entry into force and application
- ANNEX I
- PRODUCTS TO WHICH THIS REGULATION DOES NOT APPLY
- Part I
- Part II
- ANNEX II
- PARTICULAR SAFETY REQUIREMENTS
- Part I
- Physical and mechanical properties
- Part II
- Flammability
- Part III
- Chemical properties
- Part IV
- Electrical properties
- Part V
- Hygiene
- Part VI
- Radioactivity
- Appendix
- Specific conditions for the presence of certain chemical substances or mixtures in toys
- Part A
- Substances subject to specific limit values
- Part B
- Substances subject to specific labelling requirements
- Part C
- Permitted presence of substances subject to generic prohibitions pursuant to Part III, point 4, of Annex II
- Part D
- Bisphenols prohibited in toys
- ANNEX III
- WARNINGS AND INDICATIONS OF PRECAUTIONS TO BE TAKEN WHEN USING CERTAIN CATEGORIES OF TOYS
- 1.
- General rules – presentation
- 2.
- Toys not intended for use by children under 36 months
- 3.
- Activity toys
- 4.
- Functional toys
- 5.
- Chemical toys
- 6.
- Skates, roller skates, inline skates, skateboards, scooters and toy bicycles
- 7.
- Aquatic toys
- 8.
- Toys in food
- 9.
- Imitations of protective masks and helmets
- 10.
- Toys intended to be strung across a cradle, cot or perambulator by means of strings, cords, elastics or straps
- 11.
- Packaging for fragrances in olfactory board games, cosmetic kits and gustative games
- ANNEX IV
- CONFORMITY ASSESSMENT PROCEDURES
- Part I
- Module A: Internal production control
- 2.
- Technical documentation
- 3.
- Manufacturing
- 4.
- CE marking and digital product passport
- 5.
- Authorised representative
- Part II
- Module B: EU-type examination
- Part III
- Module C: Conformity to type based on internal production control
- 2.
- Manufacturing
- 3.
- CE marking and digital product passport
- 4.
- Authorised representative
- ANNEX V
- ELEMENTS TO BE INCLUDED IN THE TECHNICAL DOCUMENTATION
- (as referred to in Article 27)
- ANNEX VI
- DIGITAL PRODUCT PASSPORT
- Part I
- Part II
- ANNEX VII
- LIST OF COMMODITY CODES AND PRODUCT DESCRIPTIONS FOR THE PURPOSES OF ARTICLE 23(6)
- ANNEX VIII
- CORRELATION TABLE