| Status | Standard | Title | Published CEN | Published OJEU (Harmonized) | Main changes | Recommended action |
| Harmonized | EN 71-1:2014 + A1 : 2018 | Mechanical and physical properties | June 2018 | 10/08/2018 | Cords, Projectiles, Flying toys | -- |
| Project | prEN 71-1:2025 | Mechanical and physical properties | Toys imitating food, ride-on toys and many, many more | Check all, focus on toys imitating food, ride-on toys |
January 31, 2025
Due to a standardisation request, nearly all EN 71 toy standards and EN 62115 will be revised in 2025. In order to keep you up to date, we will regularly publish the status of projects and published standards.
The standardisation request is a new way to define the work program for standardisation bodies CEN/CENELEC. The agreement between the EU commission and CEN/CENELEC was signed in October 2022.
The deadline for the adoption of new and revised standards is October 25, 2025. Due to this nearly all EN 71 standards and EN 62115 will be revised and published in 2025.
In order to keep you up to date we will regularly publish an overview.
Explanation of terminology:
- Project: Ongoing work and voting procedures in CEN
- Published CEN: Agreed and published by CEN, but not yet Harmonized. Standard is available, but does not yet provide presumption of conformity with the legislation, the Toy Safety Directive 2009/48/EC
- Harmonized: Accepted by the EU Commission and member states and published in the Official Journal of the EU (OJEU). Standards provide presumption of conformity with the legislation
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| Status | Standard | Title | Published CEN | Published OJEU (Harmonized) | Main changes | Recommended action |
| Harmonized | EN 71-2:2020 | Flammability | December 2020 | 16/11/2021 | Details test methods especially for toy disguise costumes and inclusion interpretations | -- |
| Project | prEN 71-2:2020 +A1:2025 | Flammability | Clarifications, method mask testing | Check masks |
| Status | Standard | Title | Published CEN | Published OJEU (Harmonized) | Main changes | Recommended action |
| Harmonized | EN 71-3:2019 +A1:2021 | Migration of certain elements | April 2021 | 16/11/2021 | Updates migration limits for aluminum | -- |
| Published CEN | EN 71-3:2019 +A2:2024 | Migration of certain elements | December 2024 | Removes dewaxing procedure and more | Check materials containing grease |
| Status | Standard | Title | Published CEN | Published OJEU (Harmonized) | Main changes | Recommended action |
| Harmonized | EN 71-4:2020 | Experimental sets for chemistry and related activities | December 2020 | 16/11/2021 | Changes include permitting only closures for child-resistant containers that comply with EN ISO 8317:2015 | -- |
| Project | prEN 71-4:2020+A1:2025 | Experimental sets for chemistry and related activities | Allows two additional options for child-resistant container closures | Check containers and closures |
| Status | Standard | Title | Published CEN | Published OJEU (Harmonized) | Main changes | Recommended action |
| Harmonized | EN 71-5:2015 | Chemical toys (sets) other than experimental sets | October 2015 | 13/11/2015 | -- | -- |
| Project | prEN 71-5:2025 | Chemical toys (sets) other than experimental sets | Includes slime kits | Check slime kits |
| Status | Standard | Title | Published CEN | Published OJEU (Harmonized) | Main changes | Recommended action |
| Withdrawn | EN 71-6:1994 | Graphical symbol for age warning | August 1994, | Withdrawn | Symbol included in EN 71-1 | -- |
| Status | Standard | Title | Published CEN | Published OJEU (Harmonized) | Main changes | Recommended action |
| Harmonized | EN 71-7:2014 + A3 2020 | Finger paints | June 2018 | 28/05/2021 | Aligns strengthened limit value for climbazole | -- |
| Project | prEN 71-7:2025 | Finger paints | Classification of titanium dioxide, revised list of preservatives, added booster substances | Check all |
| Status | Standard | Title | Published CEN | Published OJEU (Harmonized) | Main changes | Recommended action |
| Harmonized | EN 71-8:2018 | Activity toys for domestic use | January 2018 | 10/08/2018 | Fall protection double seats, Impact test of swing and revision of several paragraphs | -- |
| Project | prEN 71-8:2025 | Activity toys for domestic use | Including inflatable activity toys and other changes | Check inflatable activity toys |
| Status | Standard | Title | Published CEN | Published OJEU (Harmonized) | Main changes | Recommended action |
| Withdrawn | EN 71-9:2007 | Organic chemical compounds | September 2007, Withdrawn 06 2022 | Not harmonized | -- | -- |
| Status | Standard | Title | Published CEN | Published OJEU (Harmonized) | Main changes | Recommended action |
| Published CEN | EN 71-10:2005 | Organic chemical compounds - Sample preparation and extraction | March 2006 | Not harmonized | -- | -- |
| Status | Standard | Title | Published CEN | Published OJEU (Harmonized) | Main changes | Recommended action |
| Published CEN | EN 71-11:2005 | Organic chemical compounds – Methods of analysis | November 2005 | Not harmonized | -- | -- |
| Status | Standard | Title | Published CEN | Published OJEU (Harmonized) | Main changes | Recommended action |
| Harmonized | EN 71-12:2016 | N-Nitrosamines and N-nitrosable substances | December 2016 | 31/5/2021 with a note regarding lowest set of limits | -- |
| Status | Standard | Title | Published CEN | Published OJEU (Harmonized) | Main changes | Recommended action |
| Harmonized | EN 71-13:2021+A1 :2022 | Olfactory board games, cosmetics kits and gustative games | March 2022 | 04/04/2023 | Changes to allergenic fragrances | -- |
| Published CEN | EN 71-13:2021+A2:2024 | Olfactory board games, cosmetics kits and gustative games | November 2024 | Allows two additional options for child-resistant container closures. | Check containers and closures |
| Status | Standard | Title | Published CEN | Published OJEU (Harmonized) | Main changes | Recommended action |
| Harmonized | EN 71-14:2018 | Trampolines for domestic use | January 2019 | 23/07/2019 | Add buried trampolines in the scope, | -- |
| Project | prEN 71-14:2025 | Trampolines for domestic use | Review warnings, pinching, crushing and falling hazards. | Check warnings and instructions |
| Status | Standard | Title | Published CEN | Published OJEU (Harmonized) | Main changes | Recommended action |
| Published | EN 71-15:2025 | Formamide in foam toy materials (content) | February 2025 | -- | Foam materials |
| Status | Standard | Title | Published CEN | Published OJEU (Harmonized) | Main changes | Recommended action |
| Published | EN 71-16: 2025 | Certain chlorinated phosphorus flame retardants (TCEP, TCPP, TDCP) in toy materials | February 2025 | -- | Plastics/polymerics, coatings, textile materials, |
| Status | Standard | Title | Published CEN | Published OJEU (Harmonized) | Main changes | Recommended action |
| Published | EN 71-17:2025 | Certain isothiazolinones (MIT, CIT, BIT) in aqueous toy materials | February 2025 | -- | Aqueous/water-based materials |
| Status | Standard | Title | Published CEN | Published OJEU (Harmonized) | Main changes | Recommended action |
| Published CEN | EN 71-18:2024 | Phenol in aqueous and polymeric toy materials | December 2024 | -- | Phenol content: water-based materials Phenol migration: Polymeric materials |
| Status | Standard | Title | Published CEN | Published OJEU (Harmonized) | Main changes | Recommended action |
| Published CEN | EN 71-19:2024 | Migration of bisphenol A from toy materials | December 2024 | -- | Plastic and coatings |
| Status | Standard | Title | Published CEN | Published OJEU (Harmonized) | Main changes | Recommended action |
| Project | prEN 71-20:2025 | Microbiological safety of toys containing accessible aqueous media | New standard replacing NoBo protocol including adequacy of preservation. | Aqueous/water-based materials |
| Status | Standard | Title | Published CEN | Published OJEU (Harmonized) | Main changes | Recommended action |
| Harmonized | EN IEC 62115:2020 EN IEC 62115:2020/A11:2020 | Electric toys | February 2020 | 28 May 2021 | Many changes batteries, labelling | -- |
| Project | pr EN IEC 62115 | Button and coin batteries, epilepsy warning and more | Check button, coin batteries, flickering lights. |
Update: 21 January 2025
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