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The law covering ’childcare articles’

Into: General product safety Product categories Children’s items Childcare articles

There are a number of products that have been especially designed as childcare articles. These include items such as highchairs, carrycots and baby soothers. There is a range of safety legislation that covers these articles and this is considered in this section. The law uses the term childcare article to define: "any product intended to facilitate sleep, relaxation, hygiene, the feeding of children or sucking on the part of children". Childcare articles, therefore, cover a large (...) Read more

Standards , Childcare

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Play equipment in playgrounds

Into: General product safety Product categories Children’s items Playground equipment

Children may use play equipment such as swings, slides and climbing frames either at home (domestic use) or in a commercial playground setting such as in a park or a public house garden. The Toy (Safety) Regulations 1995 covers the safety of a wide range of play equipment used domestically for both indoor and outdoor use. This legislation defines a toy as: ‘any product or material designed or clearly intended for use in play by children of less than 14 years of age’. Directive 2009/48 on (...) Read more

Standards , Playground , Leisure

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CE Mark

Into: General product safety Ensuring product safety Safety labelling

An important aspect of the safety of many products is the CE Mark. The CE Mark is a passport for goods to circulate freely within the EU. The manufacturer or their authorised representative in the EU put the CE mark on a product to show the product is declared to be compliant with current safety requirements. The following products require the CE mark: Toys Domestic and Commercial Electrical Goods Recreational Craft Machines Radio and Communications Equipment Medical Devices (...) Read more

Labelling , Standards

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Product safety requirements for producers and distributors

Into: General product safety Legal aspects of product safety General product safety

The General Product Safety Regulations place several obligations on producers and distributors. 1) Supplying or possessing an unsafe product Producers and distributors must not: place a product on the market expose or possess a product for placing on the market offer or agree to supply a product supply a product, if a that product is not a ‘safe’ product and poses a danger. 2) Providing information for consumers If a that product is not a ‘safe’ product and poses a danger, producers (...) Read more

Standards , Recall

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Safety organisations in the EU

Into: General product safety Sources of help and advice

Product Safety Enforcement Forum of Europe (PROSAFE) This is an organisation established by product safety enforcement officers throughout Europe. The group was established as there was a recognition of the need to build links, understanding and trust between enforcement officials working across the EU. European Association for Injury Prevention and Safety Promotion (EUROSAFE) This is a network and forum for people working on injury prevention, which is dedicated to making Europe a (...) Read more

Standards , Prosafe

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The law on toy safety

Into: General product safety Product categories Children’s items Toy safety

The principles governing the safety of toys are set out in the Toys (Safety) Regulations 1995 as well as the General Product Safety Regulations 2005 (GPSR). The provisions included in the Toy (Safety) Regulations have priority over general provisions from the GPSR. The main objective of the Toys (Safety) Regulations is to ensure the protection of the health and safety of children, and thus to prevent, as far as possible, the placing of unsafe or otherwise non-compliant toys into the (...) Read more

Standards

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Child car seats

Into: Keep yourself safe Road safety

The law states that all children travelling in cars must have a child restraint until they are 12 years of age or reason 135cm in height. It is important to get the right restraint for your child. The right baby/child seat/booster for your child depends on the weight of the child, not on the age of the child. All child restraints must meet certain safety standards and a range of different child car seats are available: Stage 1 = Groups 0 and 0+ Stage 2 = Group 1 Stage 3 = Group 2 (...) Read more

Standards , Childcare , Road safety , Airbags/seat belts

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