EN71 certification

EN71 is the normative standard for toy products in the EU market. Children are the most concerned and cherished group of the whole society. The toy market that children generally love is developing rapidly. At the same time, various types of toys may cause damage to children due to various quality problems. Therefore, countries around the world have The requirements are becoming stricter day by day. Many countries have established their own safety regulations for these products, and production companies must ensure that their products meet relevant standards before they are sold in the region. The manufacturer must be responsible for accidents caused by production defects, poor designs or the use of inappropriate materials. As a result, the toy EN71 certification decree was launched in Europe, which means that the toy products entering the European market will be technically regulated through the EN71 standard, so as to reduce or avoid the harm of toys to children.

standard EN71-1: Toy Safety-Part 1: Physical and Mechanical Properties
EN71-2: Toy Safety-Part 2: Flame Retardant Performance
EN71-3: Toy Safety-Part 3: Transfer of Certain Elements
EN71-4: Toy safety-Part 4: Test equipment for chemistry and related activities
EN71-5: Toy Safety-Part 5: Chemical Toys (Except Test Equipment)
EN71-6: Toy safety-Part 6: Graphical representation of age signs
EN71-7: Requirements for finger paints
EN71-8: Rocking, sliding and similar toys for indoor and outdoor family entertainment
EN71-9: General requirements for organic compounds in toys
EN71-10: Sample preparation and extraction of organic compounds
EN71-11: Analysis method of organic compounds

Usually toys only need to do EN71-1/-2-3 standards.

The EN71-1 and -2 standards are tests for testing mechanical and physical combustion performance, -3 is for testing heavy metal substances, and the -3 part is charged according to the material. Different colors and different materials are counted as one kind of material.