The requirements in this standard apply to all toys, i.e. any product or material designed or clearly intended for use in play by children under 14 years of age. They are applicable to a toy as it is initially received by the consumer and, in addition, they apply after a toy is subjected to reasonably foreseeable conditions of normal use and abuse unless specifically noted otherwise.
This standard is not applicable to the toys which is not intended to children and is required for adult supervision or meets special conditions.
The mechanical and physical properties (4.1) and Annex A of this standard is not applicable to the following products:
--bicycles, those having a maximum saddle height of 435 mm;
-- slingshots(catapult);
-- darts with metal points;
--home and public playground equipment;
--compressed air and gas operated guns and pistols;
-- kites (except for the electric resistance of their strings, which is included);
-- model kits, hobby and craft items in which the finished item is not primarily of play value;
--sporting goods and equipment, camping goods, athletic equipment, musical instruments and furniture; however, toys that are their counterparts are included;
-- models of aircraft, rockets, boats and land vehicles powered by combustion engines; however, toys that are, their counterparts are included;
--- collectible products not intended for children under 14 years of age;
---holiday decorations
---aquatic equipment intended to be used in deep water;
---toys installed in public places (e.g. arcades and shopping centres);
--- puzzles having more than 500 pieces or without a picture, for specialists;
--- fireworks including percussion caps, except percussion caps specifically designed for toys;
--- products containing heating elements intended for use under the supervision of an adult in a teaching context;
---steam engines;
---video toys that can be connected to a video screen and operated at a nominal voltage greater than 24 V;
-- babies’ pacifiers (dummies);
-- faithful reproduction of firearms;
--electric ovens, irons or other functional products operated at a nominal voltage greater than 24 V;
--- bows for archery with an overall relaxed length exceeding 120 cm;
--- fashion jewellery for children.
The materials and parts of toys applies to the combustion performance (4.2) and Annex B in this standard:
--are clothes worn by the child(disguise costumes), especially where capes, flowing dresses and similar articles are include
--a child could enter, such as play tents and play houses
--a child cuddles(filled soft toys)
--are worn but take the form of masks, wigs, etc.
Toys materials and parts applied to the migration of the given elements (4.3) and Annex C in this standard:
--Coatings of paints, varnishes, lacquers, printing links, polymers and similar coatings.
--Polymeric and similar materials, including laminates, whether textile-reinforced or not, but excluding other textiles.
--Paper and paper board, up to a maximum mass per unit area of 400 g/m2.
--Nature or synthetic textiles;
--Glass/ceramic/metallic materials, excepting lead solder when used for electrical connections.
--Other material, whether mass-coloured or not (e.g. wood, fibreboard, hardboard, bone and leather);
--Materials intended to leave a trace(e.g. the graphite materials in pencils and liquid ink in pens)
--Pliable modeling materials, including modeling clays, and gels;
--Paints, including finger paints, varnishes, lacquers, glazing powders and similar materials in solid or liquid form.
