The United Kingdom (UK) announces the latest list of toy safety standards for demonstrating compliance with its toy legislation in relation to Great Britain.
On February 13, 2026, the UK’s Department for Business and Trade (DBT) issued Notice of Publication 0131/26 (the Notice) to update the list of designated toy safety standards for presumption of conformity with the Toys (Safety) Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/1881) in relation to Great Britain (GB – England, Scotland and Wales).
The Notice contains three important changes:
- Adding a note for wave rollers in EN 71-1:2014+A1:2018 for ‘Mechanical and physical properties.’ This restriction note is also indicated in Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2025/1728 on harmonized standards for wave rollers in support of Directive 2009/48/EC on toy safety (SafeGuardS 158/25)
- Replacing EN 71-3:2019+A1:2021 with EN 71-3:2019+A2:2024 for ‘Migration of certain elements’
- Substituting EN 71-13:2021+A1:2022 with EN 71-13:2021+A2:2024 for ‘Olfactory board games, cosmetic kits and gustative games’
The complete list of standards is summarized in the following Table.
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Item |
Standard |
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1 |
EN 71-1:2014+A1:2018 ‘Mechanical and physical properties’ |
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2 |
EN 71-2:2020 ‘Flammability’ |
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3 |
EN 71-3:2019+A2:2024 ‘Migration of certain elements’¹ |
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4 |
EN 71-4:2020 ‘Experimental sets for chemistry and related activities’ |
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5 |
EN 71-5:2015 ‘Chemical toys (sets) other than experimental sets’ |
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6 |
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7 |
EN 71-8:2018 ‘Activity toys for domestic use’ |
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8 |
EN 71-12:2016 ‘N-Nitrosamines and N-Nitrosatable substances’ |
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9 |
EN 71-13:2021+A2:2024 ‘Olfactory board games, cosmetic kits and gustative games’¹ |
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10 |
EN 71-14:2018 ‘Trampolines for domestic use’ |
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11 |
EN IEC 62115:2020 Electric toys — Safety EN IEC 62115:2020/A11:2020 Informative Note: The presumption of conformity with the essential requirements of the Toys (Safety) Regulations, as provided for in those Regulations, applies through application of the above standard. The content of this note has been brought to the attention of the relevant standard committee in respect to toys containing or supplied with button and coin type batteries to consider the additional measures below for the next revision of the standard. In the meantime, users of EN 62115 are encouraged to follow the additional voluntary measures below for any toys that contain a coin or button battery: (a) For button and coin batteries - appropriate warnings on the packaging of toys, indicating the presence and hazards associated with such batteries, as well as actions to be taken in the event of a battery being swallowed or inserted into the body. As well as consideration for an appropriate graphical symbol to accompany these warnings. (b) Where practical and appropriate placing a pictorial warning and/or hazard marking on toys containing a button or coin battery. (c) Provision of information in the toy’s accompanying instruction manual (or on its packaging) of the symptoms of button or coin battery ingestion and the need to seek immediate medical attention in the event of such a suspected ingestion. (d) Where coin or button batteries are supplied with a toy, and these are not pre-installed in the battery compartment; these batteries should be supplied in child resistant packaging and appropriate warning markings placed on this packaging. (e) Using coin and button batteries that are durably and indelibly marked with a pictorial warning indicating they should be kept out of reach of children or vulnerable persons. |
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EN 71-3:2019+A1:2021 and EN 71-13:2021+A1:2022 will be removed for presumption of conformity with S.I. 2011/1881 on June 16, 2027 |
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The latest list of toy safety standards became effective on February 13, 2026.
