December 17, 2015
EUROPEAN UNION - The European Commission (EC) has released three revisions to the Toy Safety Directive specific to Appendix C of Annex II to Directive 2009/48/EC.
Revisions are effective as of December 13, 2015, however, member states will adopt the new provisions for formamide and BIT starting May 24, 2017, and MI, CMI and MI/CMI beginning November 24, 2017. The Committee established in Article 47 of Directive 2009/48/EC has agreed to the following limits:
| Substance | CAS No. | Limit Value |
|---|---|---|
| formamide | 75-12-7 | emissions of 20 μg/m3 after a maximum of 28 days from commencement of the emission testing of foam toy materials containing more than 200 mg/kg (cut-off limit based on content). |
| benzisothiazolinone (BIT) | 2634-33-5 | 5 mg/kg content in aqueous toy materials |
| chloroisothiazolinone (CMI) | 26172-55-4 | 0.75 mg/kg content in aqueous toy materials |
| methylisothiazolinone (MI) | 2682-20-4 | 0.25 mg/kg content in aqueous toy materials |
| mixture CMI and MI | 55965-84-9 | 1 mg/kg content in aqueous toy materials |