Entry into force

This Decision shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the

Official Journal of the European Union

Done at Brussels, 7 March 2013.

For the Commission

The President

José Manuel BARROSO

(1)

OJ L 11, 15.1.2002, p. 4

ANNEX

GENERAL SAFETY REQUIREMENTS

When used as intended or in a foreseeable way and bearing in mind the behaviour of children, products must not jeopardise the safety or health of children and carers.

If one type of chair can be converted into another type of chair (for example, a high chair into a children’s chair), it must comply with safety requirements for both types of chairs.

Labels on the products or on their packaging and the accompanying instructions for use must draw the attention of users to the inherent hazards and risks of injuries involved in using the products and to ways of avoiding them. However, products need to be safe by design as far as possible, and therefore labels and warnings must not replace safety by design.

Chemical requirements

All products referred to in Article 1 must comply with EU legislation.

Flammable properties

Products referred to in Article 1 must not constitute dangerous instantly flammable elements in the child’s environment. They must therefore be made of materials that do not produce a flash effect if directly exposed to a flame or spark. For this reason, the latest version of EN 71-2 should be taken into account.

The use of chemical flame retardant substances should be kept to the minimum. If chemical flame retardant substances are used, their toxicity during use and their end-of-life disposal should not endanger the health of the user, the child’s carers or the environment.

Packaging

Bags made of flexible plastics that are used for packaging, and that have an opening perimeter larger than the circumference of a child’s head, must not put the child at risk of suffocation. The use of drawstrings or cords to close such packaging, or to close self-adhesive packaging (e.g. ‘cling-film’ type packaging) is prohibited.

The packaging that contains the products must not present a risk of suffocation caused by an obstruction of the mouth and nose. To this end, when not incompatible with moisture exclusion, plastic packaging should be perforated.

Bags must be conspicuously marked with the following warning or an equivalent warning: ‘WARNING! Keep packaging away from children to prevent them from suffocating’. They must also bear a large, clear symbol or diagram indicating that there is a potential hazard.

Identification of the manufacturer and importer

Manufacturers(1) must indicate their name, registered trade name or registered trade mark and the address at which they can be contacted on the product or, when that is not possible, on its packaging or in a document accompanying the product. The address must indicate a single point at which the manufacturer can be contacted(2).

Importers(3) must indicate their name, registered trade name or registered trade mark and the address at which they can be contacted on the product or, when that is not possible, on its packaging or in a document accompanying the product(4).