Commission Directive 2012/7/EU of 2 March 2012 amending, for the purpose of adaptation to technical progress, part III of Annex II to Directive 2009/48/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council relating to toy safety Text with EEA relevance

• CELEX: Directive 2012/7/EU
• Articles: 5

Article 1

Part III of Annex II to Directive 2009/48/EC is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Directive.

Article 2

1.   Member States shall adopt and publish, by 20 January 2013 at the latest, the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive. They shall forthwith communicate to the Commission the text of those provisions

They shall apply those provisions from 20 July 2013.

When Member States adopt those provisions, they shall contain a reference to this Directive or be accompanied by such a reference on the occasion of their official publication. Member States shall determine how such reference is to be made.

2.   Member States shall communicate to the Commission the text of the main provisions of national law which they adopt in the field covered by this Directive.

Article 3

This Directive shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union .

Article 4

This Directive is addressed to the Member States.

Schedules & Appendices

ANNEX

ANNEX

Part III of Annex II to Directive 2009/48/EC is amended as follows:

In point 13, the entry for cadmium is replaced by the following:

Element

mg/kg

in dry, brittle, power-like or pliable toy material

mg/kg

in liquid or sticky toy material

mg/kg

in scrapped-off toy material

‘Cadmium

1,3

0,3

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