Commission Directive (EU) 2019/1929 of 19 November 2019 amending Appendix C to Annex II to Directive 2009/48/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council for the purpose of adopting specific limit values for chemicals used in certain toys, as regards formaldehyde (Text with EEA relevance)

• CELEX: Directive (EU) 2019/1929
• Articles: 4

Article 1

In Appendix C to Annex II to Directive 2009/48/EC, the following entry is added:

Substance

CAS No

Limit value

‘Formaldehyde

50-00-0

1,5 mg/l (migration limit) in polymeric toy material

0,1 ml/m 3 (emission limit) in resin-bonded wood toy material

30 mg/kg (content limit) in textile toy material

30 mg/kg (content limit) in leather toy material

30 mg/kg (content limit) in paper toy material

10 mg/kg (content limit) in water-based toy material’

Article 2

1.   Member States shall adopt and publish, by 20 May 2021 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 21 May 2021.

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.