Commission Directive (EU) 2021/903 of 3 June 2021 amending Directive 2009/48/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards specific limit values for aniline in certain toys (Text with EEA relevance)

• CELEX: Directive (EU) 2021/903
• 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

‘Aniline

62-53-3

30 mg/kg

after reductive cleavage in textile toy material and leather toy material

10 mg/kg

as free aniline in finger paints

30 mg/kg

after reductive cleavage in finger paints’

Article 2

1.   Member States shall adopt and publish, by 4 December 2022 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 5 December 2022.

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.