Bei allen produktspezifischen Aktivitäten im Rahmen der koordinierten Maßnahmen zur Sicherheit von Produkten (CASP) steht die Sicherheitsprüfung von Verbraucherprodukten im Mittelpunkt. Die koordinierten Maßnahmen bündeln mehrere Ressourcen, um die Prüfung einer großen Anzahl von Produkten auf e...
Following a request from the European Commission, the Scientific Committee on Health, Environmental and Emerging Risks (SCHEER) hereby reviews the currently available data on the toxicity of aluminium, taking into account the different tolerable intake levels for aluminium established by the Eur...
This paper gives an insight into safety, security, privacy and societal questions emerging from the rise of the Internet of Toys. These are Internet connected toys that constitute, along with the wave of other domestic connected objects, the Internet of Things, which has increased the ubiquity o...
Toys, including the chemicals they contain, shall not jeopardise the safety or health of users or third parties when they are used as intended or in a foreseeable way, bearing in mind the behaviour of children. The Toy Safety Directive therefore establishes migration limits for 19 elements in to...
Directive 2009/48/EC on the safety of toys aims at ensuring a high level of safety for children while safeguarding the free movement of toys in the EU. This study assesses the relevance of the Directive in addressing current needs, effectiveness and efficiency of its provisions, its coherence wi...
