BRITISHSTANDARDBSEN71-9:2005Safetyoftoys—Part9:Organicchemicalcompounds—RequirementsTheEuropeanStandardEN71-9:2005hasthestatusofaBritishStandardICS97.200.50 LicensedCopy:SunnyHu,TUVRheinland(Shanghai),WedAug3012:43:05BST2006,UncontrolledCopy,(c)BSIBSEN71-9:2005ThisBritishStandardwaspublishedundertheauthorityoftheStandardsPolicyandStrategyCommitteeon25February2005©BSI25February2005ISBN0580456099NationalforewordThisBritishStandardistheofficialEnglishlanguageversionofEN71-9:2005.TheUKparticipationinitspreparationwasentrustedbyTechnicalCommitteeCW/15,Safetyoftoys,toSubcommitteeCW/15/-/4,Chemicalrequirements,whichhastheresponsibilityto:Alistoforganizationsrepresentedonthissubcommitteecanbeobtainedonrequesttoitssecretary.Cross-referencesTheBritishStandardswhichimplementinternationalorEuropeanpublicationsreferredtointhisdocumentmaybefoundintheBSICatalogueunderthesectionentitled“InternationalStandardsCorrespondenceIndex”,orbyusingthe“Search”facilityoftheBSIElectronicCatalogueorofBritishStandardsOnline.Thispublicationdoesnotpurporttoincludeallthenecessaryprovisionsofacontract.Usersareresponsibleforitscorrectapplication.CompliancewithaBritishStandarddoesnotofitselfconferimmunityfromlegalobligations.—aidenquirerstounderstandthetext;—presenttotheresponsibleinternational/Europeancommitteeanyenquiriesontheinterpretation,orproposalsforchange,andkeeptheUKinterestsinformed;—monitorrelatedinternationalandEuropeandevelopmentsandpromulgatethemintheUK.SummaryofpagesThisdocumentcomprisesafrontcover,aninsidefrontcover,theENtitlepage,pages2to19andabackcover.TheBSIcopyrightnoticedisplayedinthisdocumentindicateswhenthedocumentwaslastissued.AmendmentsissuedsincepublicationAmd.No.DateCommentsLicensedCopy:SunnyHu,TUVRheinland(Shanghai),WedAug3012:43:05BST2006,UncontrolledCopy,(c)BSIEUROPEANSTANDARDNORMEEUROPÉENNEEUROPÄISCHENORMEN71-9February2005ICS97.200.50EnglishversionSafetyoftoys-Part9:Organicchemicalcompounds-RequirementsSécuritédesjouets-Partie9:Composéschimiquesorganiques-ExigencesSicherheitvonSpielzeug-Teil9:Organisch-chemischeVerbindungen-AnforderungenThisEuropeanStandardwasapprovedbyCENon15November2004.CENmembersareboundtocomplywiththeCEN/CENELECInternalRegulationswhichstipulatetheconditionsforgivingthisEuropeanStandardthestatusofanationalstandardwithoutanyalteration.Up-to-datelistsandbibliographicalreferencesconcerningsuchnationalstandardsmaybeobtainedonapplicationtotheCentralSecretariatortoanyCENmember.ThisEuropeanStandardexistsinthreeofficialversions(English,French,German).AversioninanyotherlanguagemadebytranslationundertheresponsibilityofaCENmemberintoitsownlanguageandnotifiedtotheCentralSecretariathasthesamestatusastheofficialversions.CENmembersarethenationalstandardsbodiesofAustria,Belgium,Cyprus,CzechRepublic,Denmark,Estonia,Finland,France,Germany,Greece,Hungary,Iceland,Ireland,Italy,Latvia,Lithuania,Luxembourg,Malta,Netherlands,Norway,Poland,Portugal,Slovakia,Slovenia,Spain,Sweden,SwitzerlandandUnitedKingdom.EUROPEANCOMMITTEEFORSTANDARDIZATIONCOMITÉEUROPÉENDENORMALISATIONEUROPÄISCHESKOMITEEFÜRNORMUNGManagementCentre:ruedeStassart,36B-1050Brussels©2005CENAllrightsofexploitationinanyformandbyanymeansreservedworldwideforCENnationalMembers.Ref.No.EN71-9:2005:ELicensedCopy:SunnyHu,TUVRheinland(Shanghai),WedAug3012:43:05BST2006,UncontrolledCopy,(c)BSIEN71-9:2005(E)2ContentsPageForeword..............................................................................................................................................................3Introduction.........................................................................................................................................................41Scope......................................................................................................................................................62Normativereferences............................................................................................................................63Termsanddefinitions...........................................................................................................................64Requirements.........................................................................................................................................74.1Limits(seeA.4)......................................................................................................................................74.2Liquidsintoys(seeA.5).......................................................................................................................84.3Formaldehyde(seeA.6)........................................................................................................................84.4Methodsofanalysis(seeA.7)..............................................................................................................8AnnexA(informative)Rationale..................................................................................