Sep 25, 2014

Formamide Regulation in France and Taiwan

For Europe:
The formamide is proposing to be added in 2009/48/EC with limit for toys (playmat is included) as below 

While above propose is not effective yet, the Europe regulation for consumer product should be as below:
The marketing of puzzle mats containing formamide was restricted in some member States. Can formamide be used in toys?
Formamide is a CMR classified as reprotoxic cat 2 (or 1 B according to 1272/2008).
According to the current Toy safety directive 88/378/EEC, toys shall not contain dangerous substances in amounts which may harm the safety and health of children.
It is the responsibility of the manufacturer to demonstrate that toys they place on the EU market comply with this requirement. National market surveillance authorities have the obligation to verify and take measures the case may be.
The new Toy Safety Directive 2009/48 introduces, as from July 2013, a general ban on CMRs substances. As an exception, they can be used when they are contained in concentrations equal or below the concentrations mentioned in Regulation 1272/2008 on classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures (0.5% for formamide).

For France, the national regulation for puzzle playmat is as
Limit: <200 mg/kg

For Taiwan, the national regulation for Toys and playmat are:
Limit: <2mg/kg (which is same as the withdrawed limit of France on 1 August 2012)

The taiwan requirement was commented by European commission as below:

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