Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 23rd July, 2019.

I, Heather Humphreys, Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 3 of the European Communities Act 1972 (No. 27 of 1972) and for the purpose of giving further effect to Directive 2009/48/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 June 2009¹ as amended by Commission Directive 2018/725/EU² of 16 May 2018 hereby make the following regulations:

Citation and Commencement

1. (1) These regulations may be cited as the European Union (Safety of Toys) (Amendment) Regulations, 2019.

(2) These Regulations come into operation on 18 November 2019.

2. The European Communities (Safety of Toys) Regulations, 2011 ( S.I. No. 14 of 2011 ), are hereby amended in Regulation 4(1), by substituting for the definition of “Toy Safety Directive”:

“Toy Safety Directive” means Directive 2009/48/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 June 2009¹ as amended by –

(a) Commission Directive 2012/7/EU of 2 March 2012³ ,

(b) Commission Regulation (EU) No 681/2013 of 17 July 2013⁴ ,

(c) Commission Directive 2014/79/EU of 20 June 2014⁵ ,

(d) Commission Directive 2014/81/EU of 23 June 2014⁶ ,

(e) Commission Directive 2014/84/EU of 30 June 2014⁷ ,

(f) Commission Directive 2015/2115/EU of 23 November 2015⁸ ,

(g) Commission Directive 2015/2116/EU of 23 November 2015⁹ ,

(h) Commission Directive 2015/2117/EU of 23 November 2015¹⁰ ,

(i) Council Directive 2017/738/EU of 27 March 2017¹¹ ,

(j) Commission Directive 2017/774/EU of 3 May 2017¹² ,

(k) Commission Directive 2017/898/EU of 24 May 2017¹³ ,

(l) Commission Directive 2018/725/EU of 16 May 2018² ”.

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

17 July, 2019.

HEATHER HUMPREYS,

Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation).

These Regulations give effect to Commission Directive 2018/725/EU of 16 May 2018 which amends, for the purpose of adaptation to technical and scientific developments, point 13 of part III of Annex II to Directive 2009/48/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the safety of toys, as regards chromium VI. This Directive lowers the limit value for chromium VI in scraped-off toy material such as paints on toys, hard and soft polymers, wood textiles, and others.

1 OJ No L 170, 30.6.2009, p. 1-37

2 OJ L 122, 17.5.2018, p. 29–31

1 OJ No L 170, 30.6.2009, p. 1-37

3 OJ No L 64, 3.3.2012, p. 7-8

4 OJ No L 195, 18.7.2013, p. 16-17

5 OJ No L 182, 21.6.2014, p. 49-51

6 OJ No L 183, 24.6.2014, p. 49-51

7 OJ No L 192, 1.7.2014, p. 49–51

8 OJ L 306, 24.11.2015, p. 17–19

9 OJ L 306, 24.11.2015, p. 20–22

10 OJ L 306, 24.11.2015, p. 23–25

11 OJ L 110, 27.4.2017, p. 6–8

12 OJ L 115, 4.5.2017, p. 47–49

13 OJ L 138, 25.5.2017, p. 128–130

2 OJ L 122, 17.5.2018, p. 29–31