Introduction to
Toy Industries of Europe
& Toy Safety
Toy Industries of Europe (TIE)
Catherine Van Reeth
Director General
Dublin, 6 October 2010
Toy Industries of Europe
Toy Industries of Europe represents the interests of the toy
industry, especially in Brussels.
More than 80% of all decisions on socio-economic issues in the 27
countries of the EU originate in Brussels.
... – safety – advertising – free flow of trade – privacy – property
rights – consumer protection – environment – ...
Collectively, industry ensures its interests are
represented.
TIE Members
Direct membership
manufacturers
National Toy Trade
Associations
Others
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• Italian testing
institute
• Intertek testing
services
Hasbro
Mattel
Lego
Artsana
Bandai
Giochi Preziosi
Hornby
Schleich
Ferrero
Ornes - NL
FJP - FR
BTHA - UK
DVSI - DE
Assogiocattoli - IT
EAFJ - ES
Nordic - DK
Swetoy - SV
Bulgaria
Organisation & Structure
Board of Directors
Chairman: Christian Iversen LEGO
Membership
Committee
Technical
Committee
Legal
Committee
Chair: FJP/Hasbro
Chair: LEGO
Chair: Bandai/Mattel
Peter Trillingsgaard
Michael Loveland
Yann Le Tallec
Daniel Aboaf
Susan Ols
Members
Manufacturers / Toy trade associations / others
EU Toy Safety, a long history...
• 1988 – First EU legislation: Toy Safety Directive 88/378/EEC
• 1990 – Toy Industries of Europe founded
• 2001 – European Commission starts internal discussions on a
revision of the Directive
• 2003 – First external consultations on revision of the Directive
• 2008 – Formal proposal of a new Directive and approval European
Parliament
• 2009 – Approval Council of Ministers and adoption
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• 20 January 2011 – Transposition into national legislation
Still a lot of work ahead...
• The Toy Safety Directive is a New Legislative Framework
Directive containing general provisions concerning toy safety
• Detailed technical specifications still have to be determined (by
July 2011 and July 2013 for chemical requirements)
• Toys have to meet these technical specifications in order
to be fully compliant with the provisions set out in the
Directive
• Harmonised standards are agreed in CEN and CENELEC
• national experts
• industry
• consumers
Still a lot of work ahead...
• 1988 – First EU legislation: Toy Safety Directive 88/378/EEC
• 1990 – Toy Industries of Europe founded
• 2001 – European Commission starts internal discussions on a
revision of the Directive
• 2003 – First external consultations on revision of the Directive
• 2008 – Formal proposal of a new Directive and approval European
Parliament
• 2009 – Approval Council of Ministers and adoption
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• 20 January 2011 – Transposition into national legislation
• 20 July 2011 – Deadline general requirements
• 20 July 2013 – Deadline chemical requirements
TIE Technical Committee
• TIE experts contribute to :
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standardisation work in CEN and CENELEC
Explanatory Guidance Document
Factsheets
national implementation through national associations
online tools
roadshows
Thank you.