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S.I. No. 622/2022 - European Union (Safety of Toys) (Amendment) (No. 4) Regulations 2022

Type Statutory Instrument

Publication 2022-12-09

State In force

Text As published

Source Irish Statute Book

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Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 9th December, 2022.

I, LEO VARADKAR, Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, 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 2021/903/EU of 3 June 2021² , hereby make the following regulations:

1.

(1) These Regulations may be cited as the European Union (Safety of Toys) (Amendment) (No. 4) Regulations 2022.

(2) These Regulations shall come into operation on 5 December 2022.

2.

Schedule 1 to the European Union (Safety of Toys) Regulations 2011 ( S.I. No. 14 of 2011 ) is amended –

(a) by the substitution of the following paragraph for paragraph 17:

“17. Commission Directive 2020/2089/EU of 11 December 2020³ ,”, and

(b) by the insertion of the following paragraph after paragraph 17:

“18. Commission Directive 2021/903/EU of 3 June 2021² .”.

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

5 December, 2022.

LEO VARADKAR,

Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment.

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 2021/903/EU of 3 June 2021 which amends Appendix C to Annex II to Directive 2009/48/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the safety of toys, as regards aniline. This Directive sets a limit for aniline in textile toy material and leather toy material of 30 mg/kg after reductive cleavage and a limit for aniline in finger paints of 10 mg/kg as free aniline and 30 mg/kg after reductive cleavage.

Footnotes

OJ L 170, 30.6.2009, p. 1–37.

OJ L 197, 4.6.2021, p. 110–113.

OJ L 423, 15.12.2020, p. 58–61.

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