On 8 June 2015, the EU committee responsible for the toy safety Directive has agreed to ban four preservatives in toys and other toys that may be placed in the mouth for children under three. In the meantime, it drafts Appendix C to Annex II of toy safety directive 2009/48/EC.

The proposed amendments in Appendix C to Annex II of toy safety directive 2009/48/EC:

Substance	CAS No.	Limit	Effective date
The mixture MI and CMI (MI : CMI =1:3)	55965-84-9	1 mg/kg (concentration limit)	24 months after publication of the amendment in the Official Journal
Chloroisothiazolinone (CMI)	26172-55-4	0,75 mg/kg (concentration limit)
Methylisothiazolinone (MI)	2682-20-4	0,25 mg/kg (concentration limit)
benzisothiazolinone (BIT)	2634-33-5	5 mg/kg (concentration limit)	18 months after publication of the amendment in the Official Journal
phenol	108-95-2	In polymers: 5 mg/l (concentration limit) As preservatives: 10 mg/kg (concentration limit)
formamide	75-12-7	When foam toys containing more than 200mg of formamide, a test for emission is required, and it shall be subject to an emission limit of 20μg/m3 in ambient air within 28 days since the testing date

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