Several updates on EU standards for children’s products

European Commission published (EU) 2015/1345 to amend the references of standards on cords and drawstrings on children’s clothing, on carry cots and stands, on safety barriers and changing units for domestic use under regulation of 2001/95/EC on 31 July 2015.
 
The amendments are as follows:
1. Adoption of standard EN 14682:2014 ‘Safety of children's clothing — Cords and drawstrings on children's clothing — Specifications’ to supersede standard EN 14682:2007;
2. Adoption of standard EN 1466:2014 ‘Child use and care articles — Carry cots and stands — Safety requirements and test methods’ to supersede standard EN 1466:2004;
3. Adoption of new standard EN 1930:2011 for ‘Child use and care articles — Safety barriers — Safety requirements and test methods’;
4. Adoption of standard EN 12221-1:2008+A1:2013 ‘Child use and care articles — Changing units for domestic use — Part 1: Safety requirements’;
5. Adoption of standard EN 12221-2:2008 +A1:2013 ‘Child use and care articles — Changing units for domestic use — Part 2: Test methods’.
 
The decision will become effective on the 20th day since its publishing on Official Journal of the European Union.