Toys: Spotlight on Gcc Member States
TOYS: SPOTLIGHT ON GCC MEMBER STATES UNDERSTANDING REQUIREMENTS FOR ENTERING BAHRAIN, KUWAIT, OMAN, QATAR, SAUDI ARABIA, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES AND YEMEN WWW.SGS.COM PARTNER WITH SGS TO MEET GCC REQUIREMENTS FOR TOYS GCC TOY SCOPE & EXEMPTIONS SAFETY ASSESSMENT The GCC Technical Regulation defines Before placing a toy on the market, the a toy as an item “designed or intended, manufacturer shall carry out a safety whether or not exclusively, for use in play assessment on the hazards (chemical, by children under 14 years of age”. This physical & mechanical, electrical, means that aside from the exempted flammability etc.) that the toy may products listed below and in Technical present, as well as an assessment of the Regulation BD-131704-01, all toys potential exposure to such hazards. designed for children under 14 to use in play must comply. Exempted products TECHNICAL DOCUMENTATION include: Each toy requires a technical • Automatic playing machines, documentation. This will establish the whether coin operated or not, applicable requirements as well as the intended for public use assessment, design, manufacture and • Playground equipment intended for operation of the toy. It should contain at public use least: • Slings and catapults • A general description of the toy SYRIA • Toy steam engines • A detailed description, with IRAN IRAQ IRAN • Toy vehicles equipped with conceptual design and manufacturing drawings, including JORDAN combustion engines KUWAIT list of components and materials BAHRAIN GCC TECHNICAL REGULATION e.g. bill of materials (BOM) and/or QATAR EGYPT SAUDI ARABIA bill of substances (BOS) UAE The GCC Technical Regulation on Children’s Toys has been designed • Safety data sheets (SDS) for the OMAN and implemented to ensure a high chemicals used level of protection of the health and • Safety assessments SUDAN YEMEN safety of consumers and to establish a ERITREA • Test reports legislative framework for any toy placed • Declaration of conformity (DOC) DJIBOUTI on the market.
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