31/07/2023 (Agence Europe) – The European Consumer Organisation (BEUC) welcomes the proposal for a regulation on toy safety presented by the European Commission on Friday 28 July as “a milestone to protect the health of children” (see EUROPE 13232/3). According to BEUC and ANEC, this is a “groundbreaking” proposal, in that it proposes to ban endocrine disruptors in toys. It would be the first time that such a ban applied to a category of products, pointed out BEUC Director General Monique Goyens. And she points out that a test in Denmark showed that “even teething toys” for babies (11 out of 20) contain known or probable endocrine disruptors. Consumer organisations are therefore urging the Parliament and the Council to adopt the regulation. BEUC suggests clarifying the liability of online markets and covering other types of risk associated with connected toys. (AN)