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AZO
EC/1907/2006 REACH Regulation Annex XVII – restriction on the manufacture, placing on the market and use of certain dangerous substances
Textile Garments & Caps
Certain Azo dyes can degrade to form carcinogenic or suspected carcinogenic amines.
EN343
89 / 689 / EEC Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Directive
Safety Clothing
These garments are intended to protect against weather conditions with combinations of precipitation, rain, fog, humidity and wind at temperatures down to +5°C.
EN 71
2009 / 48 /EC Toy Safety Directive
Toys & Children’s Products
Safety of Toys, provides safety requirements for children’s toys
EC/1907/2006 REACH Regulation Annex XVII – restriction on the manufacture, placing on the market and use of certain dangerous substances
Textile Garments
TeCP are lower derivatives of PCP & has similar properties, used to prevent mold when growing cotton and when storing/transporting fabrics.
EN 62115
2009 / 48 /EC Toy Safety Directive
Toys & Children’s Products – Electrical / Electronics
Safety on Electrical Toys - deals with the safety of toys that have at least one function dependent on electricity
Wooden products (Children’s & Food Contact)
PCP is a polychlorinated compound used as a preservative to wood, leather, and textiles. PCP is persistent in the environment, harmful to human health, and toxic to aquatic environments. Burning products with PCP may produce highly toxic substances.
DIN 72553
2001 / 95/ EC General Product Safety Directive
Booster Cables / Battery Booster Cable
Battery jumper cable for road vehicles with combustion engines; dimensions, requirements, test
EN 1860-1
Textile Garments & Children’s product
Phthalates are a class of organic compounds added to plastics to increase flexibility. Phthalates are released from plastics and may cause damage to the liver, kidneys, or other organs.
2001 / 95 / EC General Product Safety Directive
Barbecue Grills
EC/1907/2006 REACH Regulation Annex XVII – restriction on the manufacture, placing on the market and use of certain dangerous substances
Appliances, solid fuels and firelighters for barbecuing: part 1 barbecues burning solid fuels, Under the General Product Safety Directive, it stipulates that all consumer products placed on the European market are safe
EN1836
89 / 689 / EEC Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Directive
Sunglasses
Personal Eye Protection – Sunglasses & Sun glare filters for general use, Provides basic safety requirements that PPE must satisfy to ensure health protection and safety of users.
EC/1907/2006 REACH Regulation Annex XVII – restriction on the manufacture, placing on the market and use of certain dangerous substances
All Products
EN 13356
89 / 689 / EEC Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Directive
Visibility accessories for nonprofessional use
High Visibility accessories for non- professional use. Provides basic safety requirements that PPE must satisfy to ensure health protection and safety of user’s presence visually when illuminated by vehicle headlight in dark roads
EN 60825-1
2006 / 95 / EC Low Voltage Directive
Laser Pointers
Safety of laser Products, requires that electrical equipment, within certain voltage limits, provides a high level of protection for the public
EC/1907/2006 REACH Regulation Annex XVII – restriction on the manufacture, placing on the market and use of certain dangerous substances
Textile Garments
ISO 9994
2001 / 95/ EC General Product Safety Directive
Cigarette Lighters
ISO9999 Safety requirement for Cigarette Lighters. Under the General Product Safety Directive, it stipulates that all consumer products placed on the European market are safe
ISO 22702
Utility Lighters
2006/ 122/EC Maximum Concentration Values of PFOS
Textile Garments
2001 / 95/ EC General Product Safety Directive
ISO22702 Safety requirement for Utility lighters. Under the General Product Safety Directive, it stipulates that all consumer products placed on the European market are safe
EN 15493
2001 / 95/ EC General Product Safety Directive
Candles
Candle specification for fire safety. Under the General Product Safety Directive, it stipulates that all consumer products placed on the European market are safe
NATIONAL LEVEL ·Decree 210/1988, Finland ·Official Gazette, France ·Gefahstoffverordnung, Germany ·The Dutch Commodities Act, Netherland ·Product Regulation No. 922, Norway
Textile Garments & Caps
ANTIMICROBIAL PRESERVATIVE EFFECTIVENESS
Cosmetics Directive 76/768/EEC
All consumer products (i.e., cosmetic, toys & children products & household products ) made of substances and mixtures
To demonstrates the effectiveness of a substance—when used as a preservative or additive— to stop the growth of such pathogenic organisms as E. coli, Aspergillus niger, Candida albicans, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, and Staphylococcus aureus.
ALLERGENIC DYESTUFFS
NATIONAL LEVEL § 30 of Food and Commodities Act, Germany
Textile Garments
These dyestuffs enters the body through the skin which causes allergenic contact dermatitis
CARCINOGENIC DYESTUFFS
EC/1907/2006 REACH Regulation Annex XVII – restriction on the manufacture, placing on the market and use of certain dangerous substances
Textile Garments
Have substances acting as an agent or promoters making the body cells susceptible to DNA damage
EC/1907/2006 REACH Regulation Annex XVII – restriction on the manufacture, placing on the market and use of certain dangerous substances
Air freshener Markers Glue
Benzene can be used in a variety of products, for instance as stabilizer in plastics and certain types of rubber. Benzene is both toxic and carcinogenic, and the presence of benzenein toys & consumer products has therefore been restricted.
Wrist-watch cases, watch straps, rivet buttons, tighteners, rivets and zippers and metal marks contained in or intended to be used in garments
Nickel can cause allergic contact dermatitis (ACD). Signs of ACD range from dryness, chapping and inflammation of the skin to eczema and blisters.
Adhesives, Nail polish, Cosmetics, Rubber cement, paints, Paint thinners, lacquers, Stain removers, Dyes and Inks
Toluene is a sweet-smelling, industrial solvent and a volatile organic compound (VOC).
89 / 689 / EEC Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Directive
Safety Clothing / Vest
High Visibility Warning Clothing for professional use. Provides basic safety requirements that PPE must satisfy to ensure health protection and safety of users.
89 / 689 / EEC Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Directive
Safety Clothing
PHENOLS (PCP/ TeCP) PHENOLS (PCP ONLY)
PHTHALATES
CADMIUM
APEOs
PFOS
FORMALDEHYDE
BENZENE
NICKEL
TOLUENE
EN 471
EN1150
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Cadmium is a heavy metal and class 1 carcinogen, exposure to cadmium over a long period of time via food, water, or air can cause kidney and lung damage, prostrate cancer, and reproductive damage.
APEOs are know endocrine disruptors, they are oestrogenic, and have carcinogenic properties that affect the hormonal system.
PFOS are animal carcinogens and have been found to potentially cause liver problems, testicular tumors, mammary gland tumors, prostate gland problems, and endocrine disruptive effects, among other things. Formaldehyde is a volatile compound used widely in apparel and textile manufacturing as an anti-creasing and an anti-shrinking agent. In addition, formaldehyde is often used in polymeric resins (e.g. phenol-formaldehyde and ureaformaldehyde). Formaldehyde is a suspected carcinogen. In addition formaldehyde is an irritant and may cause allergic reactions.
High Visibility Clothing for non- professional use. Provides basic safety requirements that PPE must satisfy to ensure health protection and safety of users.
MICROBIAL ENUMERATION TOXICOLOGICAL RISK ASSESSMENT
Ensures that the product is free from bacterial / fungal contaminants The assessment of the toxicological potential is the most important step in the hazard evaluation of a cosmetics , toys & children products ingredient and consists in a series of distinct toxicity studies. Done to ensure a consumer product is safe chemically that can cause adverse health effects by acute and chronic toxicity, irritation and sensitization under normal and reasonably foreseeable conditions of use.
93-42-EEC MEDICAL DIRECTIVE
93 / 42 / EEC Medical Devices Directive
First Aid Kits
Provides regulatory framework for Medical Devices Vigilance System
EMC
2004 / 108 / EEC Electromagnetic Compatibility Directive
Electrical / Electronics
Provides Immunity & emission limits for electrical / electronic products marketed in European Countries
ErP
2009/125/EC Energy Related Products (ErP) Directive
Electrical / Electronics
To reduce the environmental impact of products across the life cycle, with a particular focus on energy.
R & TTE
1999/5/EC R&TTE Directive
Radio Equipment and Telecommunications Terminal Equipment
The concerns on the essential requirement on the protection of the health and the safety of the user and any other person, including the objectives with respect to safety requirements and electromagnetic compatibility
ECE 27
Vehicle Regulation
Advance Warning Triangle
This Regulation applies to certain advance-warning devices intended to be on board vehicles and to be placed on the carriageway in order to signal, by day and at night, the presence of a halted vehicle.
FOOD CONTACT
1935 / 2004 / EC, materials and articles intended to come into contact with food
Food Contact materials / articles
Provides regulatory framework for testing food contact materials
WEEE
2002 / 96 / EC Waste Electrical & Electronic Equipment Directive
Electrical / Electronics
Requires collection of used E&E equipment
BATTERY DIRECTIVE
2006/66/EC Battery Directive
Batteries
Defines acceptable limit for mercury, cadmium & lead in batteries
LVD
2006 / 95 /EC Low Voltage Directive
Electrical / Electronics
Requires that electrical equipment, with in certain voltage limits, provides a high level of protection for the public
E-MARK
95 / 54 / EC Automotive Electromagnetic Compatibility Directive
Car electrical / electronic Sub- assemblies
Products intended for use in vehicles are required to obtain formal type approval products prior to placing them on the market. All such products are required to carry an e-mark and to comply with European vehicle legislation in order to be legally fitted inside a vehicle.
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