1. European market
CE Certification: CE Marking is a pass for the sale of products into the European Union. In order to ensure the safety of people's lives and property in its member countries, the European Union has successively drawn up many safety instructions, specifying many products that need to be affixed with CE marks, such as machinery, low-voltage electrical products, and electromagnetic compatibility products. The toy category to which the fingertip gyro belongs is also within the scope of CE certification.
In the EU market, the "CE" Mark is a mandatory certification mark. Whether it is a product produced by enterprises within the EU or products produced by other countries, if they want to circulate freely in the EU market, they must be affixed with the "CE" mark. To demonstrate that the product meets the basic requirements of the EU's New Methods of Technical Coordination and Standardization Directive. This is a mandatory requirement for products under EU law.
EN 71: Standard for toy products in the EU market. The meaning of this certification is to adopt the EN71 standard to implement technical specifications for toy products entering the European market, thereby reducing or avoiding the harm of toys to children.
REACH: is a proposal for legislation on the safety of production, trade and use of chemicals. The REACH Directive requires that all chemicals imported and produced in Europe must be subject to a comprehensive set of procedures for registration, assessment, authorization and restriction in order to better and simpler identification of chemical components for environmental and human safety purposes.
EN 62115: Standard for electric toys.
GS Certification: Certification required for export to Germany. GS certification is based on the German Product Safety Act(GPGS). A voluntary certification for testing according to the EU Uniform Standard EN or the German Industrial Standard DIN is a recognized German safety certification symbol in the European market.
2. American market
ASTM F963: ASTM F963 is an American toy testing standard developed under the auspices of the National Bureau of Standards of the U.S. Department of Commerce. The latest version is ASTM F963-11 and has become a mandatory standard on June 12, 2012.
The criteria are from material quality, flammability, toxicity, electric/thermal energy, Pulse noise, small objects, touchable edge, touchable tip, protrusions, nails and fasteners, wires and rods, packaging film, ropes and rubber bands, wheel tires and shafts The accessibility, stability and overload requirements of folding and hinge, hole clearance and mechanical devices are generally required.
CPSIA: The Security Improvement Act signed by President Bush on August 14, 2008. The Act is the most severe consumer protection act since the establishment of the Consumer Goods Safety Commission(CPSC) in 1972. In addition to stricter requirements for lead content in children's products, the new law also sets new regulations on the content of harmful phthalates in toys and child care products.
3. Japanese market
Toy Safety Standard ST: In 1971, the Japan Toy Association(JTA) established the Japan Safety Toy Mark(ST Mark) to ensure the safety of children's toys aged 14 and under. It mainly includes three parts: mechanical physical properties, flammable safety and chemical properties.
4. Australian and New Zealand Markets
AS/NZS ISO 8124: ISO 8124-1 is an international toy safety standard. ISO 8124 consists of three parts. ISO 8124-1 is the requirement for "mechanical physical properties" in this standard. This standard was officially released on April 1, 2000. The other two parts are: ISO 8124-2 "Flammable Performance" and ISO 8124-3 "Transfer of Certain Elements."
5. Canadian market
CCPSA: refers to the Canadian Consumer Goods Safety Act passed by Canada on December 15, 2010. As far as the toy industry is concerned, the relevant laws are mainly the Dangerous Products Act(HPA) and its implementing regulations, the Dangerous Products(Toys) Regulations, which are administered and enforced by the Health Product Safety Agency of Canada(formerly the Product Safety Agency).