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CE marking for toys: EC declaration of conformity, safety assessment and warnings kit

Every toy sold in the EU, handmade ones included, needs a safety assessment, technical documentation, an EC declaration of conformity, the CE marking and the right warnings before it is placed on the market. Type your company and toys once; the kit writes these documents as Word files you can edit and sign, with the declaration and the warnings in the official wording of each language you choose.

Checked against the sources on 20 October 2026

Manufacturer (your company)
Authorised representative in the EU (optional)

Only if you have appointed one by written mandate. Leave empty otherwise.

Importer into the EU (optional)

If the toys are made outside the EU: the company that places them on the EU market. Its name and address go on the toy or its packaging.

Toys

Toy 1
As marked on the toy, for example CR-1.
The number on the toy that identifies it, for example a batch code.
What it is, its size and main materials, for example a hand-crocheted rabbit, 20 cm, cotton yarn, polyester filling. It goes into point 4 of the declaration.
At least the minimum or maximum age, and where needed abilities, weight or adult supervision, for example 3+ or For children aged 6 to 12 (Annex V Part A). Printed as you type it.

The second answer adds the warning of Annex V Part B point 1. The third means that warning does not apply.

Categories with their own warning (Annex V Part B)

Tick every category the toy belongs to. The warning is quoted from the Directive in each language.

Yes: internal production control, no notified body (Article 19(2)). No: EC-type examination by a notified body (Article 19(3)).

With their date, for example EN 71-1:2014+A1:2018. The kit does not choose them for you.
Laboratory, report number and date.
For the technical documentation; attach the safety data sheets of chemicals from your suppliers.
Name and address of each place.
Languages of the declaration and warnings (your countries of sale)

Nothing you type is sent anywhere. Your business details stay in this browser for next time.

What the Toy Safety Directive asks for

  • A safety assessment: an analysis of the chemical, physical, mechanical, electrical, flammability, hygiene and radioactivity hazards the toy may present, and of the potential exposure to them (Article 18).
  • Technical documentation with the items of Annex IV, kept with the declaration for 10 years after the toy is placed on the market (Articles 4(3) and 21).
  • An EC declaration of conformity with the model structure of Annex III, translated into the language required by each Member State where the toy is sold (Article 15).
  • The CE marking, visibly, legibly and indelibly on the toy, an affixed label or the packaging (Article 17), a type, batch or serial number, and the manufacturer's and importer's name and contact address (Articles 4(5), 4(6) and 6(3)).
  • Warnings: user limitations with at least a minimum or maximum age, and for some categories the warnings of Annex V Part B, used as worded in the Directive and preceded by the word ‘Warning’ or ‘Warnings’ (Article 11).

Do you need a notified body?

Only in some cases. If you applied harmonised standards published in the Official Journal that cover all the relevant safety requirements of your toy, you use internal production control and do it yourself (Article 19(2)). If no such standards exist, you applied them only in part, one was published with a restriction, or you think your toy needs third-party checks, a notified body carries out EC-type examination (Article 19(3)). The kit asks you which case applies and writes the documents for that route. Testing against the EN 71 standards is usually done by a laboratory; the kit records the reports you name.

What is in the files

  • for each toy, the safety assessment with a table for each hazard group of Annex II, to fill in with the hazard, the exposure, your measures and the evidence;
  • the technical documentation, point by point from Annex IV, for the route you answered;
  • the EC declaration of conformity in the wording of Annex III in each language you choose (English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese, Swedish);
  • a warnings and label sheet: the warnings of Annex V for the categories you tick, quoted from each language version, with the word that must precede them, and what goes on the toy, the label and the packaging;
  • a read-me with what the kit leaves out.

Warnings the kit will not write

A toy must not bear a specific warning that conflicts with its intended use (Article 11(1)). If your answers contradict each other, for example a cot toy marked as not for children under 36 months, the kit refuses the warning and says why instead of printing it. The chemical toys warning is printed only with an age the kit can read as whole years.

What the kit does not do

It does not choose your standards, test the toy, carry out the assessment or replace a notified body. Whatever you leave empty is marked TO COMPLETE, and the kit never writes that a toy is safe or complies. The Directive applies until 31 July 2030; what changes after that is on the toy safety page. Other EU acts for the same toy (radio, batteries, GPSR for products that are not toys) are not covered.

Nothing you type leaves your browser; the files are built on your device. Templates, not legal advice. The declarations and warnings quote the Official Journal; everything you type stays as you typed it and is not translated. The other files are in English.

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