Toys & Babycare Items
 From January 17 2007 further
restrictions on the use of phthalate plasticisers in toys will come
into effect throughout the European Union.
The phthalate plasticiser most commonly used in toys, Diisononyl
phthalate (DINP), and the two phthalates diisodecyl phthalate
(DIDP) and di-n-octyl phthalate (DNOP) can only be used in toys and
childcare articles that cannot be placed in the mouth.
The phthalate plasticisers di(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP
- sometimes also referred to a DOP), Di-n-butyl phthalate (DBP) and
Butylbenzyl phthalate (BBP) will no longer be allowed in any
childrens toys or childcare articles.
Until such time as the new regulation comes into force, the
temporary ban on the use of DEHP, DBP, BBP, DINP, DIDP and DNOP in
toys and childcare articles which are designed to be placed in the
mouth by children under the age of three years old continues to
apply. This temporary measure was first introduced in the EU in
December 1999.
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