[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":109},["ShallowReactive",2],{"update-\u002Fupdates\u002F2026-01-01-toy-safety-regulation-in-force":3},{"id":4,"title":5,"body":6,"date":96,"description":97,"extension":98,"meta":99,"navigation":100,"path":101,"sector":102,"seo":103,"stem":104,"tags":105,"__hash__":108},"updates\u002Fupdates\u002F2026-01-01-toy-safety-regulation-in-force.md","Toy Safety Regulation enters into force",{"type":7,"value":8,"toc":89},"minimark",[9,18,23,26,36,39,43,54,65,69,80],[10,11,12,13,17],"p",{},"Regulation (EU) 2025\u002F2509 — the new Toy Safety Regulation — enters into force today. It replaces Directive 2009\u002F48\u002FEC and introduces a ",[14,15,16],"strong",{},"mandatory Digital Product Passport"," for every toy placed on the EU market.",[19,20,22],"h2",{"id":21},"what-enters-into-force-today","What enters into force today",[10,24,25],{},"A subset of the regulation applies from 1 January 2026:",[27,28,29,33],"ul",{},[30,31,32],"li",{},"Articles 28–44 on conformity assessment, notified bodies and the new governance framework.",[30,34,35],{},"Articles 49–55 on market surveillance and penalties.",[10,37,38],{},"Operators can rely on these provisions in market-surveillance enforcement from day one.",[19,40,42],{"id":41},"what-applies-later","What applies later",[10,44,45,46,49,50,53],{},"The bulk of the regulation — including the ",[14,47,48],{},"DPP obligation for every toy"," — applies from ",[14,51,52],{},"1 August 2030",". The 4.5-year transition period is designed to give industry time to:",[27,55,56,59,62],{},[30,57,58],{},"Implement the DPP on millions of SKUs.",[30,60,61],{},"Remove substances newly restricted in toys (notably certain endocrine disruptors and PFAS).",[30,63,64],{},"Migrate from the Directive's CE-marking pathway to the regulation's.",[19,66,68],{"id":67},"foundation-guidance","Foundation guidance",[27,70,71,74,77],{},[30,72,73],{},"Start by mapping your portfolio against the new Annex. Several categories have moved into the \"requires notified-body involvement\" bracket.",[30,75,76],{},"Budget for the DPP as a multi-year programme — not a 2030 rush project.",[30,78,79],{},"Align your data model early with CIRPASS. A toy DPP that shares fields with electronics and textiles will be cheaper to maintain than a bespoke one.",[10,81,82,83,88],{},"See the ",[84,85,87],"a",{"href":86},"\u002Fsectors\u002Ftoys","toys sector page"," for the full timeline, data points and open questions.",{"title":90,"searchDepth":91,"depth":91,"links":92},"",2,[93,94,95],{"id":21,"depth":91,"text":22},{"id":41,"depth":91,"text":42},{"id":67,"depth":91,"text":68},"2026-01-01","Regulation (EU) 2025\u002F2509 enters into force today. A mandatory DPP for every toy placed on the EU market is the headline change.","md",{},true,"\u002Fupdates\u002F2026-01-01-toy-safety-regulation-in-force","toys",{"title":5,"description":97},"updates\u002F2026-01-01-toy-safety-regulation-in-force",[102,106,107],"dpp","adopted","euVzT5z2S4775Ydt1gKVOwHP3_A1km-GlqW6YF9LLzQ",1776873996835]