Comitato Elettrotecnico Italiano

Electric toys - Safety - First Edition
 N EN 62115/A11

Annotation

This European Standard specifies electrical safety requirements for toys that have at least one function dependant on electricity, toys being any product designed or clearly intended, whether or not exclusively, for use in play by children of less than 14 years of age.

– functional toys (a toy which performs and is used in the same way as a product, appliance or installation intended for use by adults, and which may be a scale model of such product, appliance or installation);

If it is intended that a child also plays with the packaging, the latter is considered to be part of the toy.

This European Standard only covers the electrical safety aspects of toys. Non-electrical safety aspects are covered by EN 71 series. For more details, see Annexes ZZA and ZZB.

This European Standard does not apply to the following toys:

- playground equipment intended for public use;

- automatic playing machines, whether coin operated or not, intended for public use;

- toy vehicles equipped with combustion engines;

- toy steam engines;

- slings and catapults.

Furthermore, it does not cover the following items, which, for the purpose of this European Standard, are not considered toys:

- electric decorative robots (EN 50410);