The EU Commission and expert group on toys have issued new guidance on the classification of toys: under three or three years and over.

In 2009, the EU Commission and expert group on toys published guidance to help with correct classification. This guidance, document 11, covered three categories for toys: puzzles, dolls, and soft and stuffed toys.

As there are many more categories of toy on the market it was decided to expand the document and increase the number of toy categories.

The EU Commission and the Expert Group on Toy Safety has recently published an extensive update1 to Guidance document No. 112 for “toys intended for children under 36 months of age or of 36 months and over”, and now includes a wider range of toy categories. In addition to puzzles, dolls, soft and stuffed toys, there are twelve more categories.