Directive 2009/48/EC

means a toy for domestic use in which the support structure remains stationary while the activity is taking place and which is intended for the performance by a child of any of the following activities: climbing, jumping, swinging, sliding, rocking, spinning, crawling and creeping, or any combination thereof;

means a toy intended for use in shallow water which is capable of carrying or supporting a child on the water;

means any natural or legal person established within the Community who has received a written mandate from a manufacturer to act on his behalf in relation to specified tasks;

means a toy intended for the direct handling of chemical substances and mixtures and which is used in a manner appropriate to a given age-group and under the supervision of an adult;

means any Community legislation harmonising the conditions for the marketing of products;

means the process demonstrating whether specified requirements relating to a toy have been fulfilled;

means a body that performs conformity assessment activities, including calibration, testing, certification and inspection;

means a toy the purpose of which is to assist a child to learn to make products such as fragrances, soaps, creams, shampoos, bath foams, glosses, lipsticks, other make-up, tooth-paste and conditioners;

means representative potential operating speed that is determined by the design of the toy;

means any natural or legal person in the supply chain, other than the manufacturer or the importer, who makes a toy available on the market;

means the manufacturer, the authorised representative, the importer and the distributor;

means a product 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;

means 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;

means a toy the purpose of which is to allow children to make sweets or dishes which involve the use of food ingredients such as sweets, liquids, powders and aromas;

means physical injury or any other damage to health, including long-term health effects;

means a standard adopted by one of the European standardisation bodies listed in Annex I to Directive 98/34/EC on the basis of a request made by the Commission in accordance with Article 6 of that Directive;

means a potential source of harm;

means any natural or legal person established within the Community who places a toy from a third country on the Community market;

means that a parent or supervisor shall reasonably be able to assume by virtue of the functions, dimensions and characteristics of a toy that it is intended for use by children of the stated age group.

means any supply of a toy for distribution, consumption or use on the Community market in the course of a commercial activity, whether in return for payment or free of charge;

means any natural or legal person who manufactures a toy or has a toy designed or manufactured, and markets that toy under his name or trademark;

means the activities carried out and measures taken by public authorities to ensure that toys comply with the applicable requirements set out in Community harmonisation legislation and do not endanger health, safety or any other aspect of public interest protection;

means a toy the purpose of which is to assist a child to learn to recognise different odours or flavours;

means the first making available of a toy on the Community market;

means any measure aimed at achieving the return of a toy that has already been made available to the end user;

means the probable rate of occurrence of a hazard causing harm and the degree of severity of the harm;

means any measure aimed at preventing a toy in the supply chain from being made available on the market;