- accreditation
means accreditation as defined in Article 2, point (10), of Regulation (EC) No 765/2008;
- activity toy
means a toy for domestic use in which the support structure remains stationary while the activity is taking place and which is intended for climbing, jumping, swinging, sliding, rocking, spinning, crawling or creeping, or any combination thereof;
- aquatic toy
means a toy that is intended for use in shallow water and which is capable of carrying or supporting a child in the water;
- authorised representative
means any natural or legal person established within the Union who has received a written mandate from a manufacturer to act on that manufacturer’s behalf in relation to specified tasks with regard to the manufacturer’s obligations under this Regulation;
- chemical toy
means a toy intended for the direct handling of chemical substances and mixtures;
- conformity assessment
means the process demonstrating whether the essential safety requirements relating to a toy have been fulfilled;
- conformity assessment body
means a body that performs conformity assessment activities, including calibration, testing, certification and inspection;
- cosmetic kit
means a toy the purpose of which is to assist a child in learning to make cosmetic products such as fragrances, soaps, creams, shampoos, conditioners, bath foams and toothpastes, as well as glosses, lipsticks, nail polish and other make-up;
- customs authorities
means customs authorities as defined in Article 5, point (1), of Regulation (EU) No 952/2013;
- data carrier
means data carrier as defined in Article 2, first paragraph, point (29), of Regulation (EU) 2024/1781;
- digital product passport
means a set of data specific to a toy that contains the information set out in Annex VI and that is accessible via electronic means through a data carrier in accordance with Chapter V of this Regulation;
- digital product passport service provider
means a natural or legal person that is an independent third party authorised by the economic operator required to create a digital product passport for a toy and that processes the digital product passport data for that toy for the purpose of making such data available to economic operators and other relevant actors with a right to access those data under this Regulation or other Union law;
- distributor
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;
- economic operator
means the manufacturer, the authorised representative, the importer, the distributor and the fulfilment service provider;
- essential safety requirements
means the general safety requirement set out in Article 5(2) together with the particular safety requirements set out in Annex II;
- European Union Customs Single Window Certificates Exchange System (EU CSW-CERTEX)
means the system established by Article 4 of Regulation (EU) 2022/2399;
- fulfilment service provider
means fulfilment service provider as defined in Article 3, point (11), of Regulation (EU) 2019/1020;
- functional toy
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;
- gustative game
means a toy the purpose of which is to allow children to make sweets or dishes through the use of food ingredients, including liquids, powders and aromas;
- harmonised standard
means a harmonised standard as defined in Article 2, point (1)(c), of Regulation (EU) No 1025/2012;
- hazard
means a potential source of harm;
- importer
means any natural or legal person established within the Union who places a toy from a third country on the Union market;
- intended for use by
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 specified age group;
- making available on the market
means any supply of a toy for distribution, consumption or use on the Union market in the course of a commercial activity, whether in return for payment or free of charge;
- manufacturer
means any natural or legal person who manufactures a toy or has a toy designed or manufactured, and markets that toy under that person’s name or trademark;
- market surveillance authority
means a market surveillance authority as defined in Article 3, point (4), of Regulation (EU) 2019/1020;
- national accreditation body
means a national accreditation body as defined in Article 2, point (11), of Regulation (EC) No 765/2008;
- notifying authority
means an authority designated by a Member State pursuant to this Regulation as responsible for the assessment and notification of conformity assessment bodies in the territory of that Member State;
- olfactory board game
means a toy the purpose of which is to assist a child to learn to recognise different odours or flavours;
- PFAS
means any substance that contains at least one fully fluorinated methyl (CF3-) or methylene (-CF2-) carbon atom (without any H/Cl/Br/I attached to it).
- placing on the market
means the first making available of a toy on the Union market;
- provider of an online marketplace
means a provider of an online marketplace as defined in Article 3, point (14), of Regulation (EU) 2023/988;
- recall
means any measure aimed at achieving the return of a toy that has already been made available to the end user;
- release for free circulation
means the customs procedure laid down in Article 201 of Regulation (EU) No 952/2013;
- risk
means the combination of the probability of an occurrence of a hazard and the degree of severity of the harm caused by that hazard;
- Safety Business Gateway
means the web portal referred to in Article 27 of Regulation (EU) 2023/988;
- toy model
means a group of toys that meet the following conditions:
- Union harmonisation legislation
means the legislative acts that are listed in Annex I to Regulation (EU) 2019/1020 and any other Union law harmonising the conditions for the marketing of products to which that Regulation applies;
- unique operator identifier
means a unique operator identifier as defined in Article 2, first paragraph, point (31), of Regulation (EU) 2024/1781;
- unique product identifier
means a unique product identifier as defined in Article 2, first paragraph, point (30) of Regulation (EU) 2024/1781;
- withdrawal
means any measure aimed at preventing a toy in the supply chain from being made available on the market;