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EU Safety Gate · Report-2013-043

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The product poses a chemical risk because it contains more than 0.1 % by weight of dibutyl phthalate (DBP). According to REACH Regulation, phthalates DEHP, DBP and BBP are prohibited in all toys, while phthalates DINP, DIDP and DNOP are prohibited when the toy can be placed in the mouth by children.

Published
01 November 2013
Notifying authority
Germany
Catalog checked
30 July 2026
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Type of economic operator taking notified measure(s): Other. Category of measure(s): Withdrawal of the product from the market. Date of entry into force: 24/09/2013

Official source alert
Safety Gate reference
A12/1471/13
Model
120016
Batch
3588270039007
Check-digit validated barcodes
3588270039007
Category
Toys
Risk type
Chemical
Country of origin
France

Six coloured pencils, varnished in the colours of the leads – blue, light brown, yellow, pink, red and black – in a cardboard case. For children aged more than 18 months.