1.Introduction
DIRECTIVE 2005/84/EC OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 14 December 2005 By 16 July 2006 Member States shall adopt and publish the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive. They shall forthwith inform the Commission thereof. They shall apply these measures from 16 January 2007.
"childcare article" means any product intended to facilitate sleep, relaxation, hygiene, the feeding of children or sucking on the part of children.
2. Limit
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bis (2-ethylhexyl) phthalate (DEHP)
CAS No 117-81-7
Einecs No 204-211-0
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Shall not be used as substances or as constituents of preparations, at concentrations of greater than 0,1 % by mass of the plasticised material, in toys and childcare articles.
Such toys and childcare articles containing these phthalates in a concentration greater than the limit mentioned above shall not be placed on the market.
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dibutyl phthalate (DBP)
CAS No 84-74-2
Einecs No 201-557-4
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benzyl butyl phthalate (BBP)
CAS No 85-68-7
Einecs No 201-622-7
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di-"isononyl" phthalate (DINP)
CAS No 28553-12-0 and 68515-48-0
Einecs No 249-079-5 and 271-090-9
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Shall not be used as substances or as constituents of preparations, at concentrations of greater than 0,1 % by mass ofthe plasticised material, in toys and childcare articles which can be placed in the mouth by children.
Such toys and childcare articles containing these phthalates in a concentration greater than the limit mentioned above shall not be placed on the market.
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di-"isodecyl" phthalate (DIDP)
CAS No 26761-40-0 and 68515-49-1
Einecs No 247-977-1 and 271-091-4
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di-n-octyl phthalate (DNOP)
CAS No 117-84-0
Einecs No 204-214-7
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