Directive 2009/48/EC includes limit values for certain substances in toys intended for children under 36 months or intended to be put in the mouth. Those substances have also been shown to pose a risk to older children, as they could be equally exposed to such chemicals via skin contact or inhalation. Those limit values should therefore apply to all toys. Since the adoption of the limit values for bisphenol A in Directive 2009/48/EC, new scientific data have emerged. The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) re-evaluated the risks to public health from dietary exposure to bisphenol A in April 2023, concluding that exposure to bisphenol A is a health concern for consumers across all age groups. EFSA has established a new tolerable daily intake of bisphenol A, which is significantly lower than the previous one. In view of that scientific evidence, bisphenol A should fall under the generic prohibition for CMR substances in toys. In order to verify compliance with that prohibition and to ensure that there is no exposure to any non-intended presence of bisphenol A in toys, a migration limit should be provided. The migration limit should be set on the basis of a limit of quantification with existing testing methods. For similar reasons, migration limits should also be introduced for some of the most commonly used monomers in the production of plastics.
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