Toy Books Come Under Scope of Georgian Toy Safety Technical Regulation

SGS publishes summary of recent Georgian updates to toy safety regulation – Resolution No. 47/2020. End Quote

(1888PressRelease) October 15, 2021 - SGS, the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company, has published an overview of recent amendments to Georgia’s technical regulation on toy safety – Resolution No. 47/2020.

Resolution No. 47/2020 contains safety requirements based on Directive 2009/48/EC, the so-called European Toy Safety Directive. (TSD). Since its publishing in January 2020 there have been several amendments, including:

• Resolution No. 753 of December 17, 2020
• Resolution No. 296 of June 23, 2021
• Resolution No. 438 of August 31, 2021

Among the provisions brought in by these resolutions:

• Toy importers must submit an ‘advance notice of toy import’ in electronic form to the Authorities for toy categories that fall under new Annexes VII and VIII and specified in Resolution No. 438/2021
• Obligations relating to the import and distribution of second-hand toys
• Establishes toy categories in Annex VII with specific items and commodity codes (HS codes), as well as toy categories in Annex VIII
• Expands the scope of ‘toys’ to include toy books, including
o Fabric books with simple pictures/drawings
o Plasticized book with simple pictures
o Pop-up books
o Coloring books
o Books with elements to touch
o Books with simple pictures/drawings and sensory elements (touch and listen)
o Books with stickers, simple pictures and text
o Books that are accompanied by a toy

Stakeholders are advised to read SGS SafeGuard 135/21 to see a complete overview of the resolutions and their impact.

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