The toys are according to the law all those objects built to be used by children under 14 years of age to play. As commercial products are required to comply with general standards of security, quality, etc.

Moreover, since the end users of the toys are children these products must meet a number of special features to ensure security and provide the least possible risk to its users.

Safety Regulations

Currently, the rules for applying for toys are given from the European Union and are common to all member states. In addition, each country or autonomous region can add their own.

Toys that can be marketed legally in the European Union are those who have visible the CE mark that guarantees compliance with minimum safety standards specified by law.

The mark, as well as data on the manufacturer, the minimum age for users of toys and warnings on the risks involving the use of the same should be indicated so visible on the packaging or labeling.

Minimum requirements

In addition to the regulations and information assurance, the law regulates the characteristics and properties must meet minimum toys, which include the following:

·  The toys should be constructed so that the strength of support for users who are destined without snapping, and may cause cuts or other wounds.

·  Toys and the parts of these for children under 36 months should be large enough so as not to be swallowed or inhaled by them.

·  Toys par unfit children under 36 months should carry this warning indicated.

·  No part of the toy, including edges and strings, may constitute a danger of damage to their users or anyone else.

·  Neither the packaging of toys or any of its parts must be danger of suffocation.

·  The toys where the child can remain in their interior should have a system of openness easy for the user to whom they are intended.

·  Toys mobile must have a brake that children can operate with ease.

·  No toy or their components can be highly flammable or capable of causing an explosion.

·  The chemicals that make up the toys can not be toxic.

·  Electrical toys can not exceed 24 volts and all parts thereof, which may cause electric shock must be adequately insulated.

·  The toys in addition to identifying the age for which they are recommended must specify, as appropriate, that their use should be supervised by an adult.

What to do in case of a fraudulent toy

If a toy does not meet any of the safety standards or is a threat to its user must go to local commercial in which he acquired or to the Office of Consumer demand and record what happened.

You can also file a complaint with the Ministry of Health and Consumer Affairs or the Ministry corresponding to the Administration to act on the fraudulent conduct that are publicized.

In severe cases, either by the potential hazard involving the toy good for the damage they have caused can initiate litigation by way of a complaint.