More than 10,000 unsafe toys seized

The Guardia Civil has seized 10,696 toys in the Valencian town of Manises for not meeting the safety conditions established in the European directives. There are two people investigated for an alleged crime against industrial property.

Likewise, a total of 14 complaints have been filed for violations of Royal Decree 1205/2011 on Safety in Toys and another four of Law 28/2005, on health measures against smoking, for the sale of vapers in unauthorised places.

Guardia Civil agents, as part of their Christmas campaign, have carried out a total of seven searches in various businesses in Manises. In six of them they have seized a total of 10,696 toys with an approximate value of 5,000 euro.

Children’s toys must have the ‘CE’ marking, a distinctive mark of the European Community that must appear throughout this economic area and that certifies compliance with the regulatory requirements of trade in this area, among others safety requirements.

The seizures have occurred because the toys did not have this marking and in some of them the acronyms appeared but referred to ‘China Export’ and not that of the European Community.

The difference in marking is mainly the spacing of the letters ‘CE’, since the ‘China Export’ approximates the letters, reducing the space that separates them compared to that of the ‘European Community’.

The main infractions that have been detected are related to the safety and manufacturing of toys. Specifically, violations have been detected in the labelling of toys and packaging, most of them for not meeting requirements such as being in Spanish or lacking data on the importer, distributor, manufacturer, etc. Others are related to the instructions for the toys, either because they do not have them or because they are not in Spanish.

The Guardia Civil reminds that those responsible for the safety of toys in the European Union are the manufacturers, importers and distributors who put these products on the market.

This operation has been carried out by members of the Guardia Civil belonging to the Tax and Border Patrols of Valencia.

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