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This European Standard specifies requirements and test methods for the migration of aluminium, antimony, arsenic, barium, boron, cadmium, chromium (III), chromium (VI), cobalt, copper, lead, manganese, mercury, nickel, selenium, strontium, tin, organic tin compounds and zinc from toy materials and from parts of toys. Packaging materials are not considered to be part of the toy unless they have intended play value. NOTE 1 See guidance document of the European Commission guidance document no. 12 [2] on the application of the directive on the safety of toys - packaging The standard contains requirements for the migration of certain elements from the following categories of toy materials: ? Category I : Dry, brittle, powder like or pliable materials; ? Category II : Liquid or sticky materials; ? Category III : Scraped-off materials. Toys and parts of toys which, due to their accessibility, function, mass, size, or other characteristics, clearly exclude any hazard due to sucking, licking or swallowing or prolonged skin contact, bearing in mind the normal or foreseeable behaviour of children, are not required to be subjected to the requirements of this standard. NOTE 2 For the purposes of this standard, the following criteria are considered appropriate to determine the likelihood of sucking, licking or swallowing toys and their parts and of prolonged skin contact: ? All toys intended to be put in the mouth or to the mouth, cosmetics toys and writing instruments categorised as toys may be sucked, licked or swallowed; ? All the accessible parts and components of toys intended for children up to 6 years of age may come into contact with the mouth. The likelihood of mouth contact with parts of toys intended for older children is not considered significant in most cases; ? In principal, for all toys and accessible parts of toys a prolonged skin contact should be expected (see G.1).