New European regulations aimed at banning PFAS and endocrine disruptors by 2030 will not solve the problem of dangerous toys online, believes Philippe Gueydon. Most importantly, this requires sanctions against the platforms where most of the non-compliant products circulate.
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That’s a “a great idea that went completely wrong”reacting on Tuesday in franceinfo, Philippe Gueydon, vice president of the Federation of trade specialists in toys and children’s products (FCJPE) and general director of King Cadeau, while the European Parliament on Tuesday adopted new rules that prohibit, by 2030, “eternal pollutant” (PFAS) and endocrine disruptors in toys to protect children.
“What we need to do is enforce the law”Philippe Gueydon estimates. He remembered that on a certain toy sales site, “94% of purchased products do not meet requirements, 66% are dangerous”according to the Directorate General of Competition, Consumer and Fraud Control (DGCCR). Instead, he begged “increasing capacity so that sites that do not comply with the rules, so that markets that host distributors that do not comply with the rules, can be removed and terminated automatically”.
“In physical stores, two-thirds of toys come from China but are standardized”underlined FCJPE vice president. “We have a team at the production site that checks the quality of this product”added Philippe Gueydon. “There are few actors who do not respect standards”he confirmed. For general manager King Cadeau, “Physical stores today are the places where you have the greatest guarantee of having products that meet standards, because our stores are inspected regularly”he said.
