On December 21, 2014, the Council of the European Union announced that it had received a proposal from the European Commission to recommend restrictions on the lead content of some items or items that could be put into the mouth of children. The new regulations came into effect 20 days after the publication of the EU Official Gazette.

On December 21, 2012, Sweden filed a document with the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA), emphasizing that children, especially those older than 36 months old, had the habit of putting objects in their mouths and had the opportunity to repeatedly contact consumer goods containing lead or lead compounds Release the lead. Repeated exposure of lead to lead or lead compounds in the mouth may result in severe and irreversible neurobehavioral and neurodevelopmental effects. If the lead content exceeds the limit (0.05%), will not be put on the market.

The relevant restrictions will be implemented by amending item 63 of Annex 17 to the Registration of Chemicals Registration, Assessment, Authorization and Restriction (REACH Regulation). Item 63 states that the lead content of any part of the jewelery shall not be equal to or greater than 0.05% by weight. Annex 17 lists the current EU restrictions on the list of substances and mixtures containing hazardous chemicals.

If the lead release rate of any accessible parts (whether or not a coating) of such articles or articles is not more than 0.05 μg / cm 2 per hour, or if it is a coated article, the coating is sufficient to ensure that Normal or reasonably foreseeable use for at least two years without exceeding the above rate of release, the restriction shall not apply. There are some exemptions: instruments and articles or articles containing brass alloy, if the lead content (in terms of metal) does not exceed 0.5%; and writing tools such as the pen tip, but if the items or items can contact parts of the long Any one of which is less than 5 cm on one side or a removable or protruding part of the same size shall be deemed to be accessible to the child and will be restricted.