EU Toy Regulation (EU) 2025/2509 in force
The new Toy Regulation has entered into force; its requirements, including the Digital Product Passport, apply from 1 August 2030.
On 1 January 2026 the EU Toy Regulation (EU) 2025/2509 entered into force. It had been published in the Official Journal on 12 December 2025 and replaces the previous Toy Safety Directive 2009/48/EC.
What the regulation provides for
Alongside tighter requirements on chemicals and on digitally connected toys, it contains one change of form that is central for the sector: the Digital Product Passport takes the place of the EU declaration of conformity. Safety and conformity information is no longer carried as a paper or PDF document but made accessible through a data carrier on the product - for consumers as much as for market surveillance and customs, who can use it to check imports and online offers as well.
The timetable
The requirements apply from 1 August 2030. From that day, toys newly placed on the market must comply with the regulation; Directive 2009/48/EC is repealed at the same point. A generous transitional rule applies to existing stock: toys placed on the market before 1 August 2030 under the previous directive may continue to be made available without any time limit. Nothing has to be withdrawn from sale.
What that means in practice
For toy brands on the EU market the horizon is long, but the preparation is not trivial. The product passport calls for structured, article-level data where today one document per product family often suffices: test reports, material information, warnings, responsibilities in the supply chain. Anyone digitising conformity documentation in any case moves that effort forward rather than into a deadline project.
What does not change
Until 1 August 2030 Directive 2009/48/EC continues to apply unchanged; there is no early passport obligation. And the toy DPP does not come via the ESPR: it shares neither legal basis nor deadlines with the delegated acts on textiles, furniture or tires.
An overview for toy brands can be found on the sector page Digital Product Passport for toys; the full timetable for all product groups is in the guide When does the Digital Product Passport become mandatory?
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