On the basis of the scientific reports and opinions of the Scientific Committee on Toxicity, Ecotoxicity and the Environment (CSTEE), the Council strengthens the proposal of the Commission and of the European Parliament by imposing a total ban on the use and placing on the market of three phthalates, DEHP, DBP and BBP, in all toys and childcare articles in concentrations higher than 0.1% by mass of the plasticised material, substances which are classified on the basis of risk assessment as carcinogenic, mutagenic and reprotoxic (category 2).
On the basis of the scientific reports and opinions of the Scientific Committee on Toxicity, Ecotoxicity and the Environment (CSTEE), the Council strengthens the proposal of the Commission and of the European Parliament by imposing a total ban on the use and placing on the market of three phthalates, DEHP, DBP and BBP, in all toys and childcare articles in concentrations higher than 0.1% by mass of the plasticised material, substances which are classified on the basis of risk assessment as carcinogenic, mutagenic and reprotoxic (category 2).