In recent years, building block toys have played an important role in children's education. However, with the increasing variety of building block toys in the market, consumers are also paying more attention to the safety of products. In order to ensure the safety of children, the European Union has formulated CE certified EN71 safety standards and regulations, which strictly regulate and test building block toys.

CE certification is a safety certification mark that represents a license recognized by the European Union and can be sold in the EU market. Without CE certification, products that cannot be sold in the EU market or lack CE certification will be removed from the shelves. The EN71 test is a regulatory standard for toys in the European Union market, aimed at reducing and avoiding harm to children caused by toys.

So overall, CE is certification, and EN71 is a toy testing standard. Toys exported to the EU region must meet the testing standards of EN71 and obtain a CE certificate before they can be sold in the EU region. EN71 has a total of 11 standards from EN71-1 to EN71-11, but toy manufacturers are generally responsible for meeting the three standards of physical and mechanical testing EN71-1, flame retardancy testing EN71-2, and harmful metal dissolution testing EN71-3 during testing, in order to obtain permission to enter the EU market.

EN71 consists of 11 parts:

EN 71-1 Mechanical and Physical Testing

EN 71-2 Flammability testing

Transfer of certain elements in EN 71-3

EN71-4 Test Equipment for Chemical and Related Activities

EN71-5 chemical toys (excluding testing devices)

Graphical representation of EN71-6 age markers

EN71-7 refers to the requirements for painting pigments

EN71-8 Swinging, sliding, and similar toys for indoor and outdoor home entertainment

EN71-9 General requirements for organic compounds in toys

Sample Preparation and Extraction of EN71-10 Organic Compounds

EN71-11 Analytical Methods for Organic Compounds

The safety protection of children has always been the top priority of certification standards in various countries and regions. In fact, most children's toys require toy testing and certification. EN71 in CE certification effectively establishes technical specifications for children's toys, providing protection for children's health and safety.