./.WORLD TRADE
ORGANIZATIONG/TBT/Notif.98.516
30 October 1998
(98-4234)
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade
NOTIFICATION
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6.
1. Member to Agreement notifying:  BELGIUM
If applicable, name of local government involved (Articles 3.2 and 7.2):           
2. Agency responsible:  Ministry of Economic Affairs
Quality and Safety Administration
Safety Division
Product Safety ServiceNorth Gate III
Boulevard Emile Jacqmain 154
B – 1000 Brussels
Tel:  +32 2 206 49 08
Fax:  +32 2 206 57 52
Agency or authority designated to handle comments regarding the notification shall be
indicated if different from above:           
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [ X ], 2.10.1 [    ], 5.6.2 [    ], 5.7.1 [   ], other:           
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading.
ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Products which are not toys
in the meaning of Article 1 of Directive 88/378/EEC concerning the safety of toys but
which, by their external features, may be confused with toys and could be attractive to
children, or which are sold in toy stores or in the toy departments of other stores.
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Royal Order Concerning
the Safety of Pseudo-Toys
6. Description of content:  Pseudo-toys must satisfy the essential safety requirements as
defined in Annex II of Directive 88/378/EEC  concerning the safety of toys.  The
manufacture, import, export, supply, sale, distribution - even free of charge - and rental of
pseudo-toys which could be dangerous when used as toys by children, are prohibited.
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where applicable:  The
marketing of pseudo-toys without sufficient sa fety guarantees for children and which could
cause serious accidents such as, inter alia , poisoning, burns or suffocation.  Notifications
communicated via the "Consom Alert" system concerning
- lighters
(reference:  8028/97, 8008/98, 8009/98, 8010/98, 8011/98),
- glass sweets
(reference:  8046/96, 8014/97, 8016/97),
-k e y - r i n g s
(reference:  8030/97)G/TBT/Notif.98.516
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8. Relevant documents:  -
9. Proposed date of adoption:
Proposed date of entry into force: } 60 days
10. Final date for comments:           
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [X] or address, e-mail and telefax number of
the other body:  CIBELNOR