iComply™ Now Available from Intertek to Ensure Compliance with New EU Toy Directive
May 03, 2011
Web-based Solution Guides Companies Through Compliance Requirements, Stores Documentation
Oak Brook,
Ill. – Beginning July 20, 2011, toys and children’s products sold in Europe
must comply with the new EU Toy Directive
2009/48/EC. To help manufacturers and importers ensure compliance, Intertek,
a leading provider of quality and safety solutions serving a wide range of
industries, developed iComply™,
a user-friendly,
web-based artificial intelligence application facilitating collaborative supply
chain assembly of technical files.
The new EU Toy Directive identifies updated record-keeping requirements with which manufacturers must comply. These stipulate that manufacturers must complete, provide upon request and retain for 10 years the following items:
- EC Declaration of Conformity (DoC) that
ensures a specific product meets all applicable safety provisions, including
documentation required in Modules A, B and/or C
- Complete technical documentation that should
contain a detailed product description, safety assessment, description of
conformity assessment procedure, EC declaration of conformity, test reports and
copy of the EC-type examination certificate
- Safety assessments to identify potential hazards and the exposure to such hazards as outlined under Article 18
iComply™ is a user-friendly compliance application built on artificial intelligence that offers web-based convenience to:
- Guide you through the compliance process
(identifies requirements, prompts testing) for Modules A, B and/or C
- Help you demonstrate due diligence
- Capture compliance documentation
- Generate compliance certificates (EU DoC)
- Manage compliance without increase of staff / costs
iComply™
is now available for an annual fee of $99 USD. iComply™ not only ensures
compliance with the new EU Toy Directive, but also features a module for the
forthcoming U.S.
CPSIA Testing and Certification Rule, with modules in development for the Canada Consumer Product Safety Act
and U.S. California Proposition 65.
About Intertek
Intertek (www.intertek.com) is a leading provider of
quality and safety solutions serving a wide range of industries around the
world. From auditing and inspection, to testing, quality assurance and
certification, Intertek people are dedicated to adding value to customers’
products and processes, supporting their success in the global marketplace.
Intertek has the expertise, resources and global reach to support its customers
through its network of more than 1,000 laboratories and offices and over 30,000
people in more than 100 countries around the world.
Contact:
Amy
Paille, Intertek Consumer Goods North America
Phone:
+1.630.481.3163
Email:
amy.paille@intertek.com