Published EU Acts

Regulation (EU) 2025/2509 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 November 2025 on the safety of toys and repealing Directive 2009/48/EC

EU Act:  Regulation (EU) 2025/2509 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 Novermber 2025 on the safety of toys and repealing Directive 2009/48/EC  [EXTERNAL LINK]

Date of Notification to Windsor Framework Democratic Scrutiny Committee (DSC): 2 January 2026

 Date published in Official Journal of the EU: 12 December 2025

Status: Inquiry completed. Read the Committee's report.

DSC Decisions: At its meeting of 8 January 2026, the Committee decided to hold an inquiry into the replacement EU act, pursuant to paragraph 8(1) of Schedule 6B of the Northern Ireland Act.

 Evidence gathering: 

The DSC gathered evidence on the act when it was at proposal stage, and had not yet been notified to the Committee. You can read this evidence here.

 Further information on the Act can be found below:

• UK Government Explanatory Memorandum on the published EU act - 5 January 2026 [PDF, 7 pages, 174KB]
• Response from First Minister and deputy First Minister - 15 December 2025 [PDF, 9 pages, 655KB]
• Response from the Executive Office - 7 January 2026 [PDF, 2 pages, 48KB]
• RaISe – Potential Witness List on the published EU act - 5 January 2026 (PDF, 4 pages, 229KB)
• Summary note of Chairperson and Deputy Chairperson's meeting with Executive Office officials - 13 January 2026 [PDF, 2 pages, 190KB] 
• Response from the Consumer Council for Northern Ireland - 14 January 2026 [PDF, 3 pages, 165KB]
• Response from Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland - 14 January 2026 [PDF, 3 pages, 138KB]
• Response from the Executive Office - 19 January 2026 [PDF, 3 pages, 46KB]
• Response from the UK Government - 19 January 2026 [PDF. 8 pages, 1826KB]

Relevant Official Report (Hansard) transcript:

• Minutes of Evidence - 15 January 2026 (Executive Office)