Pushchairs, cots, high chairs and childcare articles

• Regulation (EU) 2023/988 — GPSR
• Regulation (EU) 2019/1020 — Art. 4
• Regulation (EU) No 10/2011 for feeding articles

Who has to appoint one

Manufacturers and sellers outside the Union placing childcare articles on the EU market.

Thresholds and exemptions

None. Childcare articles are treated as a high-risk category regardless of volume.

What must appear on the label

Manufacturer and responsible person details with an EU address, age or weight range, assembly and use warnings, batch identification, and the standard reference where the standard requires it.

Marketplace fields

Marketplaces apply stricter checks here and often demand the full test report before reinstating a listing.

Documentation you must hold

Technical documentation, risk analysis, full test reports against the applicable EN standard, and traceability records.

Standards and testing

EN 1888 pushchairs, EN 716 cots, EN 14988 high chairs, EN 13209 baby carriers, EN 14350 drinking equipment.

Language requirements

Warnings and instructions in the language of every member state of sale, without exception.

When it applies

Before the first unit is made available.

How long records are kept

10 years.

What happens if you do not comply

Recall, Safety Gate alert and prosecution in serious cases. Childcare articles account for a large share of EU recalls.

Who enforces it

National market surveillance authorities.

Where the boundary lies

Feeding bottles and soothers also fall under food contact rules, which add migration testing on top of the mechanical standards.

Questions we are asked

Is a test report really mandatory?

The law requires documented conformity. In practice an accredited test report is the only evidence authorities accept for this category.